German B2 learning path – Upper-Intermediate
At B2 you can interact with native speakers with reasonable fluency and follow the main points of complex texts. You can explain a viewpoint and weigh up options.
What you can do at B2
- Take part in discussions with native speakers without strain
- Read newspaper articles and understand the author's viewpoint
- Write clear, detailed texts and explain the advantages and disadvantages of options
The B2 path brings together 100 vocabulary words, 26 grammar topics, 12 phrases, 3 writing tasks and 20 test questions. Work through the grammar topics in order, and use the vocabulary sets for daily practice.
Grammar topics at B2
- Konjunktiv I (indirect speech)
- Konjunktiv II in the past
- Passive substitutes
- Zustandspassiv
- Extended participial attributes
- Nominalisation
- Verbs with fixed nouns (Funktionsverbgefüge)
- Modal particles
- Subjective use of modal verbs
- Genitive with abstract nouns
- Conditionals without wenn
- Concessive clauses
- Causal expressions
- Final expressions
- Verb prefix distinctions
- Word formation: prefixes un-, miss-, ur-
- Word formation: suffixes -ung, -heit, -keit
- Relative clauses with was and wo
- Sentence adverbs
- Declension of weak nouns
- Position of reflexive pronouns
- Doppelkonjunktion with je
- Past tense in narration
- Antworten with doch
- Position of "nicht" in complex clauses
- Verbs: scheinen + zu, drohen + zu