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A1 Level A1

  1. The verb be in the presentAm, is and are. How to choose the right form, make it negative, ask a question and give a short answer.
  2. Articles: a, an, theWhen a singular noun needs a or an, when the listener already knows which one and you need the, and when English uses no article at all.
  3. Plural nounsHow to make a noun plural, the spelling rules for -s and -es, the common irregular plurals, and nouns that have no plural at all.
  4. This, that, these, thoseFour words for pointing at things. Which one to use depends on distance and on whether the noun is singular or plural.
  5. Have got and haveTwo ways to talk about what you own, who is in your family and how you feel. Same meaning, different negatives and questions.
  6. Present simpleThe tense for habits, routines, facts and timetables. One form for most subjects, and one extra -s for he, she and it.
  7. Present simple: questions and negativesHow do and does build negatives, yes/no questions and wh-questions in the present simple, and why the main verb loses its -s.
  8. Adverbs of frequencyAlways, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never. What they mean, and the one place in the sentence where they go.
  9. There is and there areThe pattern English uses to say that something exists or is somewhere. Singular takes is, plural takes are, and the place goes at the end.
  10. Can and can'tOne form for every subject, no -s, no to, no do. How can expresses ability, possibility, permission and requests.
  11. Possessives: my, your, 'sThe words that say who something belongs to: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, the pronouns mine and yours, and the ending 's on nouns.
  12. Prepositions of placeHow to say where something is with in, on, at and the more precise words under, next to, behind, in front of, between, opposite, above and below.
  13. Prepositions of time: at, on, inWhen to use at, on and in before times, days, dates, months and longer periods, and when English uses no preposition at all.
  14. ImperativesHow to give instructions, directions, warnings and suggestions with the base form of the verb, don't, please and let's.
  15. Like, love, hate + -ingHow to talk about activities you enjoy or dislike with like, love, hate, enjoy and don't mind followed by the -ing form of a verb.
  16. Past simple of be: was, wereThe two past forms of be, was and were, with negatives, questions, short answers and there was / there were.
  17. Past simple, regular verbsHow to form and use the past simple of regular verbs with -ed, including spelling, pronunciation, negatives with didn't and questions with did.
  18. Past simple, irregular verbsThe most common irregular past forms, grouped by pattern, and how negatives and questions with did work exactly as for regular verbs.
  19. Countable and uncountable nounsWhich English nouns have a plural and take a or an, which do not, and how to count uncountable things with a piece of, a cup of and similar phrases.
  20. Some and anyWhen English uses some, when it uses any, and how the choice depends on whether the sentence is a statement, a negative or a question.
  21. Question words: what, where, when, who, why, howThe English question words, what each one asks about, and the fixed word order that puts an auxiliary verb between the question word and the subject.
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