Place prepositions: in, on, at and under
Describe where things are with in, on, at, under and next to. Compare an enclosed space, a surface and a place.
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English grammar
Understand English sentence patterns and verb forms with examples, explanations and exercises you can use.
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English imperatives: clear instructions and requests
Give instructions with a base verb, form negatives with don't and choose a considerate way to address the listener.
Read and practiseAdding -ed to verbs: regular past spelling
Regular past forms change their spelling after final e, consonant plus y, or a short stressed vowel followed by a consonant.
Read and practiseSuggestions with let's and let's not
Invite someone to do something together with let's, suggest avoiding an action with let's not, and use the base verb.
Read and practiseEveryday English contractions
Apostrophes mark missing letters in common short forms used in everyday English writing and conversation.
Read and practiseAt, on and in for English time expressions
Match clock times, days and months with at, on and in, and recognise the British and American ways to talk about weekends.
Read and practiseJoining ideas with conjunctions
Addition, contrast and choice each need a different connector when you join simple English words or statements.
Read and practisePossessive apostrophes: a teacher's desk and parents' garden
Show who something belongs to with 's or a final apostrophe, including singular owners, regular plurals and irregular children.
Read and practiseAdjectives before English nouns
A descriptive adjective comes before its noun and keeps the same form with singular and plural nouns.
Read and practisePossessive pronouns: mine, yours, hers and ours
Replace repeated noun phrases with mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs. Practise choosing the owner and avoiding apostrophes.
Read and practiseOrdinal numbers for order and dates
First, second and other ordinal numbers express position in a sequence and appear in spoken and written dates.
Read and practiseWhose questions: asking who owns something
Ask about ownership with whose before a noun or on its own. Choose is or are and distinguish whose from who’s in practical questions.
Read and practiseHow many: questions about countable objects
Ask about the number of countable things, form questions with plural nouns and give short or complete answers.
Read and practiseHave got: possession, questions and negatives
Say what you have with have got and has got. Build questions, negatives and short answers, and avoid mixing this pattern with do you have.
Read and practiseAge in English: asking and answering
Ask someone’s age and give an answer using the present forms of be, with or without the phrase years old.
Read and practiseTransport phrases: by bus and on foot
Describe journeys by bus, train or bicycle, talk about walking and distinguish general transport from a particular vehicle.
Read and practiseSingular and plural subjects with is and are
Match the present form of be to a singular or plural noun subject, including irregular plurals such as children.
Read and practiseWho and what questions with be
Ask about the identity of a person or the name of an object using questions with the verb be.
Read and practiseWas and were: the past of be
Choose was or were to describe a past state or location, and form simple negatives and questions with be.
Read and practiseRegular past simple verbs in English
Form regular past simple verbs with -ed and common spelling changes, then describe completed events in the past.
Read and practiseCommon irregular past simple verbs
Learn useful irregular past simple forms such as went, took and ate, with examples and practice about past events.
Read and practisePast time expressions
Say when a completed past event happened using yesterday, last week and expressions with ago in English.
Read and practisePast simple questions and negatives with did
Form past simple questions and negatives with did and the base verb, including irregular verbs such as go and eat.
Read and practiseEnglish question words: where, when, what and who
Ask for information with question words and learn when who is the subject of a question without auxiliary do.
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