Exam lessons
Each topic the exam tests, with the rule, the examples, and the mistake it is built to catch.
The first 4 lessons are free. The rest open with Mastery.
Lezen5 lessons
- 1DetailvraagA question about one stated point inside a longer text — the largest block of marks on Lezen I.3 min readWatch · 7 minFree
- 2DoelvraagA question asking why the writer wrote this — or why one paragraph is in the text at all.3 min readWatch · 7 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 3HoofdgedachteA question asking what the text as a whole is saying — one sentence covering all of it, not the best bit of it.4 min readWatch · 8 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 4MeningsvraagA question asking what someone in the text thinks — the writer, or a named person quoted in it.3 min readWatch · 7 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 5Voor wie is dit bedoeld?A question about the intended reader of a text — who it is for, or what it offers them.3 min readWatch · 7 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
Grammatica6 lessons
- 6BijzinAfter omdat, dat, als or terwijl the verb slides to the end of the clause.3 min readWatch · 8 minFree
- 7ErOne small word doing four different jobs, none of which translates.3 min readWatch · 7 minFree
- 8PassiefWorden plus a past participle: the thing happens and nobody has to be named.3 min readWatch · 8 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 9Relatieve bijzinDie for de-words, dat for het-words — and the clause they open sends its verb to the end.3 min readWatch · 8 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 10SignaalwoordenWords like echter, daarom and bovendien tell you where the text is going before you get there.3 min readWatch · 7 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 11Vaste voorzetselsSome verbs come welded to one preposition, and no rule predicts which.3 min readWatch · 8 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
Schrijven3 lessons
- 12DeeltaakA task where part of the text is already there and you supply the missing part — a form to complete, a message with gaps, a text to add to.3 min readWatch · 7 minFree
- 13ZinstaakA short task where you write or complete one sentence to a given instruction — 8 of the 12 tasks on Schrijven I.3 min readWatch · 7 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 14Kort bericht of korte briefA short message with a purpose — cancel, complain, ask — built from three points the task names.4 min readWatch · 7 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
Luisteren4 lessons
- 15Luisteren: actievraagA question asking what someone in the fragment must do, will do, or is advised to do.4 min readWatch · 6 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 16Luisteren: detailvraagA question about one precise fact in a longer fragment: a day, a time, a reason, which of two things.4 min readWatch · 5 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 17Luisteren: doel van het gesprekA question asking why someone is calling, visiting or speaking — the reason the conversation exists.4 min readWatch · 5 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 18Luisteren: hoofdgedachteA question about the fragment as a whole: what it is mainly about, the key message, what the speaker wants to achieve.4 min readWatch · 5 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
Spreken2 lessons
- 19Spreken: mening gevenA longer task of about 30 seconds: give an opinion with reasons, explain a problem, tell what happened, or give advice.4 min readWatch · 5 minWith MasteryWith Mastery
- 20Spreken: korte reactieA short, practical situation; you react in about 20 seconds and do exactly the jobs the task lists.3 min readWatch · 4 minWith MasteryWith Mastery