Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and now wish to progress to more complex language. Each of the units combines concise grammar explanations with examples and exercises to help build confidence and fluency.
The new edition includes:
- up-to-date cultural aspects of German-speaking countries
- extended entries on adverbs and the imperative
- Did you know? sections with tips on learning strategies, and on contemporary usage
- more exercises to refine retention
Suitable for students learning with or without a teacher, Intermediate German forms a structured course of the essentials of German grammar and is suitable for students at intermediate level, corresponding to levels A2–B1+ on the CEFR or Intermediate High/Advanced Low with the ACTFL.
Preface
1 Nouns and gender
2 Plural of nouns
3 Articles, possessives and other determiners
4 Cases
5 Pronouns
6 Reflexive verbs
7 Modal verbs
8 Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes
9 Verbs and prepositions
10 The imperative
11 The present tense
12 The present perfect tense
13 The simple past tense
14 The past perfect tense
15 The future tense
16 Adjectives
17 Adverbs
18 Prepositions
19 Forming questions
20 Conjunctions and clauses
21 Word order and sentence structure
22 Relative clauses
23 Negative constructions
24 The passive voice
25 Subjunctive forms
26 Indirect speech
Key to exercises and checklists
Glossary of grammatical terms
List of common irregular verbs
Index
Biography
Anna Miell is a Lecturer in German at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich and works as a language consultant in London.
Heiner Schenke is Senior Lecturer of German at the University of Westminster and was Director of the University's Institution-wide Language Programme for many years. He has published a number of language books.
