A1

WHAT CAN I DO WITH AN A1?

With an A1, you can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases. Moreover, you are able to introduce yourself and others, ask and answer questions about personal details (for example, where you live, people you know and things you have, and interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Grammar contents

1. Present simple forms of ‘to be’ – am/is/are
2. Present simple – I do, I don’t, Do I?
3. Present continuous – I’m doing, I’m not doing, Are you doing?
4. Present simple or present continuous?
5. have got
6. was/were – past simple of ‘be’
7. Past simple – regular/irregular verbs
8. Past simple – negatives and questions
9. ‘will’ and ‘shall’ – Future
10. be going to – plans and predictions
11. can, can’t – ability, possibility, permission
12. The imperative – Sit down! Don’t talk!
13. Would you like…? I’d like…
14. Verbs + to + infinitive and verbs + -ing
15. a/an, plurals – singular and plural forms
16. a/an, the, no article – the use of articles in English
17. this, that, these, those
18. Possessive adjectives and subject pronouns (I/my, you/your, etc.)
19. Object pronouns vs subject pronouns – me or I, she or her?
20. a, some, any – countable and uncountable nouns
21. much, many, a lot of, a little, a few
22. whose, possessive ‘s – Whose is this? It’s Mike’s
23. there is, there are – there was, there were
24. There or it
25. Adjectives – old, interesting, expensive, etc.
26. Adverbs of manner (slowly) – or adjectives (slow)?
27. Comparative adjectives – older than, more important than, etc.
28. Superlative adjectives – the oldest, the most important, etc.
29. Conjunctions: and, but, or, so, because
30. at, in, on – prepositions of time
31. at, in, on – prepositions of place
32. next to, under, between, in front of, behind, over, etc.
33. Questions – word order and question words
34. Adverbs of frequency with present simple
35. Basic word order in English