About the Book
A handy, easy-to-navigate grammar which can be used as a quick trouble-shooter or as a grammar course. Grammar points are presented with clear explanations and lots of examples on the left-hand side of each pair of pages, and there are exercises opposite to check that you have understood the particular structure. The grammar coverage is extensive and will be right for you whether you are a complete beginner or an intermediate to advanced student. All the grammar points are illustrated with examples in sentences (with translations), so you see the structures in use at the same time as practising your language and increasing your vocabulary. This small, handy book is ideal for carrying in your bag or your pocket, so it will be a useful resource whenever you need a quick answer to a grammar query.
Table of Contents:
01 Introduction
02 Nouns: and articles, gender, word groups, compounds, abbreviations, plurals, nationalities, omission of article
03 Case: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, determiners, 'my' and 'your', weak nouns
04 Verbs: present, imperative, perfect, simple past, modals, reflexives, conditions, impersonal verbs, separable/inseparable verbs, 'lassen', past perfect, infinitive, reported speech, passive
05 Pronouns: personal, relative
06 Prepositions: + cases, + accusative, + dative, + accusative or dative, in short forms, in phrases, verbs + prepositions
07 Adjectives: after nouns, with 'der, die, das', with 'ein, eine, ein', without 'der, ein', greetings
08 Comparisons: with adjectives, with superlatives, with adverbs
09 Sentence sructure: word order in statements, co-ordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions
10 Questions: question words, word order
11 Negatives: 'nicht', 'kein'
12 Adverbs: expressions of time, how often?
13 Numbers: numbers, years, percentages, days months and dates, prices weights and measurements, time
14 Common irregular, strong and mixed verbs
15 Summary of verbs and tenses
16 Revision: case/adjective endings, prepositions, pronouns
17 Key to exercises
18 Glossary of grammatical terms
19 Vocabulary list
20 Grammar index