Elementary grammar

A2


Verb be
am/is /are
introductions at work
introductions and greetings at other places
I'm from Brazil
He's a doctor
Personal infomation - possessive adjectives
my, your, his, her


Verb to be
Questions and negatives
Possessive 's
Patrick's daughter
What's her first name?
She isn't married / They're all from different countries
Negatives and short answers
No she isn't


Present Simple 1
He/ she/ it
Common everyday verbs
She works 16 hours a day
Life in South America
Questions and negatives
Does he speak Chinese? No, he doesn't
Famous people

Present Simple 2
I / you / we / they
I go to the gym
We don't go out on Friday evenings
Whe do yo like your job?


There is /are
There's a book on the table
The Whitehouse
How many?
How many books are there?
Prepositions of place
in front of the sofa
some and any
this, that, these, those


Can/ can't
I can ski really well
She can't speak Japanese
Interesting facts about the natural world
Was/Were
Where were you last night?
Could
I could sweim when I was five
Was born
He was born in Brooklyn


Past Simple 1
Regular verbs
She started work when she was eight
Irregular verbs
He left home in 1993
Time expressions
last night
yesterday morning


Past Simple 2
Negatives and ago
People didn't watch TV a hundred years ago
Time expressions
in 1994, on Saturday, at seven o'clock
Count and noncount nous (countable and uncountable)
apples, apple juice
Do you like...? / Would you like...?
Do you like tea? Wuld you like some now?
a and some
a coffee, some coffee
much and many
There isn't much milk
there aren't many eggs


Comparatives and supelatives
The country is cheaper than the city
Claridge's is the most expensive hotel


Present continuous
I'm wearing jeans
Who is smiling?
Whose is it?
Whose jacket is this?
Possessive pronouns
mine, yours, hers


Going to
I'm going to be a ballet dancer
Infinitive of purpose
I'm going to France to see the Eiffel Tower


Question forms
Why...? How many...? How much...?
Which...?
Adverbs and adjectives
quick quickly, good, well


Present Perfect
Ever and never
Have you ever been to Tokyo?
I've never been to Australia
Yet and just
We haven't been there yet
The've just visited Chinatown
Present Perfect and Past Simple
Present Perfect and Past Simple
Min's been to Seoul
She went there two years ago
Past Simple, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
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