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Nouns | Singular
forms and plural forms with s Common irregular plural forms Possessive form ('s) Transparent compounds Gerunds for activities and pastimes |
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Verbs | Parts of be,
have, have got; There is/are Positive imperative forms Positive, negative and question forms Short answers. Present simple (except negative questions) Present continuous with present meaning (except negative questions) can for ability and permission; Let's... There was/were Negative imperative forms Present progressive with future meaning Simple past of listed regular verbs Irregular past forms: came/did/had/said/was/were/went going to for prediction and intention can for possibility would like + noun phrase -ing forms after like, stop Infinitive forms after want, start |
Determiners | Articles:
a, an, the or zero + noun (phrase) Cardinal numbers (also as pronouns): 1 - 1,000 Ordinal numbers (for dates): 1st - 31st Possessives Quantifiers: some, any Distributives: every, all + noun Demonstrative: these, those (also pronouns) Quantifiers: a little, a lot (of) Interrogative Which ? (also pronoun) |
Pronouns | Personal,
subject and direct object Demonstrative: this, that (also as determiners) Interrogative: Who? What? It (+ be) in impersonal expressions As indirect objects Possessive Demonstrative: these, those (also determiners) Interrogative: Which? (also determiner) |
Adjectives | Simple adjectives (attributive and predicative) |
Adverbs | Some adverbs
of frequency, place and time Adjective +ly [see wordlist] Interrogatives: Where? When? Why?; How (much/many)? Intensifier: very Additive: too |
Conjunctions | and, because, but, or to join words, phrases, clauses |
Sentences | Simple one-clause
sentences Two clauses joined with and, but, because or or Direct speech + noun/pronoun + say/ask |
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