Deutsch macht Spaß!
Easy-to-Understand German Grammar
by Brigitte S. Dubiel

Partial Contents

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NOUNS - DER/DIE/DAS-words
Masculine nouns (DER-words)
   General RULES to help determine which words are masculine

Feminine nouns (DIE-words)
   General RULES to help determine which words are feminine

Neuter nouns (DAS-words)
   General RULES to help determine which words are neuter

DER-DIE-DAS summary
   Helpful Hints - Probabilities

WORKSHEET (Hägar and Helga are dining out)

PERSONAL, DEMONSTRATIVE, INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
   dies - welch - ein - mein, etc.

VARIOUS TYPES OF PRONOUNS - Summary

WORKSHEET (Hägar hangs a picture)

PLURALS (More than one)
   What endings to add to words to form the plural

WORKSHEET (Snoopy is hungry)

VERBS (DOING-words)

General Information / Introduction of DU and IHR
Present tense (present time) verb forms

Past tense (time) verb forms
   regular (weak), irregular (strong) and "mixed" verbs

WORKSHEET A (Father to son talk)

WORKSHEET B (Son to father talk)

Present perfect tense (time) verb forms

VERBS continued

WORKSHEET (Feeding the birds in winter)

Modal and auxiliary verbs - Introduction
Modal verbs and wissen - Present and past tense

Auxiliary verbs
   SEIN - HABEN - WERDEN general usage

WORKSHEET A (Snoopy comes to school)

WORKSHEET B (Sally and the TV announcer)

Auxiliary verbs
SEIN - HABEN - WERDEN
   Present and Past tense

SEIN - HABEN -WERDEN
   Present Perfect tense

WORKSHEET A (Delicious apple pie)
WORKSHEET B (Scouting)

INTRODUCTION TO:

   STELLEN - LEGEN - SETZEN (to put) (action)
   STEHEN - LIEGEN - SITZEN (no action)

WORKSHEET (Feeding problems)
   Verbs using SEIN as auxiliary for the past tense

WORKSHEET (Football in the tree)
   Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes
   Present and Past tense

WORKSHEET (Snoopy is left alone)

SENTENCES
   BOXES = CASES
   Box 1 - Nominative
   Box 2 - Accusative
   Box 3 - Dativ

   welch - dies - words in the Boxes (cases)
   Personal and other pronouns in the Boxes (cases)

WORKSHEET (Hägar and his dog)
   VERBS using (=governing) Box 3 (Dative)
   ("GIVING" verbs)

Personal and other pronouns Box 3 (Dative)
   VERBS using Box 2 and 3 (...give..)

Reversal of Box 2 and 3 (Dative before Accusative)

WORKSHEET (Valentineís Day)

PLURALS in the Boxes (=cases)

THE GENITIVE (Possessions - of... -)

WORKSHEET (Snowballs in the Foreign Legion)

PREPOSITIONS = PLACEMENT WORDS
   Group 1: Prepositions with the Accusative
   Group 2: Prepositions with the Dative
   Group 3: Prepositions with Accusative or Dative
   Prepositions - Examples

Prepositions with STELLEN - LEGEN - SETZEN and
   STEHEN - LIEGEN - SITZEN

WORKSHEET A (Sisterly advice)
WORKSHEET B (Where are those towels?)

ADJECTIVES = DESCRIBING WORDS

Adjectives in Boxes 1, 2, 3, and the Genitive

Patterns for Adjective Endings

Summary - Adjectives, Examples

Adjectives (Translations for pages 49, 50, 51)

WORKSHEET (Hägar's monologue)

SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF SENTENCE    CONSTRUCTION IN THE BOXES (cases)    with detailed explanations

WORKSHEET (Hägar drops the soap)

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Ordering Information

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