English Grammar for Students in German

Contents

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

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