Review II · B1 reviewNot started
Mixed B1 review
Contrast, consequence, indirect questions, reported speech, lassen and participles — plus the older grammar underneath.
Nothing new. The questions do not say which lesson they came from, which is the only honest test of whether something has been learned.
When a sentence resists you, find the verb and ask where it belongs. Almost every German word-order question is decided by the connector in front of it.
| Connector | Verb goes | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| weil, obwohl, sodass, dass, ob | to the end | reason, concession, result, statement, yes/no |
| deshalb, trotzdem, daher | straight after | result, concession |
| je … | to the end | proportional (first half) |
| desto … | straight after the comparative | proportional (second half) |
| aber, und, oder, denn | nothing moves | plain joining |
Treating obwohl and trotzdem as one word with one grammar.obwohl sends the verb to the end; trotzdem keeps it in position 2.
The same is true of weil against deshalb. Two pairs, one rule.
Words from this topic
- wiederholento revise, to repeat
- der der Überblickthe overview
- sicherconfident; certain
- der der Fortschrittthe progress