Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit

Discuss environmental issues, express hypothetical ideas with the Konjunktiv II, and suggest solutions.

Module 3 of German B1 · about 100 minutes · 14 new words.

Lessons in this module

• Vocabulary — Flashcards with spaced repetition
• Grammar — Rules, tables and guided drills
• Reading — Texts with comprehension questions
• Listening — Listen, transcribe, understand
• Writing — Guided tasks with instant feedback
• Speaking — Say it, hear it, get a score
• Conversation — Real conversations, line by line
• Module quiz — Check what this module taught

Grammar in this module

• Konjunktiv II: hypothetical statements and wishes — Konjunktiv II expresses something unreal, hypothetical, or wished for: 'if I had…, I would…'.
• N-declension nouns and prepositions with genitive — A small group of masculine nouns (der Mensch, der Junge, der Kunde…) add -n/-en in every case except nominative singular. Several prepositions always take the genitive.

Vocabulary you will meet

die Umwelt · der Klimawandel · der Müll · die Energie · nachhaltig · verschmutzen · sparen · vermeiden · recyceln · das Aussterben and 4 more. Every word is stored with its article and an example sentence, then scheduled for review by spaced repetition.

Reading: Eine Stadt denkt um. Conversation: Wie können wir nachhaltiger leben?.

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