Modern German Grammar Workbook

Cover
Modern German Grammar
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
How to use this book
Glossary
Part A: Structures
I. Letters and sounds
	1. Vowels
	2. Diphthongs
	3. Consonants
	4. Stress
II. Word order
	5. Simple sentences and main clauses
	6. Two main clauses
	7. Direct questions and commands
	8. Subordinate clauses
	9. Indirect questions
	10. Relative clauses
	11. Order of adverbials
	12. Noun and pronoun objects
	13.
 Position of nicht
	14. Position of reflexive pronouns
	15. Flexible word order and emphasis
III. The case system
	16. The cases
	17. The nominative
	18. The accusative
	19. The dative
	20. The genitive
	21. Apposition
IV Nouns
	22. The article
	23. Use of the articles
	24. Determiners
	25. Gender
	26. Compound nouns and acronyms
	27. Gender variations
	28. Noun declensions
	29. Plurals
V. Pronouns
	30. Pronoun reference and forms
	31. Other forms used as pronouns
	32. Pronouns used after prepositions
VI. Verbs
	33. Verb forms
	34. Use of tenses
	35. Modal verbs
	36. Separable and inseparable verbs
	37. Reflexive verbs
	38. Prepositional verbs
	39. The subjunctive
	40. The passive
	41. Imperatives
	42. Basic sentence patterns: verbs and their completion
VII. Adjectives and adverbs
	43. Predicative and attributive adjectives
	44. Declension following der, etc.
	45. Declension following ein, etc.
	46. ‘Zero’ declension
	47. Other adjective types
	48. Comparison of adjectives
	49. Extended adjectival phrases
	50. Adverbs
	51. Comparison of adverbs
VIII. Word structure and word formation
	52. Principles of word formation
	53. Forming verbs
	54. Forming nouns
	55. Forming adjectives
	56. Forming adverbs
	57. Verbal prefixes
IX. Style and 
orthography
	58. Register and regional variation
	59. Spelling and punctuation
Part B: Functions
X. Social contact
	60. Greeting
	61. Making introductions
	62. Taking leave
	63. Eating and drinking
	64. Giving and receiving compliments
	65. Expressing commiseration
	66. Expressing good wishes
	67. Giving and receiving thanks, and expressing appreciation
	68. Expressing apologies and regret
XI. Giving and seeking factual information
	69. Talking and enquiring about existence
	70. Talking and enquiring about absence and non-existence
	71. Expressing and enquiring about availability
	72. Talking about non-availability
	73. Identifying and seeking identification
	74. Describing people
	75. Describing objects
	76. Describing actions and processes
	77. Avoiding describing the agent of processes and actions
	78. Describing origins and provenance
XII. Putting events into a wider context
	79. Giving reasons and purpose
	80. Providing spatial context
	81. Providing temporal context
	82. Talking about cause and effect
	83. Drawing conclusions with reference to sources
	84. Referring to sources of information
	85. Reporting other people’s words and claims
	86.
 Expressing necessity
	87. Expressing ability to do something
	88. Conveying doubt and certainty
	89. Expressing assumptions, and discussing possibility, probability and conditions
XIII. Transactions: getting things done
	90. Attracting attention
	91. Helping and advising
	92. Asking for something to be done
	93. Expressing needs, wishes and desires
	94. Expressing objections and complaints
	95. Giving and seeking promises and assurances
	96. Issuing, accepting and declining invitations and offers
	97. Seeking, granting and denying permission
	98. Making, accepting and declining suggestions
	99. Issuing and responding to warnings
XIV. Conveying attitudes and mental states
	100. Asserting and denying the truth of something
	101. Expressing knowledge
	102. Remembering and forgetting
	103. Expressing future intentions
	104. Expressing likes and dislikes: people, things and situations
	105. Indicating preferences
	106. Expressing indifference
	107. Voicing opinion
	108. Expressing firm convictions
	109. Expressing agreement and disagreement
	110. Talking about physical well-being
	111. Expressing happiness, fear and sadness
	112. Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction
	113. Expressing hopes, wishes and disappointment
	114. Expressing surprise
	115. Expressing enjoyment and pleasure
XV. Communication strategies
	116. Using fillers
	117. Keeping the channel open
	118. Asking for spoken linguistic cues
	119. Shaping the course of a conversation
	120. Turn-taking in conversations
	121. Delivering monologues (formal speaking)
Index of grammatical terms
Index of functions
Index of German keywords