Complete German Grammar

500 Pages·2018·16.13 MB·English

by  Ed Swick

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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgment
1 Pronunciation and gender
2 Definite and indefinite articles
3 Pronouns, plurals, and the verb sein
4 Titles, locations, and interrogatives
5 The verbs haben and werden and negation
6 The present tense and numbers
7 Direct objects and the accusative case
8 Irregular verbs in the present tense
9 Separable and inseparable prefixes and imperatives
Review 1
10 Accusative case prepositions and interrogatives
11 Regular verbs in the past tense and word order
12 Indirect objects and the dative case
13 Irregular verbs in the past tense
14 Modal auxiliaries in the present and past tenses
15 The accusative-dative prepositions
16 Regular verbs in the present perfect tense and more imperatives
17 Genitive case, the comparative, and the superlative
18 Irregular verbs in the present perfect tense and adjectives
Review 2
19 Past perfect, future, and future perfect tenses
20 Relative pronouns
21 Modifiers, adverbs, reflexive pronouns, and conjunctions
22 Double infinitive structures
23 Infinitive clauses
24 The passive voice
25 The subjunctive
Final Review
Appendix A: The principal parts of irregular verbs
Appendix B: Prepositions and their required cases
Appendix C: Summary of declensions
Answer Key
Preface
This book can serve as a reference for the complete German grammar.
It is designed to provide detailed explanations of the various aspects of German
grammar as well as numerous examples that illustrate how the grammar
functions in practical sentences.
Each chapter contains a variety of exercises for practice with the covered
grammar topics.
The explanations and example sentences are accompanied by the English
translation, which should help you more clearly understand how a specific point
in grammar works.
The exercises take a variety of forms.
Some are conjugations of an isolated verb in any of the tenses.
Some exercises are completions that need a single word or short phrase, and
others may require writing a complete sentence.
Some chapters have multiple-choice exercises, which require the reader to
demonstrate not only the understanding of a grammatical concept but also how
that concept is correctly applied in a sentence.
Most chapters have a single major grammatical topic.
However, some chapters also include a secondary topic that is often linked in
some manner to the major topic.
The earliest chapters contain the topics that are appropriate for readers who have
limited experience with German, for example, conjugations of verbs and basic
declensions.
The later chapters introduce structures that require an intermediate level of
understanding of German grammar, such as the passive voice or the subjunctive
mood.
New to this second edition are three review chapters that will assess your
grasp of topics as you progress through the book.
In addition, the McGraw-Hill Education Language Lab app contains extensive
resources to support your study: flashcards for all vocabulary lists; review
quizzes for each chapter; and extensive streaming audio recordings,
corresponding to the answers of more than 80 exercises.
Mastery of the chapters in this book will give the reader a greater
understanding of the complete German grammar.
That mastery will be the result of consistent practice.
Remember, practice makes perfect.
Übung macht den Meister.