Main verb forms
*Present continuous and present simple : I am doing and I do
*Present continuous or simple *I am doing or I do?
*State verb or action verb *I think or I am thinking?
*The present perfect : I have done
*The past simple : I did
*Present or past simple *I have done or I did?
*Past continuous or simple *I was doing or I did?
*Present perfect continuous: I have been doing
*I have been doing or I have done?
*Past perfect :I had done
*Past perfect continuous : I had been doing
*Review of present and past tenses
*Be going to and will
*Be going to or will?
*Present tenses for the future
*Will be doing and will have done
*Review of the future
*Have and have got
*The action verb have
*Short forms, e.g.s
Negatives, Questions and Answers
*Negative statements
*Questions
*Subject/object questions, e.g. who saw you */ Who did you see ?
*Who, what or which?
*Short answers, e.g. Yes, it is.
*Questions tags, e.g. it?s nice, isn?t it?
*The patterns So/Neither do I and I hope so/not
Modal Verbs
*Can, could and be able to
*Can, may, could and be allowed to
*Saying something is possible or certain: may, could, must etc.
*Must and have to
*Mustn?t or needn?t / don?t have to?
*Requests,offers and suggestions: Would you?. *Shall I ?. *Etc.
*Should, ought to, had better and be supposed to
*It may/ could/ must have been etc.
*Review of will, would, shall and should
The passive
*Passive verb form
*Active and passive *I did it or it was done?
*Special passive patterns: I was given?, it is said?and he is said to?
*Have /get something done
*To be done and being done
Infinitive and ing-form
*Verb+ infinitive or verb + ing-form *(want to play/ enjoy playing)
*Start ,like etc. +to-infinitive/ing-form
*Verb + object +to-infinitive, e.g. invite a friend to stay
*Infinitive with and without to
*Question word + to-infinitive, e.g. I know what to do
*For with the to-infinitive, e.g. wait for you to finish
*Verb / adjective + preposition + ing-form, e.g. think of going
*Afraid to do or afraid of doing?
*Used to do or used to doing?
*Preposition or linking word + ing-form, e.g. before leaving
*Go shopping and do the shopping
*See it happen or see it happening?
*Some patterns with the ing-form, e.g. I lay in bed reading
Talking about Grammar
*Word classes: noun, adjective etc.
*The parts of a sentence: subject, object etc.
Nouns and Articles (a/an/the)
*Count nouns(e.g. a cup) and mass nouns(e.g. milk)
*Count or mass/e.g. a cake or cake?
*Agreement, e.g. my foot hurts/my feet hurt
*Singular or plural: clothes, news, means etc.
*Pair nouns(e.g. trousers) and group nouns(e.g. team)
*a/an and the
*General statements, e.g. cars or the cars, money or the money?
*Go to school, stay in bed etc.
*On Thursday , for lunch, by car etc.
*Quite, such and what with a/an
*Place names and the
*Direct and indirect objects, e.g. give me the money
Demonstratives, Possessives and Quantifiers
*This, that, these and those
*My, your etc; mine, yours etc.
*The boy?s name or the name of the boy?
*Some and any
*A lot of , many, much, a few and a little
*All, most, some, every, each, both and none
Pronouns
*Personal pronouns, e.g. I, you
*There and it
*Reflexive and emphatic pronouns, e.g. myself, yourself
*Review of pronouns and possessives
*The pronoun one/ones
*Everyone, something etc.
Adjectives and Adverbs
*Adjectives and word order, e.g. a cold day
*Exciting or excited?
*Adjectives + preposition, e.g. full of water
*Adjective + to-infinitive, e.g. ready to go
*Adjective or adverb *Nice or nicely?
*Comparative and superlative forms, e.g. taller, tallest
*Comparative and superlative patterns, e.g. taller than, as tall as
*Much faster, faster and faster etc.
*Adverbs and word order
*Yet, still and already
*Adverbs of degree, e.g. very, quite
*Quite and rather
*Too and enough
Prepositions
*Prepositions of place, e.g. to, off, near
*In, on and at (place)
*In, on and at (time)
*For, since, ago and before
*During or while *By or until *As or like?
*Preposition + noun, e.g. on holiday
*Noun +preposition, e.g. the answer to the question
Verbs with Prepositions and Adverbs
*Prepositional verbs, e.g. wait for
*Verb + object + preposition, e.g. thank them for their help
*Phrasal verbs, e.g. go out, turn around
*Verb + adverb + preposition, e.g. catch up with
Reported Speech
*Direct and reported speech
*Changes in reported speech
*Reported questions
*Reported requests, offers etc.
Relative Clauses
*Relative clauses with who, which and that
*The relative pronoun as subject e.g. the letter that I wrote
*Prepositions in relative clauses, e.g. the letter that I was looking for
*Relative patterns with whose, what and it
*The use of relative clauses
*People arriving early, people left behind and the first people to arrive
If-Clauses
*Patterns with if
*If, when, unless and in case
*Wish and if only
Other Linking Words
*But, although and in spite of
*To, in order to, so that and for
*Review of linking words