Upgrade your German

Summary:
Do you want to increase your chances of getting a top grade in your German exam? Upgrade your German offers a thirty-day revision programme that is guaranteed to improve your results. In the countdown to your exams, simply spend between 30 minutes and an hour a day with this book, and see your mark upgrade.



This short revision guide focuses on three key strategies for improving your exam results: eliminating basic errors and slips of the pen; increasing and consolidating your vocabulary; and improving the style and quality of your German.

• Highly original and pragmatic approach
• Aimed at C and B grade students - the majority
• Short, accessible and user-friendly

Table of Contents:
Key points: cases
Vocabulary: describing people
Key points: pronouns
Vocabulary: family and society
Key points: Nouns - genders and plurals
Vocabulary: Leisure
Key points: relative clauses
Vocabulary: film
Key points: verb forms
Style: Politeness
Key points: Adjective endings
Vocabulary: City life
Key points: Prepositions 1
Vocabulary: Europe
Key points: Prepositions 2
Vocabulary: Migration
Key points: verbs and prepositions
Vocabulary: Talking about academic subjects
Key points: Tenses and irregular verbs
Vocabulary: Education
Key points: time expressions
Vocabulary: History and dates
Key points: Word order and textual cohesion
Vocabulary: Literature
Key points: Passive
Style: Nominalization
Vocabulary: Environment
Key points: Conditionals
Style: Reported speech
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About the Author(s):
Annemarie Kunzl-Snodgrass and Silke Mentchen are both University Language Teaching Officers in German at the University of Cambridge.

Readership:
Undergraduates on German language programmes. FE students taking German.