B1 — Grammatica · Grammar

Grammar · B1

Inburgering / staatsexamen NT2 programma I

A1 A2 B1 B2 C1lessons in this section: 24

B1nederlands

Past perfect: had gedaan, was gegaan

Voltooid verleden tijd (plusquamperfectum)

The tense for an event that happened before another past event: had gewerkt, was vertrokken.

◷ 24 min

B1nederlands

Time conjunctions: nadat, voordat, zodra, terwijl

Tijdsvoegwoorden en de tijden die erbij horen

How to link two events in time and which verb tense each conjunction requires.

◷ 26 min

B1nederlands

Time prepositions: over, binnen, sinds, vanaf

Voorzetsels van tijd

In a week, within a week, since last year, until Friday — and how they differ from each other.

◷ 24 min

B1nederlands

zou: politeness, hypothesis, unfulfilled events

Zou + infinitief: beleefdheid en irrealis

One form for three tasks: softening a request, making a supposition, and talking about things that didn't happen.

◷ 26 min

B1nederlands

Conditional clauses: als, mocht, tenzij, mits

Voorwaardelijke zinnen

A real condition, an unlikely one, a negative one, and a contractual proviso — four different words.

◷ 25 min

B1nederlands

The passive in all tenses

De lijdende vorm in alle tijden

wordt, werd, is geworden, moet worden — the language of all official letters.

◷ 28 min

B1nederlands

Cause and effect: omdat, doordat, daardoor, dus

Oorzaak en gevolg uitdrukken

Eight conjunctions that turn a set of facts into an argument. And the word order that each one requires.

◷ 27 min

B1nederlands

Concession and contrast: hoewel, toch, echter

Tegenstelling en toegeving

“Although”, “however”, “nevertheless”, “despite” — each with its own word order.

◷ 25 min

B1nederlands

Two or three verbs at the end

Werkwoordclusters aan het einde van de bijzin

Where to put hebben, kunnen, worden and the past participle when there are three verbs.

◷ 28 min

B1nederlands

om te, zonder te, door te, in plaats van te

Beknopte bijzinnen met te

Compact phrases instead of full subordinate clauses: in order to, without doing, by doing, instead of doing.

◷ 26 min

B1nederlands

The infinitive without te: laten, zien, horen, blijven

Infinitief zonder te

A group of verbs after which te is not used — and which drop the past participle in the perfect tense.

◷ 25 min

B1nederlands

Inseparable prefixes: verstaan, ondergaan, voorkómen

Scheidbaar of onscheidbaar?

Why opbellen separates but verstaan doesn't, and how stress changes meaning.

◷ 25 min

B1nederlands

er: all functions and their combinations

Er in alle functies — gevorderd

Five jobs for one word, the order when they coincide, and the position of er in a sentence.

◷ 30 min

B1nederlands

Reported speech: reporting what someone else said

Indirecte rede: dat, of en de verschuiving

How to change “Ik kom morgen” into “Hij zei dat hij de volgende dag zou komen”.

◷ 27 min

B1nederlands

Degree of certainty: zal wel, moet haast wel, schijnt

Modaliteit: hoe zeker ben je?

How to say “probably”, “must be”, “seems like” and “allegedly” — without sounding too categorical.

◷ 26 min

B1nederlands

Participles as adjectives: de lachende man, het gebakken ei

Deelwoorden als bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Two participles — one ending in -end, one in ge-…-d — become adjectives and take an -e ending.

◷ 24 min

B1nederlands

Word formation: -baar, -loos, -heid, on-

Woordvorming: voor- en achtervoegsels

How to get five words from one root and understand unfamiliar words without a dictionary.

◷ 26 min

B1nederlands

The middle part of the sentence as a whole

Het middenstuk: volgorde van alle bepalingen

What goes where: pronouns, time, negation, manner, place — and where the logical stress falls.

◷ 28 min

B1nederlands

More subtle negation: nauwelijks, pas, geen enkel

Ontkenning voor gevorderden

Between “yes” and “no” there are words: hardly, only, not one, not at all, except.

◷ 25 min

B1nederlands

daarop, waarmee, ernaartoe

Voorzetselbijwoorden: er-, daar-, hier-, waar-

How one- and two-word forms like “on it”, “with what”, “there” are constructed — and why they separate.

◷ 26 min

B1nederlands

Relative pronouns: die, dat, wat, waarvan, degene die

Betrekkelijke bijzinnen voor gevorderden

When to use wat instead of dat, how “waar + preposition” works, and what degene die means.

◷ 27 min

B1nederlands

Indefinites and quantity: enkele, beide, elk, menig

Onbepaalde woorden en hoeveelheden

Several, both, each, most, the rest — words without which you can't retell a text.

◷ 24 min

B1nederlands

Comparison and emphasis: steeds, hoe … hoe, verreweg

Vergelijken en versterken

More and more, the more the better, twice as expensive, by far the best: gradations beyond A2 level.

◷ 24 min

B1nederlands

Register: a letter to the municipality and a message to a neighbour

Formeel en informeel taalgebruik

The same message in three forms: in a chat, spoken over the fence, and in a formal letter.

◷ 28 min