Basic German

210 Pages·2018·5.37 MB·English

by  Jolene Wochenske

PRACTICE
MAK E S
PERFECT™
Basic
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Contents
Preface vii
I 1 The alphabet and pronunciation 3
2 Vowel combinations (diphthongs) and consonant combinations 7
3 Noun cases · Definite and indefinite articles 11
4 Nouns—gender and definite articles · Things in nature 15
5 Nouns—gender and indefinite articles · School and office supplies 21
II 6 Compound nouns 25
7 Noun plurals · In the house · Numbers 27
8 Personal pronouns · Spielen 31
9 Case and pronoun review · Schenken 35
10 Possessive pronouns · Family 39
III 11 Reflexive pronouns · Body parts 45
12 Demonstrative pronouns 49
13 Indefinite pronouns 51
14 Interrogative pronouns: who? what? which? how many/much? 55
15 Adjectives 59
IV 16 Comparative and superlative adjectives 65
17 Noun phrases · Food: vegetables, fruit, meat and fish · Drinks 69
18 Present tense · Common regular verbs 73
19 Irregular verbs (strong verbs) 77
20 Separable- and inseparable-prefix verbs 81
V 21 The irregular verb haben · Animals 87
22 The irregular verb sein · Professions 91
23 Werden · Future tense · More professions 95
24 Helping verbs (modal auxiliaries) 99
25 Wissen and kennen · In the city 101
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VI 26 Reflexive verbs 107
27 Imperative verbs (commands) · Food and drink again 111
28 The present perfect · Activities around the house 115
29 The simple past 119
30 The past perfect 125
VII 31 The future tense · Future time expressions 129
32 The future perfect 133
33 The passive · Chores · Adverbs of time 135
34 Subjunctive II 139
35 Subjunctive I 143
VIII 36 Adverbs · Interrogative pronouns 147
37 Prepositions—accusative 153
38 Prepositions—dative 157
39 Prepositions—genitive · Geography 161
40 Prepositions—accusative/dative · Furniture 163
IX 41 Da- and wo- compounds 169
42 Word order—statements and questions 171
43 Word order—coordinating conjunctions 177
44 Word order—subordinate clauses 179
45 Infinitive phrases—zu 183
46 Cardinal and ordinal numbers · The calendar: months, seasons,
days of the week 185
Answer key 191
vi Contents
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Preface
Willkommen! Welcome to Practice Makes Perfect: Basic German, a workbook to
assist you in your first year of learning the German language.
If you are new to the language—as a self-study learner or a middle or high
school student at the beginning level—this handy workbook can supplement a
first-year textbook. If you are at the end of a first-year course or beginning a sec-
ond-year course, this workbook can serve as a review text. And Practice Makes
Perfect: Basic German can also be used in conjunction with a face-to-face or online
German course. Whatever your needs, you hold in your hands a helpful overview
of basic grammar, key verbs, structures, and other grammatical elements.
As with any language learning activities, be sure to have a basic dictionary of
the language at hand. Practice Makes Perfect: Basic German presents high-
frequency vocabulary words throughout the book, but absorbing them all at once
can be challenging.
While this workbook is not meant to be a primary teaching tool, its nine
parts and 46 chapters build on each other, progressing from simple concepts to
complex ones. This format will help you learn, review, and retain your knowledge
of basic vocabulary and grammatical structures. Use the exercises included in
every chapter to test your comprehension. Use the detailed table of contents to
follow the progression—or jump around in the book to the sections that you need
practice on. The Answer key at the back of the book covers all exercises.
Sprinkled throughout the book are some “Fun facts”—some in English and
some in German. For the German ones, try to read them for fun and understand
them on your own (but so that you may check how much and how well you have
understood, they are translated in the back of the book).
New to this second edition are recordings of select exercise answers, streamed
through the McGraw-Hill Education Language Lab app. This audio will help
improve your listening and pronunciation skills.
This book would not exist without some very key people.
u Holly McGuire, my editor, who believed in me and made this writing pro-
cess fun and stress-free. Open to all ideas and there for guidance and
assurance, she has been my backbone and support system.
u My past and present German teachers and students, who have taught me
so many things, especially how to make complicated German easier to
learn and how to let loose and just have fun.
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u A huge Danke schön!!! to the person whose daily support, and willingness to take care of
both babies while I locked myself in the office for hours, made this book possible—my
husband, Steve. I never thought I deserved such a partner and best friend, and I am so
grateful I have you.
u To my two babies, A. and M. You are the reason I live and breathe, and this book is for
you. Möge das Lachen in Euren Herzen tanzen und vergeßt nie, wie schön Ihr seid und
wie sehr ich Euch liebe! Ihr seid wahre Engel auf Erden!
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·· II ··
Kapitel 1 The alphabet and pronunciation 3
Kapitel 2 Vowel combinations (diphthongs) and consonant
combinations 7
Kapitel 3 Noun cases · Definite and indefinite articles 11
Kapitel 4 Nouns—gender and definite articles · Things in
nature 15
Kapitel 5 Nouns—gender and indefinite articles · School and
office supplies 21
Grammar Vocabulary
Das Alphabet Subject pronouns 9
(The alphabet) 3 Die Natur (Things in nature) 17
Special letters 4 Die Schul-/Büroartikel
Diphthongs 7 (School and office
Consonant combinations 7 supplies) 22
Das Substantiv und der
Fun facts
Kasus (The noun and noun
case) 11 Die Rechtschreibreform
Definite articles 12 (Spelling reform) 5
Indefinite articles 12
Das Genus (Gender) 15
Andere Artikelwörter (Other
words that function as
articles) 18
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