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Textbook Contents - 'Vorsprung'

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

Vorsprung