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Build simple sentences about yourself and daily life.

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# A1 · Beginner ## Words ### Word classes - Parts of speech & sentence parts ### Nouns - Plural nouns - Countable & uncountable nouns; some, any, how much, how many ### Determiners - a or an? - the: first steps - this, that, these, those - Numbers, dates, times & prices ### Pronouns - Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they - my, your, his, her… and 's - Object pronouns: me, him, her, us, them ### Modifiers - Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, never - Adjectives: before nouns and after be - very, really, too ### Prepositions - Prepositions of place - Prepositions of time: at, on, in ## Verbs ### Tenses - be: am, is, are - have / have got - Present simple: positive - Present simple: negatives & questions - Present continuous - Present simple or present continuous? - was / were - Past simple: regular verbs - Past simple: irregular verbs & did - Past time phrases: yesterday, last week, ago ### Modals - can / can't (and how modal verbs work) ### Verb patterns - like, love, hate + -ing; would like ## Sentences ### Structure - Every sentence needs a subject: SVO order - be: questions & short answers - Question words: what, where, who, when, how - there is / there are - Imperatives & let's - it for time, weather & distance ## Text ### Linking - and, but, or, because, so ### Style - Capital letters, full stops & question marks

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