"Beginners level"

Grammar and vocabulary needed for the first level...

This level consists of A0 Beginners, A1 Elementary
and A2 Pre-Intermediate:

A0 - Beginners Grammar to cover:

✓ The subject pronouns: I, you, he, she and so on.

✓ Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those.

✓ Question words: what, who, where and how.

✓ Possessive adjectives: my, your, his and hers.

✓ Singular and plural nouns.

✓ Expletives (not the naughty ones): there is, there are.

✓ The verb 'to be' in positive, negative and question form:  I am, I'm not, am I?

A0 - Beginners Vocabulary to cover:

✓ The alphabet.

✓ Numbers 1 to 100.

✓ Jobs: doctor, teacher, taxi driver.

✓ Countries and nationalities: ‘He is from the UK.  He’s British.’

✓ Basic food: fruit, vegetables, meat.

✓ Days of the week.

✓ Everyday objects: bag, pen, telephone.

✓ Immediate family: mother, son, husband.

✓ Rooms in the house: living room, bathroom, kitchen.

A1 - Elementary Grammar to cover:

✓ Basic verbs in the present simple positive, negative and question forms: 
     I live, I don’t live, do I live?

✓ Simple adverbs of frequency: usually, sometimes.

✓ Quantities: How much, how many? Some, any.

✓ Showing ability: using can/can’t.

✓ The past simple tense with the verb TO BE:  was/were.

✓ Future simple tense: I will go.

✓ Past simple tense with regular verbs: I looked, I listened.

A1 Elementary Vocabulary to cover includes:

✓ Simple adjectives: opposites, colours.

✓ Language for telling the time: hat time is it? It’s half past three.

✓ Language for shopping: types of shops, asking for what you want.

✓ Asking for directions: straight ahead, turn left/right.

✓ Months and years.

✓ Weather: What’s the weather like? It’s raining.

✓ Comparative adjectives: bigger, nicer, and so on, (superlatives in the next level).

A2 - Pre-intermediate Grammar to cover includes:

✓ Modal verbs: These give more meaning to the main verb in a sentence.
      Two examples are: can/can’t and must/mustn’t:  I can’t wait any more because I must
      get to the shops.

✓ Possessive pronouns: mine, yours and so on.

✓ To be going to: This isn’t a tense but you use this structure to talk about plans:
       I am going to study medicine at university.

✓ Present perfect tense: I’ve eaten.

✓ Past simple tense with irregular verbs: I ate, I thought.

✓ Past continuous tense: I was eating.

✓ Adverbs: slowly, well.

 

      A2 - Pre.Intermediate Vocabulary to cover includes:

✓ Types of films: comedy, western, thriller.

✓ Clothes: trousers, shirt, coat.

✓ Hobbies and interests: jogging, eating out, reading.

✓ Language for booking hotels and restaurants: Can I book a single room please?

✓ Landscape words: mountain, river, field.

✓ Parts of the body: shoulder, knee.

✓ Superlatives: the best, the most wonderful.