| Meet the German Language | p. 1 |
| German and English belong to the same family of languages | |
| Related German and English words | |
| German is not difficult to pronounce and spell | |
| A preview of some interesting features of German | |
| German Letters and Sounds in Words and Sentences | p. 5 |
| The vowels a, e, i, o, u | |
| The consonants | |
| The vowel combinations au, ei, eu | |
| The modified vowels a, o, u | |
| Front ch, back ch | |
| Final g | |
| The German alphabet | |
| The German letter ss | |
| Summary of letters and sounds | |
| Die Familie Clark / The Clark Family | p. 14 |
| The family (die Familie) | |
| Gender of nouns | |
| Definite article and noun in the nominative case | |
| Agreement of third-person pronouns | |
| Asking somebody's name | |
| Herr Clark Ist Hungrig / Mr. Clark is Hungry | p. 19 |
| The indefinite article ein, kein | |
| Some German verb endings | |
| The negative nicht | |
| The formation of questions | |
| Wer Ist Herr Clark? / Who is Mr. Clark? | p. 23 |
| Noun plurals | |
| Common professions | |
| Present tense of gehen | |
| Three ways of saying you | |
| Familiar verbs like gehen in the present tense | |
| Question words | |
| Asking somebody's age | |
| Frau Clark Geht Einkaufen / Mrs. Clark Goes Shopping | p. 30 |
| Imperative (command) forms | |
| Accusative case of nouns, definite and indefinite articles, kein, wer and was | |
| Feminine nouns with the ending-in | |
| Asking for the price | |
| Das Haus der Familie Clark / The Home of the Clark Family | p. 36 |
| The one-family house (das Einfamilienhaus) | |
| More noun plurals | |
| Present tense of sein and haben | |
| Accusative case, third-person pronouns | |
| Some prepositions with the accusative case | |
| Looking for a new home | |
| Warum Lernt Herr Clark Deutsch? / Why is Mr. Clark Learning German? | p. 41 |
| Compound nouns | |
| Opposites | |
| Present tense of antworten, reden, sprechen | |
| Modal verb wollen | |
| Word order: normal and inverted word order | |
| Position of infinitives | |
| Eine Deutschstunde / A German Lesson | p. 47 |
| Modal verb mussen | |
| Dative or "to" case of nouns, articles and kein | |
| Some common verbs that may take indirect objects | |
| Dative of third person pronouns and of wer | |
| Dative prepositions | |
| Wo Wohnt die Familie Clark? / Where Does the Clark Family Live? | p. 54 |
| Expressions of "liking" with gern and lieber | |
| Es gibt there is, there are | |
| Present tense of laufen, fahren | |
| Prepositions with the dative or accusative | |
| Da(r) and wo(r) combinations | |
| What a mess! | |
| Das Geheimnis des Herrn Clark / The Secret of Mr. Clark | p. 61 |
| Genitive case | |
| The use of von in place of the genitive | |
| The interrogative wessen | |
| Prepositions with the genitive case | |
| Present tense of kennen and of wissen | |
| Review of Chapters 1-11 | p. 67 |
| Summary: Nouns, verbs, prepositions (dative, dative or accusative, accusative, genitive) | |
| German expressions | |
| Vocabulary exercises | |
| Grammar review and exercises: noun declensions, all cases; masculine nouns with -n or -en endings | |
| Compound nouns | |
| Dialogues | |
| Wo ist die Thomasstrasse? | |
| Wo halt der Bus an? | |
| Lesestucke | |
| Herr Clark lernt Deutsch | |
| Die Deutschsprachigen Lander: Deutschland, Osterreich und Schweiz | |
| Ein Freund Besucht Herrn Clark / A Friend Visits Mr. Clark | p. 76 |
| Present tense of lesen, treten | |
| Possessive adjectives (ein-words) | |
| Packing a suitcase | |
| Herr Clark Telefoniert / Mr. Clark Makes a Phone Call | p. 83 |
| Infinitives used as nouns | |
| Numerals 1 to 100 | |
| Present tense of konnen, tun | |
| Der-words: dieser, jener, jeder, welcher, aller | |
| Making phone calls | |
| Dollar und Euro / Dollars and Euros | p. 90 |
| The European currency | |
| Numerals over 100 | |
| Arithmetic | |
| Subordinate word order | |
| Subordinating conjunctions dass, wenn | |
| Coordinating conjunctions und, aber, oder, denn | |
| Talking about prices | |
| Frau Clark geht mit ihren Kindern einkaufen / Mrs. Clark Goes Shopping with her Children | p. 96 |
| Clothes | |
| The "Do-er" | |
| Present tense of tragen, lassen | |
| About adjective endings | |
| Adjectives preceded by a der-word | |
| Adjectives preceded by an ein-word | |
| Adjectives preceded by neither a der-word nor an ein-word | |
| Colors | |
| Wie Spat Ist Es? / What Time Is It? | p. 102 |
| Travelling | |
| Expressions of satisfaction or approval | |
| Dieser the latter, jener the former | |
| Travel expressions | |
| Time of day | |
| The 24-hour clock | |
| Separable verbs, present tense | |
| First and second person pronouns (nominative, dative, accusative) | |
| Review of Chapters 13-17 | p. 108 |
| Summary: Nouns, verbs, German expressions | |
| Vocabulary exercises | |
| Grammar review and exercises: Summary of adjective endings; summary of first-, second- and third-person pronouns (nominative, dative and accusative) | |
| Dialogues | |
| Ihre Uhr geht nach | |
| Wo muss ich aussteigen? | |
| Lesestuck: Karl lernt nicht gern Mathematik | |
| Der Arbeitstag des Herrn Clark / Mr. Clark's Working Day | p. 115 |
| Some foods | |
| The present tense of nehmen, durfen | |
| Reflexive verbs, present tense of sich setzen | |
| Some common reflexive verbs | |
| Reflexive pronouns in the dative | |
| Separable verbs in subordinate clauses | |
| Die kleine Anna war krank / Little Anne Was Sick | p. 123 |
| Present tense of schlafen, sollen | |
| Regular and irregular verbs in English | |
| The past tense of weak (regular) verbs in German | |
| Some familiar weak verbs, present and past | |
| Past tense of strong (irregular) verbs | |
| Some familiar strong verbs, present and past | |
| Some expressions referring to past time | |
| A fairy tale: Rotkappchen | |
| Was fur ein Schreckliches Wetter! / What Horrible Weather! | p. 129 |
| Expressions of weather | |
| Some familiar separable verbs (present and past) | |
| The position of the separable prefix of verbs (present and past) in simple sentences and main clauses | |
| Position of separable verbs in subordinate clauses | |
| Hin and her | |
| More subordinating conjunctions | |
| Wann, wenn, als | |
| Der April Macht Was Er Will / April Does What it Wants | p. 136 |
| The seasons | |
| The months of the year | |
| Gern, lieber, am liebsten | |
| Present tense of werden, mogen | |
| Inseparable verbs | |
| Verbs that take a dative object | |
| Ein Besuch fur Herrn Clark / A Visit for Mr. Clark | p. 143 |
| Present and past tense of essen | |
| The relative pronouns | |
| Wo(r) combinations used for relative pronouns with prepositions | |
| Wer and was as relative pronouns | |
| Call My Bluff | |
| Review of Chapters 19-23 | p. 149 |
| Summary: Verbs (present and past) | |
| German expressions | |
| Vocabulary exercises | |
| Grammar review and exercises: modal auxiliaries, present tense; modal auxiliaries, past tense; subordinate word order; expressions of definite time and duration of time | |
| Dialogues | |
| Zwei Freunde begegnen sich auf der Strasse | |
| Ich habe Hunger | |
| Lesestuck: Herr Clark war krank | |
| Familie Clark Geht ins Kino / The Clark Family Goes to the Movies | p. 158 |
| Cinema expressions | |
| Ordinal numerals | |
| Dates | |
| Die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands / The Reunification of the Two Germanies | p. 163 |
| The present perfect tense ("Perfekt") | |
| Formation of the past participle | |
| The principal parts of verbs | |
| Use of the past and present perfect tenses | |
| Ein typisches Wochenende bei den Clarks / A Typical Weekend at the Clarks' | p. 169 |
| Imperative of sein | |
| The past perfect tense | |
| Past participle of verbs ending in -ieren | |
| Verbs with the auxiliary sein | |
| The principal parts of some sein-verbs | |
| Herr Muller Erzahlt von Sich Selbst / Mr. Muller Tells About Himself | p. 176 |
| Some very special verbs with the auxiliary sein | |
| Indirect questions with wie, wo, wann, wer, was, warum | |
| The present and past perfect tenses in subordinate clauses | |
| Herr Clark Schreibt einen Brief an Seinen Geschaftspartner in Munchen / Mr. Clark Writes A Letter to His Business Partner in Munich | p. 181 |
| Formal letters: date, beginning, closing | |
| The future tense | |
| The present tense with future meaning | |
| The future tense in subordinate clauses | |
| Hobbies | |
| Review of Chapters 25-29 | p. 186 |
| Summary: Verbs, German expressions | |
| Vocabulary exercises | |
| Grammar review and exercises: Present, past, present perfect, past perfect and future tenses; the subordinate word order of verbs in the present perfect, past perfect, and future; summary of subordinating conjunctions | |
| Vier Dialoge | |
| Lesestucke | |
| Frau Clark hat Geburtstag | |
| Ein toller Film im Kino | |
| Herr Clark Erhalt eine Antwort auf Seinen Brief / Mr. Clark Receives an Answer to His Letter | p. 191 |
| Related words | |
| Mixed verbs | |
| The infinitive with zu | |
| The infinitive without zu | |
| Die Geographie von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz / The Geography of Germany, Austria and Switzerland | p. 197 |
| Expressions of geography | |
| Imperative in the first-person plural | |
| Comparison of adjectives | |
| Some adjectives irregular in comparison | |
| Case endings in the comparative and superlative | |
| Sights in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland | |
| Die Deutsche Kuche / German Cooking | p. 203 |
| The am -sten form of the superlative of adjectives | |
| Comparison of adverbs | |
| A recipe: Apfelkuchen | |
| Welche Stadte Werden Sie Besuchen, Herr Clark? / What Cities Will You Visit, Mr. Clark? | p. 209 |
| The future tense of modal auxiliaries | |
| The future perfect tense | |
| Making predictions | |
| Herr Clark Reist Nach Deutschland Ab / Mr. Clark Sets out for Germany | p. 214 |
| Two word families | |
| About the verbs lassen and verlassen | |
| Map of Germany | |
| Review of Chapters 31-35 | p. 219 |
| Summary: Verbs (principal parts), German expressions | |
| Vocabulary exercises | |
| Grammar review and exercises: Case endings for the comparative and superlative of adjectives | |
| Five tenses of verbs | |
| Dialogues | |
| Deutsche oder amerikanische Filme? | |
| Im Restaurant | |
| Modernes Lesestuck: Frau Clark shoppt im Internet | |
| Ankunft in Munchen / Arrival in Munich | p. 224 |
| Am Flughafen At the Airport | |
| Willkommen in Deutschland Welcome to Germany | |
| The present participle used as an adjective | |
| More sein-verbs | |
| Herr Clark Besucht die Familie Schiller / Mr. Clark Visits the Schiller Family | p. 230 |
| Ein Telefongesprach A Telephone Conversation | |
| Eine Vorstellung An Introduction | |
| Prepositions with special meanings after certain verbs | |
| Ein Ausflug an den Ammersee / An Excursion to the Ammersee | p. 236 |
| Automobile terms | |
| Informal letters: beginnings, endings | |
| More strong verbs, principal parts | |
| Principal parts of modals | |
| The double infinitive | |
| The double infinitive with lassen, sehen, horen | |
| Herr Clark Verlasst Deutschland / Mr. Clark Leaves Germany | p. 242 |
| Summary of German word order in simple sentences and main clauses | |
| Summary of word order in subordinate clauses | |
| Review of Chapters 37-40 | p. 247 |
| Summary: Verbs, German expressions | |
| Vocabulary exercises | |
| Dialogue | |
| An der Tankstelle At the Gas Station | |
| Lesestucke | |
| Das deutsche Fernsehen | |
| Herrn Clarks Rheinreise | |
| Brief an einen Freund in Chicago / Letter to a Friend in Chicago | p. 252 |
| About the subjunctive | |
| The present subjunctive | |
| The past subjunctive | |
| The present perfect and past perfect subjunctive | |
| The wurde-form | |
| Use of the subjunctive in conditional sentences | |
| Word order in conditional sentences | |
| Omission of wenn | |
| Daydreaming: Wenn ich ... | |
| Bericht eines Gesprachs zwischen Herrn Clark und Herrn Muller / Report of a Conversation Between Mr. Clark and Mr. Muller | p. 259 |
| The subjunctive in indirect discourse | |
| Was Geschieht im Hotel? / What Happens in the Hotel? | p. 264 |
| Answer Section | p. 269 |
| German-English Vocabulary | p. 287 |
| English-German Vocabulary | p. 299 |
| Communication Games | p. 306 |
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