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The Printable Workbook

The whole course as one book you can write in

30 chapters · PDF

Every chapter of the course in one PDF: the texts, the exercises, the vocabulary and the answers at the back. Print it, or write in it on a tablet.

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Contents

OrientationThe sound and the spelling

  1. 01Das AlphabetPage 2The German alphabet — read it, hear it, spell it
  2. 02Die LautePage 7How German sounds — the sounds English speakers get wrong
  3. 03Zahlen und UhrzeitPage 13Numbers, prices and telling the time in German
  4. 04Begrüßung und VorstellungPage 21Greetings, Sie and du, and how to introduce yourself

A1 · GrundstufePresent tense, word order, cases

  1. 05Das SatzbettPage 27The verb in position 2, and when to use sein or haben
  2. 06Der, die, dasPage 32The three articles — and why the article belongs to the word
  3. 07AkkusativPage 37The case that changes one article — and how to say what you do not want
  4. 08Verben im PräsensPage 43The present tense of regular verbs — one stem, six endings
  5. 09Unregelmäßige VerbenPage 48The verbs that do not follow the rule — and the one that only looks as if it does
  6. 10KönnenPage 54The modal verb first, the other verb at the end
  7. 11MöchtenPage 59The polite way to want something — and the case of the thing you want
  8. 12Trennbare VerbenPage 65The prefix goes to the end of the sentence
  9. 13Fragen stellenPage 70Two kinds of question, and the answer that comes back
  10. 14AdjektivePage 77The simple A1 form: the adjective behind the noun, without an ending
  11. 15Präpositionen mit AkkusativPage 83Four prepositions that always take the accusative — and how you describe a route
  12. 16Telefonieren und schreibenPage 89Phone calls, emails and messages — and the two ways you speak to people you do not know
  13. 17Der Körper und der ArztPage 96The body, the doctor's questions, and the instructions you get

A2 · ElementarstufePast, dative, subordinate clauses

  1. 18Perfekt mit habenPage 102The spoken past — haben in position 2, the participle at the end
  2. 19Perfekt mit seinPage 108The past with sein — journeys, arrivals and everything that changes
  3. 20DativPage 114The case of the person who receives — and the four articles that change
  4. 21DativpräpositionenPage 120The seven prepositions that always take the dative — aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu
  5. 22WechselpräpositionenPage 126The nine prepositions that take two cases — and the case tells you if you move or stay
  6. 23Nebensätze: weil und dassPage 133The verb goes to the end — and the comma stands in front of the clause
  7. 24Nebensätze: wenn, als, obwohlPage 139One past event, every time, or in spite of it — and the verb still goes to the end
  8. 25Modalverben: müssen, dürfen, sollenPage 145What you must do, what you may do and what you should do
  9. 26KomparativePage 152Comparing two things: a difference, the same, and the best of all
  10. 27AdjektivdeklinationPage 158The endings on the adjective in front of the noun
  11. 28Das PassivPage 164The passive — werden in position 2, the participle at the end
  12. 29Geld und ReklamationPage 171Paying, invoices, and the fixed words of a complaint
  13. 30Präteritum der ModalverbenPage 178What you could, had to and were allowed to do — the past of the modal verbs