B1 Grammar
Konjunktiv II at B1: polite requests & wishes
How to form and use würde + infinitive, hätte and wäre.
Read →B1 connectors: weil, deshalb, trotzdem, obwohl
Link your ideas to boost the coherence score in writing and speaking.
Read →Perfekt vs. Präteritum
When to use the Perfekt and the Präteritum to talk about the past in German at B1 level.
Read →Modal verbs
How to use the German modal verbs können, müssen, dürfen, sollen, wollen, mögen and möchten at B1 level.
Read →Two-way prepositions (Wechselpräpositionen)
The nine German two-way prepositions and how to choose between accusative and dative at B1 level.
Read →Adjective endings (Adjektivdeklination)
How German adjectives change their endings depending on the article, gender, number and case.
Read →Relative clauses (Relativsätze)
How to build German relative clauses with the right relative pronoun and word order.
Read →Subordinate clauses with dass and ob
How to build German subordinate clauses with dass and ob, with the verb at the end.
Read →Temporal clauses (als, wenn, während, bevor, nachdem …)
How German temporal subordinate clauses work and which conjunction and tense to use for each time relationship.
Read →Purpose clauses: damit & um … zu
How to express purpose in German with damit and um … zu, and how to choose between them depending on the subject.
Read →The passive voice (Vorgangspassiv)
How to form and use the German passive with werden + Partizip II across all tenses and with modal verbs.
Read →Reflexive verbs (Reflexive Verben)
How German reflexive verbs work at B1 level, including accusative and dative reflexive pronouns, true vs untrue reflexives, and verbs with prepositions.
Read →Verbs with fixed prepositions
Common B1 verbs that require a fixed preposition and case, plus da-compounds and wo-compounds.
Read →Comparison: Komparativ & Superlativ
How to form and use the comparative and superlative of German adjectives and adverbs at B1 level.
Read →The genitive case (Genitiv)
Learn how to express possession in German with the genitive case, its article forms, prepositions, and the common spoken alternative von + Dative.
Read →Infinitive with zu (Infinitiv mit zu)
Learn when German uses the infinitive with zu, where zu goes with separable verbs, and why modal verbs and werden take no zu.
Read →The future tense (Futur I)
Learn how to form Futur I with werden + infinitive, when to use it for predictions, intentions and assumptions, and why German often uses the present tense for the future.
Read →Indirect questions (Indirekte Fragen)
Learn how to form polite indirect questions in German, where the verb goes, and when to use the question word or ob.
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