Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar, Premium Third Edition

All the practice and instruction you need to communicate effectively in German--now with new audio recordings

For beginning to intermediate German language learners, getting a handle on German grammar is the key to communicating correctly and effectively. In Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar, you'll find everything you need, all in one place--instruction, clear explanations, and extensive exercises--to build your knowledge and communicate more effectively in German.

Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar, Premium Third Edition covers all aspects of German grammar you need to know, from present tense regular verbs to adverb and adjective use. Crystal-clear explanations, realistic examples and extensive array of engaging exercises helps you focus your efforts on the practical aspects of communicating in German. With an additional boost from both the practical and high-frequency vocabulary used throughout the book and an answer key that provides great reference and quick feedback, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar is the best, most indispensable resource for upgrading your command of the German language.

• Proven approach to learning helps you get a handle on German grammar right away, and build on your learnings as you go
• Every grammatical point is illustrated with example sentences to illustrate and clarify
• A full chapter of exercises reviews the contents of the entire book
• NEW: Enhanced with new audio recordings, via app, of example sentences and answers to numerous exercises

ISBN-13: 9781264285563

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC

Publication Date: 12-12-2022

Pages: 288

Product Dimensions: 8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.80(d)

Ed Swick has taught German for 30 years. He is the author of Practice Makes Perfect: German Vocabulary and Practice Makes Perfect: German Sentence Builder.

Table of Contents

Preface v

Acknowledgment vi

1 Pronunciation and gender 1

2 Definite and indefinite articles 7

3 Pronouns, plurals, and the verb sein 17

4 Titles, locations, and interrogatives 26

5 The verbs haben and werden and negation 37

6 The present tense and numbers 47

7 Direct objects and the accusative case 56

8 Irregular verbs in the present tense 64

9 Separable and inseparable prefixes and imperatives 74

Review 1 85

10 Accusative case prepositions and interrogatives 93

11 Regular verbs in the past tense and word order 103

12 Indirect objects and the dative case 112

13 Irregular verbs in the past tense 120

14 Modal auxiliaries in the present and past tenses 128

15 The accusative-dative prepositions 137

16 Regular verbs in the present perfect tense and more imperatives 144

17 Genitive case, the comparative, and the superlative 152

18 Irregular verbs in the present perfect tense and adjectives 159

Review 2 169

19 Past perfect, future, and future perfect tenses 177

20 Relative pronouns 184

21 Modifiers, adverbs, reflexive pronouns, and conjunctions 191

22 Double infinitive structures 199

23 Infinitive clauses 207

24 The passive voice 213

25 The subjunctive 220

Final Review 231

Appendix A The principal parts of irregular verbs 239

Appendix B Prepositions and their required cases 247

Appendix C Summary of declensions 251

Answer Key 253