A2 part 1 – Talk About the Past in Dutch

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You’ve successfully completed A1, now it’s time to move into A2. A2 Dutch – Part 1: Talk About the Past in Dutch helps you take the first step toward your CEFR A2 certificate.

This course is designed for international learners, newcomers and expats in the Netherlands who want to improve their Dutch online and prepare for the official A2 exam.


In this course you will learn to talk about the past, share experiences, compare things you like, and make plans for the future.

You’ll expand your vocabulary, strengthen key grammar and practise expressing yourself naturally in everyday Dutch.

We will also revisit the verbs and topics you learned at A1, so you can build fluency step by step with more confidence.


By the end of A2 Part 1 you will be ready for longer conversations, everyday planning, and the grammar and vocabulary needed to continue in A2 Part 2 and work toward your official Dutch A2 certification.


What You Will Learn:

Yesterday and last weekend

Learn to describe what you did yesterday and last weekend using regular simple-past forms.

Inversion and my day

Practise talking about your day while mastering Dutch word order with time/place inversion.

My workday

Tell the story of your first day at work with key irregular verbs in the past tense.

Celebrating a birthday

Use the regular perfect tense to share how you celebrated a birthday or special occasion.

Talking about a city-trip

Narrate a short city trip with irregular perfect forms and essential travel vocabulary.

Weekend-planning

Make future plans using gaan + infinitive and modal verbs like willen and moeten.

Calling and mailing clients

Practise formal phone and email language while reviewing inversion and past forms of bellen.

Searching for place to live

Talk about house hunting, apply Dutch plural rules, and use adjectives correctly with de and het.

Review and test

Consolidate all A2-1 grammar and vocabulary in a mid-course review and practice quiz.

Course contents