B2 — Grammatica · Grammar

Grammar · B2

Staatsexamen NT2 programma II, work and study

A1 A2 B1 B2 C1lessons in this section: 20

B2nederlands

Nominal style: het uitvoeren van

Naamwoordstijl en nominalisatie

How a verb becomes a noun and why official letters are written this way.

◷ 26 min

B2nederlands

The passive not only with worden

Passiefvarianten: krijgen, er, zich laten

The krijgen-passive, the impersonal er-passive, and the zich laten constructions are four ways to avoid naming the agent.

◷ 25 min

B2nederlands

Impersonal constructions: men, je, het, er

Onpersoonlijke constructies

How to say “it is accepted”, “it is considered”, “it is supposed to be” — without naming a single person.

◷ 24 min

B2nederlands

Connectors in business texts: aangezien, mits, tenzij

Formele voegwoorden

aangezien, daar, mits, tenzij, opdat, voor zover, indien — conjunctions found in letters and contracts.

◷ 24 min

B2nederlands

Multi-word prepositions

Voorzetseluitdrukkingen

met het oog op, in verband met, ten aanzien van, naar aanleiding van — phrases that replace an entire subordinate clause.

◷ 23 min

B2nederlands

Participial phrases: gezien, gelet op

Deelwoordconstructies

gezien, gelet op, rekening houdend met, gegeven — how to shorten a subordinate clause into a brief phrase.

◷ 22 min

B2nederlands

What to put first

Vooropplaatsing en focus

The first position in a sentence is not random: it's for what the sentence is about, while new information goes at the end.

◷ 23 min

B2nederlands

Long sentences that are readable

Woordvolgorde in lange zinnen

Nested subordinate clauses, verb clusters at the end, and moving heavy parts after the verb.

◷ 26 min

B2nederlands

hetgeen, degene, waarvan: definitions in a contract

Betrekkelijke woorden in formele taal

Formal relative pronouns: hetgeen, degene die, diegene, wie, waarvan, waarbij, waaronder.

◷ 24 min

B2nederlands

References: deze, die, dit, dat, dergelijke

Verwijswoorden en samenhang

How to refer to a previous sentence with a single word without confusing the reader.

◷ 23 min

B2nederlands

Signal words: the skeleton of an argument

Signaalwoorden en tekststructuur

enerzijds, immers, kortom, daarentegen, sterker nog — words that tell the reader where the thought is going.

◷ 25 min

B2nederlands

Tenses in a story: what comes after what

Tijdgebruik in verhalen

How to combine the imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect in one story and why the historical present is needed.

◷ 24 min

B2nederlands

The future: zullen, gaan, staan te

Toekomst en verwachting

What's the difference between zal and gaat, what does staat te gebeuren mean, and how to make promises, predictions, and plans.

◷ 23 min

B2nederlands

The unreal: zou hebben, mocht, stel dat

Irrealis en hypothese

How to talk about things that didn't happen and won't happen, and how to make careful assumptions.

◷ 25 min

B2nederlands

Agreeing, but still objecting

Concessie en relativering

weliswaar … maar, hoezeer ook, afgezien van, op zich — how to acknowledge someone's point without giving up your own position.

◷ 24 min

B2nederlands

Cause and effect in formal texts

Oorzaak en gevolg in formele taal

doordat, vanwege, ten gevolge van, derhalve, waardoor — and why omdat isn't always suitable.

◷ 23 min

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Nuance: zou moeten, had kunnen, blijkbaar

Modaliteit en nuance

How to express doubt, reproach, conclusions, and polite requests using modal verbs and adverbs.

◷ 25 min

B2nederlands

How to understand a word you don't know

Woordvorming gevorderd

Suffixes -matig, -achtig, -baar, prefixes mede-, over-, onder- and linking letters in compound words.

◷ 24 min

B2nederlands

What is said but not written

Spreektaal en schrijftaal

hun or hen, die or dat, 'ie, contractions and omitted words — where is the line between speech and writing?

◷ 22 min

B2nederlands

Verb plus noun as a single unit

Vaste werkwoordcombinaties

aandacht besteden aan, in aanmerking komen voor, ter sprake brengen — combinations you can't build from a dictionary.

◷ 24 min