English Grammar for Students in German

Contents

What does English have to do with German?
• Tips for learning grammar
• Tips for learning vicabulary
• Tips for learning word forms
• Tips for effective study

1. What's in a Word?
   1. Meaning
   2. Part of speech
   3. Function
   4. Form
2. What is a Noun?
3. What are Prefixes and Suffixes?
   1. Nouns formed with prefixes
   2. Verbs formed with prefixes
   3. Study tips — Prefixes and Suffixes
4. What is Meant by Number?
   1. Study tips — Nouns and their number
5. What is Meant by Gender?
   1. Study tips — Nouns and their gender
6. What is an Article?
   1. Definite articles
   2. Indefinite articles
   3. Study tips — Nouns and articles
7. What is a Verb?
8. What is Meant by Case?
   1. Function of words
   2. Study tips — Case
9. What is a Pronoun?
10. What is a Personal Pronoun?
    1. Choosing the correct "person"
    2. Study tips — Personal pronouns
11. What is a Subject?
12. What is a Subject Pronoun?
13. What is a Predicate Noun?
    1. Study tips — Predicate nouns
14. What is a Verb Conjugation?
    1. How to conjugate a verb
    2. Choosing the correct “person”
    3. Study tips — Verb conjugations
15. What is Meant by Tense?
16. What is the Present Tense?
17. What is an Object?
    1. Direct object
    2. Indirect object
    3. Sentences with a direct and an indirect object
18. What are Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns?
    1. Study tips — Direct and indirect object pronouns
19. What is a Preposition?
    1. Two-way prepositions
    2. Position of preposition and its object
    3. Study tips — Prepositions
20. What is an Object of Preposition Pronoun?
    1. Referring to a person
    2. Referring to a thing
    3. Study tips — Object of preposition pronouns
21. What are the Principal Parts of a Verb?
    1. Study tips — Principal parts of a verb
22. What is an Auxiliary Verb?
    1. Study tips — Auxiliary verbs
23. What are Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs?
    1. Reciprocal action
    2. Study tips — Reflexive pronouns and verbs
24. What is the Future Tense?
    1. Future of probability
25. What is the Past Tense?
    1. Study tips — Past tense
26. What is a Participle?
    1. Present participle
    2. Past participle
    3. Present participle vs. gerund
27. What is the Past Perfect Tense?
28. What is the Future Perfect Tense?
29. What is an Adjective?
30. What is a Descriptive Adjective?
    1. Study tips — Descriptive adjectives
31. What is Meant by Comparison of Adjectives?
    1. Comparative
    2. Superlative
32. What is the Possessive?
33. What is a Possessive Adjective?
    1. Study tips — Possessive adjectives
34. What is a Possessive Pronoun?
35. What is an Interrogative Adjective?
    1. Interrogative adjective as object of a preposition
36. What is an Interrogative Pronoun?
    1. Referring to a person
    2. Referring to a thing
    3. Study tips — Interrogative pronouns
37. What is a Demonstrative Adjective?
38. What is a Demonstrative Pronoun?
39. What is a Sentence?
    1. Simple sentences
    2. Compound sentences
    3. Complex sentences
40. What are Affirmative and Negative Sentences?
    1. Negative words
41. What are Declarative and Interrogative Sentences?
    1. Tag questions
42. What is a Conjunction?
    1. Preposition or conjunction?
    2. Study tips — Conjunctions
43. What is an Adverb?
    1. Study tips — Adverbs
44. What is a Relative Pronoun?
    1. Combining sentences with a relative pronoun
    2. Selection of a relative pronoun
    3. Subject of a relative clause
    4. Direct object of the relative clause
    5. Indirect object or object of a preposition in a relative clause
    6. Relative pronoun as possessive modifier
    7. Relative pronouns without antecedent
    8. Study tips — Relative pronouns
45. What is Meant by Mood?
46. What is the Imperative?
47. What is the Subjunctive?
    1. Subjunctive II
    2. The würde-construction
48. What is Meant by Active and Passive Voice?
    1. Impersonal passives
49. What is Meant by Direct and Indirect Discourse?
    1. Subjunctive I

Index