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FEN Grammatik

German grammar in a book.

The German grammar course as a textbook, for students and independent learners.

Cover of FEN Grammatik: German from Scratch to C1

FEN GrammatikGerman from Scratch to C1

Level
A0 to C1
Language
German, explained in English
Format
Full-color e-book (PDF), 758 pages
Includes
Placement test, a from-scratch Starter track, 5 levels with end-of-level exams, 6 Goethe and AP practice sets, 100 reading texts, answer key
Author
Fatima-Ezzahrae Nsais

Table of contents

Placement test
A0 Start from zero
  1. The alphabet and spelling your name
  2. Pronunciation: ä, ö, ü, ß, ch, sch, ei and ie
  3. Hello and goodbye: greetings, please and thank you
  4. Introducing yourself: name, country, city, languages
  5. Survival phrases: I do not understand, please repeat, how do you say
  6. Numbers from 0 to 100
  7. Big numbers, prices, phone numbers and years
  8. Telling the time
  9. Days, months, seasons and the date
  10. Family and people: mein, dein, Ihr
  11. Colors, everyday objects and Was ist das?
  12. Body, health and a visit to the doctor
  13. Food and drink: at the bakery and the café
  14. Shopping: the supermarket, prices and the Pfand
  15. In town: places and asking the way
  16. Trains, buses and tickets
  17. The weather and small talk
  18. Finding a home: the WG, Kaltmiete and the Hausordnung
  19. Paperwork: the Anmeldung, forms and appointments
  20. Everyday culture: Sie and du, punctuality, Sunday rest and recycling
  21. End-of-level exam A0
A1 Beginner
  1. Sein and haben in the present tense
  2. Gender and the articles: der, die, das, ein, eine
  3. The present tense of regular verbs
  4. The present tense of stem-changing verbs: fahren, sehen, nehmen
  5. Word order: the verb in second position, and questions
  6. The accusative: den, einen, and the direct object
  7. Negation: nicht and kein
  8. The plural of nouns
  9. Possessive articles: mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser
  10. Modal verbs: können, müssen, wollen, möchten, dürfen, sollen
  11. End-of-level exam A1
A2 Elementary
  1. Separable and inseparable verbs
  2. The dative: the indirect object and dative verbs
  3. Personal pronouns in the nominative, accusative and dative
  4. Prepositions with the accusative or the dative
  5. Two-way prepositions: wo or wohin?
  6. The Perfekt with haben and the past participle
  7. The Perfekt with sein: haben or sein?
  8. The Präteritum of sein, haben and the modal verbs
  9. The imperative
  10. The comparative and the superlative
  11. End-of-level exam A2
B1 Intermediate
  1. Subordinate clauses: weil, dass, wenn, ob
  2. Reflexive verbs
  3. Adjective endings
  4. The Präteritum of regular and irregular verbs
  5. Relative clauses: der, die, das
  6. The genitive and its prepositions: wegen, trotz, während
  7. The Futur I and the verb werden
  8. Konjunktiv II: würde, wäre, hätte, könnte
  9. The infinitive with zu: um... zu, ohne... zu, statt... zu
  10. The passive in the present and the Präteritum
  11. End-of-level exam B1
B2 Upper intermediate
  1. The Plusquamperfekt and time clauses: nachdem, bevor, als, während
  2. Konjunktiv II in the past: unreal conditions and regrets
  3. The passive in every tense, with modal verbs, and the Zustandspassiv
  4. Indirect speech and Konjunktiv I
  5. Relative clauses with prepositions, dessen, deren, was and wo
  6. Verbs with prepositions: worauf, darauf, auf wen
  7. The n-declension and adjectives used as nouns
  8. Concession and contrast: obwohl, trotzdem, während, dagegen
  9. Two-part connectors: sowohl... als auch, weder... noch, je... desto
  10. Purpose and consequence: damit, um... zu, sodass, deshalb
  11. End-of-level exam B2
C1 Advanced
  1. Extended participial attributes
  2. Nominal style: nominalization and verbalization
  3. Funktionsverbgefüge: in Frage stellen, zur Verfügung stehen
  4. The subjective use of modal verbs: er soll, sie dürfte, es muss
  5. Konjunktiv I in the press and unreal comparisons with als ob
  6. The Futur II and expressing assumptions
  7. Word order in the middle field: time, cause, manner, place
  8. Modal particles: doch, ja, mal, eben, halt, wohl
  9. Passive substitutes and the gerundive: sein + zu, sich lassen, -bar
  10. Connectors for argumentation: indem, sofern, zumal, folglich, hingegen
  11. End-of-level exam C1
Exam practice6 entries
  1. Goethe B1 · Set 1: Everyday life and travel
  2. Goethe B1 · Set 2: Work, school and media
  3. Goethe B2 · Set 1: Society, environment and science
  4. Goethe B2 · Set 2: Work, studies and media
  5. AP German · Set 1: Family, community and everyday life
  6. AP German · Set 2: Global challenges, technology and the arts
Reading
  1. A1: Beginner
  2. A2: Elementary
  3. B1: Intermediate
  4. B2: Upper intermediate
  5. C1: Advanced
Answer key
Glossary
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