Acknowledgements
Preface: To the Student
Map of Germany
Table of Contents
Lektion 23: Studenten in Marburg
Exploration of Forms: Review: Simple statements, simple questions
Review: nominative and accusative cases
Review: present tense verb forms
Review: adjective endings
Review: talking about past events
Aktivität on adjective endings
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 23/1. Case endings and pronouns, verb forms present
23/2. Adjective endings; past to present verb forms; haben/sein
Lektion 24: Ein ernstes Problem
Exploration of Forms: Dative forms; use with prepositions
du with vowel change
Exploration of Words and Culture: When and how to use du playing cards
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 24/1. Change to present tense; case endings
24/2. Verbs in the present tense; case choice and forms
Lektion 25: Karl und die Nussecken
Exploration of Forms: Practice of verbs in the present perfect dative forms of personal pronouns
choice of case: direct and indirect objects
word order: noun and pronoun objects
Exploration of Words and Culture: Contractions of prepositions and articles
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 25/1. Use of cases; present perfect to present
25/2. Noun and pronoun objects (word order);
change verbs into past time frame
Lektion 26: Eine Reise mit der Oma
Exploration of Forms: Practicing verbs in the present perfect comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs comparative forms with adjective endings
relative clauses
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 26/1. Use of cases; comparisons; relative clauses 26/2. Verbs in the past; splitting up relative clauses
Lektion 27: Rudis Haare
Exploration of Forms: Practicing verbs in the present perfect dative adjective endings
constructions with the dative without an accusative
modal verbs: mögen, sollen
modal verbs in the past
Exploration of Words and Culture: Likes and dislikes
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 27/1. Conversion into present tense; case endings 27/2. Verbs in the past; likes and dislikes; dative
Lektion 28: Wo ist die Zahnbürste?
Exploration of Forms: Practicing verbs referring to the past prepositions taking accusative or dative
Exploration of Words and Culture: Gerund; giving the time of day
du hast recht; tun as “to put”; na also!
What to say in certain situations
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 28/1. Add prepositions; choice of case after prepositions; gerunds S. 59
Lektion 29: Wo ist Rudi?
Exploration of Forms: Practicing verbs referring to the past ............................... S. 62
Future time and future tense .............................................................. S. 62
Exploration of Words and Culture: schlimm; gestern/heute Abend/Morgen S. 63
normalerweise; review of the meanings of prepositions .............. S. 64
Vokabelliste ........................................................................................... S. 66 Worksheet: 29/1. Convert verbs into the present; use of cases .......................... S. 67
29/2. Case and verb forms; adjective endings .................................. S. 69
Lektion 30: Ein nasser Brief
Exploration of Forms: Indirect questions
Exploration of Words and Culture: Notfall
stehen (to say); meinen/bedeuten
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 30/1. Add verb forms in various tenses; add prepositions
30/2. Use of the past tenses, convert to present tense
Lektion 31: Die Fahrt zum Bahnhof
Exploration of Forms: The past perfect tense
Exploration of Words and Culture: irgend-; phone numbers in Germany
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 31/1. Insert haben or sein as appropriate
31/2. Preposition review: Cleaning up Hanna’s desk; present verb forms
Lektion 32: Es war nicht so schlimm
Exploration of Forms: ihr, euch; euer; verb forms with ihr
Exploration of Words and Culture: Train Travel in Germany
Time and space meanings of nach, um; vorbei an
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 32/1. ihr, euch, euer (Twins 1)
32/2. Insert past participles or infinitives; verb 2nd position
Lektion 33: Anrufe in Kassel
Exploration of Forms: Reflexive pronouns; 'reflexive' verbs
Subordinating conjunctions and word order
Exploration of Words and Culture: German telephone etiquette saying good-bye
etwas and nichts
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 33/1. Reading – present and past perfect; simplify relative-clause constructions
33/2. ihr, euch, euer, du, dich, dein (Twins 2)
Lektion 34: Ankunft in Kassel
Exploration of Forms: Commands for all types of “you”
expressing causality: denn, weil, nämlich
Exploration of Words and Culture: Informal time expressions
Review: wissen and kennen
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 34/1. Verb review, present perfect; causal statements
Lektion 35: Was Christine passiert ist
Exploration of Forms: Spatial adverbs expressing motion (rein, raus, rauf ...; herein, hinein, ...)
Exploration of Words and Culture: herein; drüben; geboren
Kindergarten, Gymnasium, Abitur, Volkshochschule
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 35/1. Add case forms; adverbs expressing motion
Lektion 36: Frau Heuberg und Frau Tökçan erzählen
Exploration of Forms: “Weak” nouns
Exploration of Words and Culture: Das geht nicht; sympathisch; Immigrants in Germany, Türke
Practice: Prepositions
Reading practice: traffic signs
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 36/1. Prepositions; three cases with one verb; space adverbs
Lektion 37: Die Geschichte von den drei kleinen Schweinchen
Exploration of Forms: Simple past, regular and strong verbs
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 37/1. Convert into present perfect tense (3 pigs)
Lektion 38: Aus dem Struwwelpeter
Exploration of Forms: Simple past, irregular forms
Vokabelliste
Worksheet: 38/1. Provide proper forms in the simple past (Friederich)
38/2. Put into the present perfect (Froschkönig)
Grammar Index
"Explorations" Index List of Strong and Irregular Verbs
German - English Vocabulary
English - German Vocabulary