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  • B1.1: Taking formal and informal phone calls
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Why call when you can send a message?
    • Grammar - Sentence structure: main clause and interrogative clause
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.2: Writing e-mails and letters
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Watch out! This is how you prevent phishing
    • Grammar - Compound sentence: Hoofdzin + Bijzin
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.3: Expressing emotions at work
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Avoid these 7 frustrations at work
    • Grammar - Basic word order: Onderwerp en werkwoord
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.4: Sending and returning packages
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - The busiest period for PostNL
    • Grammar - Linking words: Daardoor, toch en ondanks
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.5: Send a project proposal
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - How does a good sales conversation work?
    • Grammar - The use of "wel"
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.6: Music and podcasts
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Behind the scenes at Spotify
    • Grammar - Separable verbs
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.7: Data plans and internet
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Compare mobile subscriptions
    • Grammar - Zitten / Staan / Lopen + te + infinitief
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.8: News and media
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - What is fake news and how can you recognise it?
    • Grammar - Verbs with a fixed preposition
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.9: Family events and celebrations
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - The most important holiday in the Netherlands: King's Day!
    • Grammar - Politeness and requests with zou (willen, kunnen, mogen)
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.10: Dating
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Prefer swiping online or meeting someone in real life?
    • Grammar - Politeness and wishes: Zou + willen + graag/weleens
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.11: Going to the cinema
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - History of the film
    • Grammar - Present perfect with zijn
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.12: Going to the theatre
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - What do you do when you go to the theatre?
    • Grammar - Modal verbs - kunnen, moeten, mogen, willen, zullen
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.13: The art gallery
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - The largest round painting in the Netherlands!
    • Grammar - Expressing probabilities and certainties - waarschijnlijk, misschien, zeker, vast
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.14: Organizing a long distance travel
    • Vocabulary
    • Grammar - Plural forms of nouns
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.15: Leisure time and passions
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - A unique team sport underwater!
    • Grammar - Use of adjectives
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.16: Masterchef: advanced cooking
    • Vocabulary
    • Grammar - Comparisons and qualification with meer/minder/even
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.17: Fine dining
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - The green Michelin star
    • Grammar - Indefinite numerals: verscheidene, meerdere, enige
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.18: Anatomy
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Why do we get nauseous?
    • Grammar - Pronouns
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.19: Health insurance
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Money and health
    • Grammar - Reflexive pronouns: singular and self-form
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.20: At the pharmacy
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Does food work just as well as medicine?
    • Grammar - The adverb: er
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.21: Making a diet
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - The truth about Light and Zero
    • Grammar - Relative pronoun (waar + preposition, wie)
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.22: Going to the emergencies
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - How do you perform resuscitation?
    • Grammar - Indefinite pronoun: Alle - Al - Allen - Allemaal
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.23: Giving birth
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - High workload in maternity care
    • Grammar - Demonstrative pronouns: hetzelfde / dezelfde
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.24: Beauty appointment
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - This hairdressing salon has existed for 175 years!
    • Grammar - Contrasting signal words: echter, daarentegen, desondanks, wel, toch, juist, eens
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.25: What school to choose?
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - The history of school and compulsory education
    • Grammar - Past perfect: gestudeerd hebben / toegelaten zijn tot
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.26: Passing an exam
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - With these tips you'll pass your exams!
    • Grammar - Perfect Conditional Tense: zouden zijn gegaan / zouden hebben gefocust op
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.27: Write your resume
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Some tips for a strong CV
    • Grammar - Use of the past perfect with the simple past
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.28: Job posting and interview
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - What do you wear to a job interview?
    • Grammar - The past perfect in conditional sentences (als + had)
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.29: Your work contract
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Employment contract and workplace rules: what is the difference?
    • Grammar - Difference: zou + infinitive vs zou + past participle
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.30: Time off and holidays
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Everything you need to know about work and holiday days
    • Grammar - Perfect future-in-the-past: zou(den) have requested leave / zou(den) have been travelling
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.31: Houseviewing and moving
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - What monthly costs are there?
    • Grammar - Present future perfect: zal getekend hebben / zal verhuisd zijn naar
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.32: Home decoration
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - A look inside a renovated townhouse
    • Grammar - Had + kunnen / moeten / willen
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.33: Housekeeping services
    • Vocabulary
    • Grammar - Perfect conditional: zou(den) gebruikt hebben / zou(den) gegaan zijn
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.34: Burglary
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Burglary at jeweller's
    • Grammar - Imperative (extension)
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.35: Contracting care at home
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - A look behind the scenes at the nursery
    • Grammar - Modal verbs: moeten/ kunnen/ mogen + passive
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.36: Daily finances and taxes
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Scammed via Tikkie?
    • Grammar - Subordinating conjunctions: hoewel, ondanks dat, terwijl, wanneer, ...
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.37: Civil state
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - New to the Netherlands? Register in the BRP!
    • Grammar - Passive tenses: presens, imperfectum, perfectum, plusquamperfectum
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.38: Leadership in team
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - The team roles of Belbin
    • Grammar - Comparisons: even ... als, hoe ... hoe
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.39: Job titles and company structure
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Assistant store manager at Action
    • Grammar - Use of men
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.40: Commuting
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - The Dutch are cycling to work more and more.
    • Grammar - Nominalization: beslissen, beslissing
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.41: At the laboratory
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Working as a laboratory technician in a university hospital
    • Grammar - Both, beiden & allebei
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.42: Permissions and subsidies
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - Realising your building plans!
    • Grammar - Double infinitive
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.43: Negotiations and sales
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - How to get the maximum result from your negotiation!
    • Grammar - Connected and reduced speech: 'r / ie / 'm / 't
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.44: Sustainability and environment
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - What is sustainability, actually?
    • Grammar - Indirect speech: past tense
    • Exercises
    • Speak
  • B1.45: At the conference
    • Vocabulary
    • Activity - At the business networking event!
    • Grammar - Structuring sentences: enerzijds ... anderzijds, niet alleen ... maar ook
    • Exercises
    • Speak
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B1.10 - Dating
B1.10 - Dating

B1.10 - Dating

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Discuss romantic plans, dates, and relationships

Discuss long term friendships

Vocabulary

Learn the most important words and verbs you will need for this lesson.

Activity: Prefer swiping online or meeting someone in real life?

Grammar: Politeness and wishes: Zou + willen + graag/weleens

The zou form is used with willen + infinitive, often in combination with words such as graag or weleens, to express politeness and wishes.

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