I wish, before I started my A2 course, I had a list like this that I could actually tick off and know where I stand in terms of my grammar. I skipped A1 German course so I did not actually know what I should know beforehand and this list would have come handy. Being in a class where I do not know what others know, is rather intimidating, to be honest. I figured this list would also be helpful for anyone who are self-studying and do not plan to go for a course. Basics and fundamentals like these are always important.
As much as I know that learning a language is indeed fluid and there isn't really a you-must-know-this-to-be-considered-done-with-A1, but I am one who likes to look at an overview of things I have before me and measure where I stand, find out what I have missed out and what are the gaps that I need to fill in. Looking at this list, I would say I know these basic grammar rules and how to use them;
BUT I still need a lot more practice to get used to all the personal and possessive pronouns, accusative and dative prepositions and verbs, separable verbs and forming imperatives, so that I don't have to pause and take time to think when I try to form a sentence or when I speak. Of course, focusing too much on them is not helpful either because for things like these and remembering genders of nouns, they all come more naturally and easier as you encounter more and more of them throughout your language learning journey.
(including text form just in case you prefer to copy and paste this)
◻ Genders of nouns
◻ Forming plural
◻ Basic Sentence Structure
◻ How to conjugate verbs
◻ Regular verbs
◻ Irregular verbs
◻ Common adjectives & colours
◻ Nominative case
◻ Definite articles (der, die, das)
◻ Indefinite articles (ein, eine)
◻ Negative articles (kein, keine)
◻ Personal pronouns
◻ Possessive pronouns
◻ Accusative case
◻ Definite articles (den, die, das)
◻ Indefinite articles (einen, eine, ein)
◻ Negative articles (keinen, keine, kein)
◻ Personal pronouns
◻ Possessive pronouns
◻ Dative case
◻ Definite articles (dem, der, den)
◻ Indefinite articles (einem, einer)
◻ Negative articles (keinem, keiner, keinen)
◻ Personal pronouns
◻ Possessive pronouns
◻ Modal verbs
◻ Können
◻ Müssen
◻ Dürfen
◻ Wollen
◻ Sollen
◻ Mögen | Möchten
◻ W-Fragen
◻ Prepositions
◻ Accusative prepositions
◻ Dative prepositions
◻ Time prepositions
◻ Verbs
◻ Verbs with fixed prepositions
◻ Accusative verbs
◻ Dative verbs
◻ Verbs with accusative and dative
◻ Separable verbs
◻ Non separable verbs
◻ Forming Imperative sentences
◻ Simple past tense (Präteritum)
◻ War
◻ Hatte
◻ Present perfect tense (Perfekt)
◻ Verbs with 'sein'
◻ Verbs with 'haben'
◻ Interrogative pronoun 'Welch-'
◻ Demonstrative pronoun 'Dies-'
◻ Adverbs of time
◻ Conjunctions (with zero position)
◻ oder
◻ sondern
◻ und
◻ denn
◻ aber
I hope I did not miss out anything! :)
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