ABSTRACT

German Grammar in Context presents an accessible and engaging approach to learning grammar. Each chapter opens with a real-life extract from a German newspaper, magazine, poem, book or internet source and uses this text as the starting point for explaining a particular key area of German grammar. A range of exercises follow at the end of the chapter, helping students to reinforce and test their understanding, and an answer key is also provided at the back of the book.

This second edition features:

  • Updated texts with current newspaper and magazine articles and new extracts from digital media such as chatrooms or blogs
  • Inclusion of a wide-ranging selection of sources and topics to further students’ engagement with issues relevant to contemporary Germany and Austria
  • Clear and user-friendly coverage of grammar, aided by a list of grammatical terms
  • A wide variety of inventive exercises designed to thoroughly build up grammatical understanding, vocabulary acquisition and effective comprehension and communication skills
  • Helpful 'keyword boxes' translating difficult vocabulary in the texts
  • A recommended reading section offering advice on additional grammar resources and website links

German Grammar in Context will be an essential resource for intermediate to advanced students of German. It is suitable for both classroom use and independent study.  

chapter 1|5 pages

Gender

chapter 2|5 pages

Noun plurals

chapter 3|10 pages

Case

chapter 4|7 pages

Use of articles

chapter 5|9 pages

Adjectives

chapter 6|6 pages

Comparatives and superlatives

chapter 7|8 pages

Personal pronouns and possessives

chapter 8|6 pages

Demonstratives

chapter 9|6 pages

Relative pronouns

chapter 10|7 pages

Present tense

chapter 11|4 pages

Imperative

chapter 12|7 pages

Past tense

chapter 13|7 pages

Perfect tense

chapter 14|3 pages

Pluperfect tense

chapter 15|5 pages

Future tense

chapter 16|7 pages

Conditional

chapter 17|10 pages

Subjunctive in reported speech

chapter 18|8 pages

Passive

chapter 19|4 pages

Separable verbs

chapter 20|6 pages

Reflexive verbs

chapter 21|9 pages

Infinitives and modal verbs

chapter 22|7 pages

Negation

chapter 23|4 pages

Questions

chapter 24|12 pages

Prepositions

chapter 25|7 pages

Conjunctions

chapter 26|10 pages

Word order

chapter 27|10 pages

Word formation

chapter 28|6 pages

Punctuation and spelling