B1 — Intermediate
Deal with most situations while living in a German-speaking country.
- Explain opinions and plans and give short reasons
- Understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar topics
- Write connected texts with subordinate clauses and connectors
Lessons
Each lesson ends with practice questions on the same topic.
- Lesson 1
Relative clauses
Relativsätze
Describe people and things with der, die, das, denen, dessen and deren.
30 min6 practice questions - Lesson 2
The passive voice
Passiv
Focus on the action instead of the person: „werden“ + past participle.
30 min6 practice questions - Lesson 3
Konjunktiv II: polite requests, wishes and unreal situations
Konjunktiv II
würde + infinitive, hätte, wäre and the modal verbs in Konjunktiv II.
30 min5 practice questions - Lesson 4
Infinitive clauses with zu, um … zu and damit
Infinitivsätze
Shorten sentences with „zu“ + infinitive and express purpose with „um … zu“.
25 min5 practice questions - Lesson 5
Adjective endings
Adjektivdeklination
The ending of an adjective before a noun depends on the article, the gender and the case.
35 min6 practice questions - Lesson 6
Connectors and word order: deshalb, trotzdem, obwohl
Konnektoren
Each connector type has its own word order. Learn to link ideas in writing and speaking.
30 min5 practice questions - Lesson 7
The simple past in written German
Präteritum
Stories, reports and news use the simple past. Learn the regular endings and key irregular forms.
25 min4 practice questions
Practice by skill
50 original questions at B1.
Listening
Original recordings for this level.
- B1
Informationen für Erstsemester
Information for first-year students
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Planning a study group
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