Main Grammar Points Covered in Vorsprung:
Chapter 1
· Formation of the formal imperative
· The verb sein
· Subject pronouns
· The pronoun “you”
· The verb heißen
· Forming yes/no and information questions
· Noun gender and number
· The nominative case of definite and indefinite articles
· Pronoun substitution
Chapter 2
· The verb haben
· Present tense of regular verbs
· Accusative case of definite and indefinite articles and pronouns
· Negation with nicht
Chapter 3
· Present tense of stem-changing verbs
· Coordinating conjunctions
· The modal verb form möchte
· The modal verb können
· The verb kennen
· Accusative case of possessive adjectives
· Noun plurals
Chapter 4
· The informal imperative
· The modal verbs sollen, mögen, dürfen, müssen and wollen
· Prepositions with the accusative case
Chapter 5
· The conversational past tense
· Subordinating conjunctions
· Infinitive phrases with zu
Chapter 6
· The dative case
· Prepositions with the dative case
· Dative-taking verbs
· Der-words
Chapter 7
· Two-way prepositions
· The directionals hin and her
· Time expressions with the accusative and dative cases
· Word order with time, manner and place
· Subordinating conjunction damit
Chapter 8
· Reflexive verbs
· Future time
· Expressing probability
· Verbs with prepositional objects
· Da- and Wo-compounds
Chapter 9
· Relative clauses
· Present tense of subjunctive II
· Adjective endings
· Comparative and superlative of adjectives and adverbs
Chapter 10
· Simple past tense
· Genitive case
Chapter 11
· Past tense of subjunctive II
· Passive voice