A2 Basics

present simple+ive

subject verb

1st person sing. I make/have/do

3rd person sing.heshe

it

makes/has/does

1st person plural we

make/have/do2nd person plural you

3rd person plural they

present simple-ive

subject aux + not main verb

I don’t

make/have/

do

heshe

itdoesn’t

we

don’tyou

they

present simple?ive

aux subject main verb

Do I

make/have/

do

Doesheshe

it

Do

we

you

they

present simpleshort answers

Yes, I do.No, I don’t.

Yes, she does.No, she doesn’t.

etc.

past simple

subject verb

1st person sing. I

arrivedstayedwentput

3rd person sing.heshe

it

1st person plural we

2nd person plural you

3rd person plural they

subject aux + not main verb

I

didn’t

arrivestaygoput

heshe

it

we

you

they

to bepresent and past

present past

I am

washeshe

itis

we

are wereyou

they

present continuous

aux main verb

I am

workingstudyingsleeping

heshe

itis

we

areyou

they

can and could

present past

I

can do… could do…

heshe

it

we

you

they

subject and objectpronouns

subject object

1st person sing. I me

3rd person sing.

he him

she her

it it

1st person plural we we

2nd person plural you you

3rd person plural they they

possessiveadjectives and pronouns

subject object

1st person sing. my mine

3rd person sing.

his his

her hers

its its

1st person plural our ours

2nd person plural your yours

3rd person plural their theirs

who’svs.

whose

3 structures for whose

Whose bag is this?Whose is this bag?

Whose is this?

Whose bag is this?Whose is this bag?

Whose is this?

compare

Who is that person?

Who’s that person?

whose}

/ huːz /

who’s

Who’s that person?Whose bag is this?

Who’s that person?Whose is this bag?

Who’s that person?Whose is this?

basic prepositions of time

exact time at3 o’clockmidnight

the moment

days and dates on

Monday4th July

my birthdayChristmas day

periods in

Marchsummer

1997the ’60s

the morning / afternoon / evening

exceptions atweekends / the weekend

Christmas / Easternight

prepositions of stasis and movement

verbs preposition + home

stasis be / stay / work at / in be at home

starting and stopping

leave - leave - home

arrive at / in / on arrive - home

movement go / drive / walk to go - home

some and any

+ive -ive ?ive

countable sing.

There is a pen…

There isn’t a pen…

Is there a pen…?

countable plural

There are some pens…

There aren’t any pens…

Are there any pens…?

uncountable There is some ink…

There isn’t any ink…

Is there any ink…?

many and much

+ive -ive ?ive

countable plural

There are a lot of pens…

There aren’t many pens…

How many pens are there…?

uncountable There is a lot of ink…

There isn’t much ink…

How much ink is

there…?

comparatives and superlatives

adjective comparative superlative

1 syllable tallbig

tallerbigger

the tallestthe biggest

2 syllables with -y

happyeasy

happiereasier

the happiestthe easiest

2 syllablesothers

moderntired

more modernmore tired

the most modernthe most tired

3+ syllables interesting more interesting the most interesting

adjective comparative superlative

goodwell

better the best

bad worse the worst

far fatherfurther

the farthestthe furthest

- more the most

little less the least

verb forms

main verb verb form

wantplan

decidelearn

to do

likelovestart

continue

doingor

to do

enjoystopfinish

suggest

doing

main verb verb form

present Ilikelove

preferdoing

conditional I wouldlikelove

preferto do

main verb verb form

present Ilikelove

preferdoing

or to do

conditional I wouldlikelove

preferto donot

doing

summary

present simple*past simple*

to bepresent continuous*

can and could*

subject and object pronounspossessive adjectives / pronouns

who’s vs. whose*prepositions of time*

prepositions of stasis / movement*

some and any*much and many*

comparatives and superlatives*verb forms