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Complete list of A1 grammar contents

This is a list of all the grammar topics covered in level A1. But if you want to learn A1 grammar, we recommend studying the topics in the order that they appear in: Grammar points » A1 Grammar lessons and exercises.

Present tenses

A1 Present simple forms of ‘to be’: am/is/are
A1 Present simple: I do, I don’t, Do I?
A1 Present continuous: I’m doing, I’m not doing, Are you doing?
A1 Present simple or present continuous?
A1 Have got

Past tenses

A1 Was/were: Past simple of ‘be’
A1 Past simple: Regular/irregular verbs
A1 Past simple: Negatives and questions

Future

A1 ‘Will’ and ‘shall’: Future
A1 Be going to: Plans and predictions

Modals, the imperative, etc .

A1 Can, can’t: ability, possibility, permission
A1 The imperative: Sit down! Don’t talk!
A1 Would you like…? I’d like…

-ing and the infinitive

A1 Verbs + to + infinitive and verbs + -ing

Articles, nouns, pronouns, and determiners.

A1 A/an, plurals: Singular and plural forms
A1 A/an, the, no article: The use of articles in English
A1 This, that, these, those
A1 Possessive adjectives and subject pronouns (I/my, you/your, etc.)
A1 Object pronouns vs subject pronouns: Me or I, she or her?
A1 A, some, any: Countable and uncountable nouns
A1 Much, many, a lot of, a little, a few
A1 Whose, possessive ‘s: Whose is this? It’s Mike’s

there and it

A1 There is, there are / There was, there were
A1 There or it
A1 The difference between ‘this’ and ‘it’

Adjectives and adverbs

A1 Adjectives: old, interesting, expensive, etc.
A1 Adverbs of manner (slowly) or adjectives (slow)?
A1 Comparative adjectives: Older than, more important than, etc.
A1 Superlative adjectives: The oldest, the most important, etc.

Conjunctions

A1 Conjunctions: And, but, or, so, because

Prepositions

A1 At, in, on: Prepositions of time
A1 At, in, on: Prepositions of place
A1 Next to, under, between, in front of, behind, over, etc.

Questions

A1 Questions: Word order and question words

Word order

A1 Adverbs of frequency with present simple
A1 Basic word order in English