Adjectives before English nouns
A descriptive adjective comes before its noun and keeps the same form with singular and plural nouns.
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Possessive 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.
Read and practiseFuture plans with be going to
Form be going to with a base verb to talk about plans and intentions, and practise negatives and questions.
Read and practiseComparative adjectives in English
Compare two things with -er, more and than, including spelling changes and the irregular form better.
Read and practisePresent simple spelling: watches, studies and goes
Third-person present forms change their spelling according to the verb ending. Explore the patterns and complete four everyday sentences.
Read and practiseIrregular past spelling patterns
Some past verbs change their vowels, while others keep the same spelling. Notice useful patterns and choose the right form for a finished action.
Read and practiseReflexive pronouns: myself, herself and ourselves
Use reflexive pronouns when an action returns to its subject. Practise singular and plural forms, emphasis and by themselves for acting without help.
Read and practiseGoing to questions and negatives
Plans change, and questions help us find out what people intend to do. Form future questions and negative statements with the right form of be.
Read and practiseEach other and one another: mutual actions
Describe actions between people with each other and one another. Use possessive each other’s and distinguish mutual actions from reflexive ones.
Read and practisePolite wishes and offers
Express a wish or offer something politely with a noun or an infinitive, and practise questions and negative forms.
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