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Grammar Goals Guide

Find the grammar article for where you are in the German course, or for the grammar goal you are working toward.

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Unit 1: Introductions

4 chapters · 19 goals · 29 articles

Chapter 1: Salutations and Small Talk

Form negative sentences

Chapter 2: Languages and Origins

Chapter 3: Introductions and Professions

Learn the modal verb 'möchten'

Chapter 4: Personal Info and Preferences

Ask and answer questions with 'welch-'

Get to know verbs with separable prefixes

Use subject-verb inversion

Unit 2: Connections

10 chapters · 45 goals · 70 articles

Chapter 1: Places and Directions

Learn the declensions of the indefinite and definite articles

Learn to apply verb conjugation rules to a variety of verbs

Chapter 2: Currency and Counting

Apply adjective declension after the indefinite and definite article

Form questions using the question words 'wo,' 'was,' and 'wieviel'

Use the stative passive 'geschlossen' and 'geöffnet'

Chapter 3: Food and Drink Culture

Learn to use adjectives as nouns

Practice regular and irregular verbs

Chapter 4: Transportation and Payment

Form sentences with indirect objects

Chapter 5: Help and Requests

Learn to use the formal imperative

Use dative constructions with mir

Chapter 6: Clarification and Explanation

Use the modal verbs 'müssen' and 'dürfen'

Chapter 7: Compliments and Corrections

Practice subject-verb inversion

Chapter 8: Relatives and Pets

Learn more stem-changing verbs

Practice possessive pronouns

Chapter 9: Household Rooms and Items

Use the informal and 'wir'-imperative

Chapter 10: Career and Hobbies

Practice the 'wir'-imperative

Use nouns that follow adjective declension

Use the second person informal plural 'ihr'

Unit 3: Community

9 chapters · 36 goals · 73 articles

Chapter 1: Friends and Relationships

Get to know more reflexive verbs

Chapter 2: Cooking and Eating

Get introduced to passive voice

Practice the impersonal third person pronoun 'man'

Chapter 3: Weather and Landscapes

Express the concept of "should" with 'soll' and 'sollte'

Chapter 4: Shopping and Apparel

Learn more about separable prefixes

Chapter 5: Tasks and Errands

Imply verbs after "must"

Use more reflexive verbs

Chapter 6: Recreation and Relaxation

Practice informal imperatives

Practice two-case prepositions with destinations

Reinforce the use of relative pronouns

Chapter 7: Travel and Tourism

Learn the impersonal possessive pronouns 'sein' and 'ihr'

Practice the different words for "should"

Practice using different verbs for different means of "going"

Reinforce the use of relative pronouns

Chapter 8: Physical Descriptions and Humor

Practice using reflexive verbs

Reinforce the use of adjective endings

Unit 4: Lifestyle

9 chapters · 30 goals · 44 articles

Chapter 1: Historic People and Events

Practice the simple past tense

Practice using passive voice in the simple past tense

Chapter 2: Hospital and Pharmacy

Practice the formal imperative form

Use nouns derived from verbs to express progressivity

Use the present tense to refer to ongoing events that began in the past

Chapter 3: Thoughts and Emotions

Learn more simple past forms of different verbs

Reinforce the use of reflexive verbs

Chapter 4: College and University Life

Apply the dative ending to words following 'seit'

Learn to use modal verbs in past tense

Use a double infinitive with two modal verbs

Use 'dann' to indicate future tense

Chapter 5: Family and Name Origins

Practice the reflexive verb 'sich erinnern' (to remember)

Reinforce the use of passive with the past tense

Chapter 6: Food Allergies and Ingredients

Use the informal imperative form

Chapter 7: Social Events and Gatherings

Reinforce the informal imperative verb form

Chapter 8: Sports and Fitness

Chapter 9: Movies and TV

Reinforce the simple past

Unit 5: Ambitions

9 chapters · 29 goals · 39 articles

Chapter 1: Airports and Customs

Review the past tense of verbs with separable prefixes

Chapter 2: Hotels and Local Attractions

Learn a new translation for "to do"

Learn the prefix 'ab-'

Practice using the passive voice in the present tense

Reinforce the use of relative pronouns

Chapter 3: House Hunting and Moving

Recognize word order flexibility in German

Chapter 4: Utilities and Repair

Form the passive voice in the present tense

Chapter 5: Education and Career

Use the conditional verb form

Chapter 6: Emergencies and Aid

Reinforce the imperative form

Chapter 7: Household and Lifestyle

Derive neuter nouns from action verbs

Reinforce the future tense with 'werden'

Use the dative case with verbs that imply giving

Chapter 8: Hair and Beauty Services

Describe having something done using the verb 'lassen'

Reinforce the conditional verb form

Chapter 9: Events and Schedules

Practice the use of word order in German for emphasis

Reinforce the passive voice

Use the Infixes '-zu-' and '-ge-' with separable verbs