Tussen de regels | B1 Dutch Stories + Grammar

Understand the words - and notice what people mean.

Read twelve original stories about colleagues, friends and the small details that change a conversation. Written for adult learners reading at around B1 level.

Read it. Understand it. Practise it.

After each story, Taal in het verhaal highlights useful language from the text. Read the short explanation, compare natural examples, try three exercises and check your answers. The focus is on the tricky parts of Dutch at your level.

Inside this ebook

- 12 complete stories in natural Dutch.

- 12 focused grammar lessons linked directly to the stories.

- 36 highlighted examples and 36 grammar exercises.

- 24 reading questions and answers to all reading and grammar exercises.

- 60 contextual Dutch-English vocabulary notes.

- One 51-page downloadable PDF with clickable contents.

Dutch you will explore

- Everyday meaning and nuance: wel, contrast, and expressions with er and daar.

- Questions inside sentences, relative clauses with die and dat, and separable verbs.

- Past events, cause and consequence, and words such as toen, terwijl, voordat and zodat.

What you will practise

Practise reading between the lines, following more complex sentence patterns and noticing how small words affect meaning.

Read at your own pace. Stories, examples and exercises are in Dutch; grammar explanations and vocabulary support are in English. This is a digital PDF ebook.