A1 Grammar Explanations

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Illustration of Hamlet holding a skull with 'To be or not to be' for A1 grammar lesson on 'to be'

Present simple forms of ‘to be’
Illustration of hands pointing to one and several monsters for A1 grammar lesson on 'this, that, these, those'

This, that, these, those
Illustration of two men arguing over money with 'my' and 'your' for A1 grammar lesson on possessive adjectives

Possessive adjectives and subject pronouns
Illustration of an elephant, stereo, pig and apple showing 'a' and 'an' for A1 grammar lesson on articles

a/an, plurals – singular and plural forms
Illustration of a girl with speech bubbles showing adjective position for A1 grammar lesson on adjectives

Adjectives – old, interesting, expensive, etc.
Illustration of a man lifting weights with present simple examples for A1 grammar lesson on present simple

Present simple – affirmative, negative, questions
Cartoon illustration of two characters with speech bubbles: one confused monster saying 'What are you?' and an alien girl responding 'Why do you ask?' for an A1 English grammar lesson on questions.

Questions – word order and question words
Illustration of a dog and a man brushing their teeth with frequency words for A1 grammar lesson on adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency with present simple
Illustration of a girl pointing with text 'I like me' for A1 grammar lesson on object pronouns

Object pronouns vs subject pronouns – me or I, she or her?
Illustration of a robot with text bubbles 'Whose oil is this? It's Peter's oil.' to teach possessive 's for an A1 English grammar lesson

Whose, possessive 's – Whose is this? It's Mike's
Illustration of a clock and calendars showing 'at', 'in' and 'on' for A1 grammar lesson on prepositions of time

At, in, on – prepositions of time
Illustration of balls and cubes showing 'at', 'in' and 'on' for A1 grammar lesson on prepositions of place

At, in, on – prepositions of place
Illustration of a boy singing and a robot dancing with 'can' and 'can't' for A1 grammar lesson

Can, can't – ability, possibility, permission
Illustration of a man asking 'What are you doing?' and a girl leaving for A1 grammar lesson on present continuous

Present continuous – I'm doing, I'm not doing, Are you doing?
Illustration of a taxi driver with sentences showing present simple and present continuous for A1 grammar lesson

Present simple or present continuous?
Illustration of a pig and a rabbit with imperative sentences for A1 grammar lesson on the imperative

The imperative – Sit down! Don’t talk!
Illustration of two men asking and answering 'Where were you?' for A1 grammar lesson on 'was' and 'were'

Was/were – past simple of 'be'
Illustration of regular and irregular verbs with 'walk/walked' and 'draw/drew' for A1 grammar lesson on past simple

Past simple – regular/irregular verbs
Illustration of two men with past simple question and negative forms for A1 grammar lesson on past simple

Past simple – negatives and questions
Illustration of a monkey dancing and a bear refusing for A1 grammar lesson on infinitive and -ing verbs

Verbs + to-infinitive and verbs + -ing
Illustration of a man asking 'Would you like to dance?' for A1 grammar lesson on 'would like'

Would you like...? I'd like...
Illustration of a boy asking 'Have you got the time?' to a clock for A1 grammar lesson on 'have got'

Have got
Illustration of a man asking for money with 'a', 'some' and 'any' for A1 grammar lesson on countable and uncountable nouns

A, some, any – countable and uncountable nouns
Illustration of strange creatures at a door for A1 grammar lesson on 'there is' and 'there are'

There is, there are – there was, there were
Illustration of a spider and a mosquito in a room for A1 grammar lesson on 'there' and 'it'

There or It
Illustration of a man with a map showing locations for A1 grammar lesson on prepositions of place

Next to, under, between, in front of, behind, over, etc.
Illustration of a man and a beer mug showing 'a few' for A1 grammar lesson on 'much', 'many', 'little' and 'few'

Much, many, a lot of, a little, a few
Illustration of a burger and a pressure cooker comparing qualities for A1 grammar lesson on comparative adjectives

Comparative adjectives – older than, more important than, etc.
IIllustration of two students comparing with superlatives for A1 grammar lesson on superlative adjectives

Superlative adjectives – the oldest, the most important, etc.
Illustration of two dinosaurs proposing with 'will' for A1 grammar lesson on 'will' and 'shall'

'Will' and 'shall' – Future
Illustration of a bomb saying 'I'm going to explode' for A1 grammar lesson on 'be going to'

Be going to – future plans and predictions
Illustration of two people playing guitars for A1 grammar lesson on adverbs of manner

Adverbs of manner (slowly) – or adjectives (slow)?
Illustration of a man by a fridge and a cow for A1 grammar lesson on 'a', 'the' and no article

A/an, the, no article – the use of articles in English
Illustration of a character running with conjunction examples for A1 grammar lesson on 'and', 'but', 'or', 'so' and 'because'

Conjunctions: and, but, or, so, because
Illustration showing subject, verb and object order for A1 grammar lesson on basic word order in English

Basic word order in English
Illustration of a book pointing at a spider for A1 grammar lesson on the difference between 'this' and 'it'

The difference between 'this' and 'it'