German Grammar for Elementary LearnersCEFR A2 Level
Build on the basics with past tenses and more complex structures.
Build on your German foundations with A2 elementary grammar. Master past tense, future tense, comparative forms, and more complex sentence structures. Ideal for learners ready to expand their German grammar knowledge beyond the basics.
Past Tense
Learn both German past tenses: the Perfekt (conversational past) and Präteritum (simple past). Understand when to use each tense and how to form them with regular and irregular verbs.
Present Perfect Tense
Master the German Perfekt tense to describe past events. Learn when to use haben or sein as the auxiliary verb, how to form past participles, and the correct word order in sentences.
Possessive Pronouns
Learn the German possessive pronouns (mein, dein, sein, etc.) that indicate ownership. Master how they change based on gender, number, and grammatical case.
Common Prepositions
Master the most important German prepositions for expressing location, time, and direction. Learn which case each preposition requires and how two-way prepositions work.
Comparatives & Superlatives
Learn how to compare things in German using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs. Master regular patterns and common irregular forms.
Modal Verbs
Master the six German modal verbs: können, müssen, wollen, sollen, dürfen, and mögen. Learn how they modify other verbs to express ability, necessity, permission, and desire.
Reflexive Verbs
Learn German reflexive verbs that require reflexive pronouns like sich. Master common reflexive verbs for daily routines, emotions, and actions where the subject and object are the same person.
Coordinating Conjunctions
Learn German coordinating conjunctions like und, aber, oder, and denn to connect sentences and ideas. These conjunctions do not change word order and are essential for fluent German.
Subordinate Clauses (weil, dass, wenn)
Master German subordinate clauses with conjunctions like weil (because), dass (that), and wenn (when/if). Learn the crucial word order change where the verb moves to the end of the clause.
Object Pronouns (Accusative & Dative)
Learn German object pronouns for both accusative (direct object) and dative (indirect object) cases. Master pronouns like mich, dich, mir, dir and understand when to use each case.
Imperative (Commands)
Master German imperative forms for giving commands and instructions. Learn the three forms: informal singular (du), informal plural (ihr), and formal (Sie), plus special cases and polite expressions.
Adjective Endings
Learn German adjective declension - how adjectives change endings based on gender, case, and the type of article used. Master the three patterns: after definite articles, indefinite articles, and with no article.
Separable Verbs
Master German separable verbs (trennbare Verben) where the prefix splits from the verb stem and moves to the end of the clause. Learn common prefixes like an-, auf-, aus-, ein-, mit-, zu- and how they behave in different sentence structures.
Temporal Prepositions
Master German prepositions of time: seit (since), für (for), bis (until), während (during), vor (before/ago), nach (after). Learn when to use each and which case they require.