4.6 Language Structures

• Reported speech with dass, ob and w-questions
• Demonstrative articles dieser, diese, dieses in all cases
• The present perfect tense with haben and sein
• The question word welch-
• Dative verbs passen and gefallen
• Negation with nicht and kein

• derive rules of grammar in given contexts
• apply the rules of grammar for effective communication
• appreciate the role of grammar in communication

“How is grammar important to you in communication?”

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1. Language structures for business
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Introduce the grammar structures of the node and the key inquiry question.
2. The dative with passen and gefallen
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use the dative pronouns with the verbs passen and gefallen.
3. More verbs that take the dative
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Extend the dative to gehören, schmecken, helfen and danken.
4. Demonstrative articles in the nominative
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Point at known people and things with dieser, diese and dieses.
5. Demonstratives in the accusative and dative
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Decline dieser through the accusative and dative cases.
6. The question word welch-
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Ask which one with welch- and the endings of dieser.
7. The present perfect with haben
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Form the present perfect with haben and the Partizip II.
8. The present perfect with sein
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use sein with verbs of movement and change of state.
9. Negation with nicht
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Negate verbs, adjectives and whole sentences with nicht.
10. Negation with kein
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Negate nouns with kein, with the endings of ein.
11. Reported speech with dass
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Report what someone said using a dass-clause.
12. Reported speech with ob and w-questions
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Report yes-or-no questions with ob and w-questions with their question word.