Dutch for Reading Knowledge -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Apples from the same tree? A contrast analysis of Dutch and English -- Similarities -- Differences (and potential challenges for English-speaking learners of Dutch) -- I. Architecture and design -- Vocabulary lists -- Grammar -- Grammar: Personal pronouns -- Grammar: The verbs zijn and hebben -- Grammar: Present tense regular verbs -- Grammar: Formation of questions and word order in questions -- II. Secularization, social legislation and liberties in Dutch Society -- Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs -- Grammar: Prepositions -- Grammar: Separable verbs -- Grammar: Formation of questions with prepositions and relative pronouns with prepositions -- Word strategy: Compounding in Dutch -- III. Migration -- Grammar: Simple Past (1) -- Grammar: Simple Past (2) -- Grammar: Irregular verbs in the past tense - vowel patterns -- Grammar: Different uses of the word "er" in Dutch -- Grammar: Negation -- Grammar: Reflexives -- IV. The Netherlands, a country defined by water -- Grammar: Perfect tense -- Grammar: Comparison -- Grammar: Modality -- Grammar: Hypothetical situations -- Grammar: Indefinite pronouns -- V. Post(colonial) Netherlands -- Grammar: Passive voice -- Grammar: Passive voice continued -- Grammar: Pluperfect tense -- Grammar: Hypothesis -- Grammar: Imperative -- Grammar: Adjectival participial phrases -- VI. The Dutch Golden Age -- Grammar: Use of the verb "worden" -- Grammar: Present participle -- Grammar: aan het + infinitive -- Grammar: "wie" and "wat" -- Grammar: Passive voice in complex verbal groups -- Grammar: Infinitive constructions with om te -- Grammar: Remaining infinitive constructions -- Extra refresher exercises -- Appendix 1. Vocabulary (alphabetical) -- Appendix 2. List of frequently used irregular Dutch verbs.

Appendix 3. Pronunciation guide for the Dutch language -- Appendix 4. Glossary of grammatical terms -- Appendix 5. Dutch numerals -- Appendix 6. Dutch-language archives in the Netherlands, Flanders and elsewhere -- Answers Chapters I-VI -- Bibliography -- Index.