CEFR Guidelines
Starters
grammar and structures list
See vocabulary lists for a comprehensive list of words in each category
- Nouns
- Singular and plural, including irregular plural forms, countable and uncountable, and names
- Adjectives
- Including possessive adjectives
- Determiners
- Pronouns
- Including demonstrative, personal, and possessive interrogative pronouns and ‘one’
- Verbs
- (Positive, negative, question, imperative and short answer forms, including contractions)
- Present simple
- Present continuous (not with future reference)
- Can for ability
- Can for requests/permission Have (got) for possession
- Adverbs
- Conjunctions
- Prepositions of place and time
- Question words
- Impersonal you Have + obj + inf ing forms as nouns Let’s
- Like + v + ing There is/there are
Example of Language Usage
- Would you like an orange? Lemons are yellow.
- Pat has six mice.
- I eat rice for lunch.
- Anna is my friend.
- He’s a small boy.
- His name is Bill.
- It’s a banana.
- This is an apple.
- Put the hat on the boy’s head.
- I want some milk.
- These books are blue.
- This is my car.
- Can you see me?
- Which is Anna?
- Yes, please. I’d like one.
- This is mine!
- Is that yours?
- Nick is happy.
- I don’t like eggs.
- Eat your lunch!
- Is that your sister? Yes, it is. What are you doing?
- The cat’s sleeping.
- The baby can wave.
- Can I have some birthday cake?
- Have you got a pen?
- She hasn’t got a dog.
- I’m colouring it now.
- My grandma lives here.
- She lives here too.
- I’ve got a pen and a pencil.
- Put the clock next to the picture. We go to school in the morning. Who is that man?
- Where is Alex?
- How do you spell that? Lucy has a book to read. Swimming is good.
- Let’s go to the zoo!
- I like swimming.
- There is a monkey in the tree.
- There are some books on the table.
- Would like + n or v Happy Birthday
- Here you are
- Me too.
- So do I.
- story about + ing What (a/an) + adj + n
- What now?
- Examples
- I would like some grapes.
- Would you like to colour that ball?
- You’re eight today!
- Happy Birthday!
- Would you like an apple?
- Yes, please.
- Here you are.
- I like football.
- I love hippos.
- So do I.
- This is a story about playing football.
- What a good dog!
- What beautiful fish!
- Put the egg in the box.
- OK!
- The egg is in the box.
- What now?
Mover (A1 and A2)
Grammar and Structures List
- Indirect objects
- Comparative and superlative adjectives
- Verbs (positive, negative, question, imperative and short answer forms, including contractions)
- Past simple regular and irregular forms
- Verb + infinitive
- Verb + ing
- Infinitive of purpose
- Want/ask someone to do something
- Must for obligation
- Have (got) to/had to
- Shall for offers
- Could (past form of can)
- Adverbs
- Comparative and superlative
- Conjunctions
- Prepositions of time
- Question words
- Relative clauses
Example of Language Usage
- Give it to the teacher!
- Your house is bigger than mine.
- Anna is my best friend.
- We went to the park yesterday.
- Her father cooked lunch on Friday.
- Did you go to the cinema? Yes, I did. We didn’t see the pirate at the party.
- I want to go home.
- He started to laugh.
- I went riding on Saturday.
- She went to town to buy a toothbrush.
- He wants the teacher to tell a story.
- He must do his homework.
- You mustn’t give the rabbit cheese.
- Must I get up now?
- I’ve got to go.
- Do I have to go to bed now?
- He had to draw a whale for homework.
- Shall I help you wash the car, Mum?
- I could see some birds in the tree.
- She never eats meat.
- He sang loudly.
- My mother talks a lot.
- My brother reads more quickly than my sister.
- I like ice cream best.
- I went home because I was tired.
- She plays with her friends after school.
- He plays badminton on Saturdays. Why is he talking to her?
- When does school start?
- Vicky is the girl who is riding a bike.
- That is the DVD which my friend gave me.
- This is the house where my friend lives.
- What is/was the weather like?
- What’s the matter?
- How/what about + n or ing
- When clauses (not with future meaning)
- Go for a + n
- Be called + n Be good at + n
- I think/know …
- Examples
- What was the weather like last weekend?
- What’s the matter, Daisy?
- Have you got a stomach-ache?
- How about going to the cinema on Wednesday afternoon?
- When he got home, he had his dinner.
- Yesterday we went for a drive in my brother’s new car.
- A baby cat is called a kitten.
- She’s very good at basketball.
- I think he’s very nice.
Flyers (A1 and A2)
Grammar and Structures
- Verbs
- (Positive, negative, question, imperative and short answer forms, including contractions)
- Past continuous (for interrupted actions and background setting)
- Present perfect
- Be going to
- Will
- Might
- May
- Shall for suggestions Could
- Should
- Tag questions
- Adverbs
- Conjunctions
- If clauses (in zero conditionals) Where clauses
- Before/after clauses (not with future reference) Be/look/sound/feel/taste/smell like
Example of Language Usage
- Make somebody/something + adj
- What time …?
- What else/next?
- I was walking down the road when I saw her.
- It was a very cold day and snow was falling.
- Have you ever been to the circus?
- He’s just eaten his dinner.
- It isn’t going to rain today.
- Will you do your homework this evening?
- I won’t buy her a CD because she doesn’t like music.
- Vicky might come to the party.
- The bus may not come today because there is a lot of snow.
- Shall we have a picnic in the park?
- You could invite Robert to the football game.
- Should we take a towel to the swimming pool?
- That’s John’s book, isn’t it?
- I haven’t bought my brother’s birthday present yet.
- I didn’t want to walk home so I went on the bus.
- If it’s sunny, we go swimming.
- My grandmother has forgotten where she put her glasses.
- I finished my homework before I played football.
- What’s your new teacher like?
- That sounds like the baby upstairs. I think he’s crying.
- That smell makes me hungry! What time does the film start?
- What else shall I draw?
- See you soon/later/tomorrow etc. Be made of
- Examples
- See you next week, Mrs Ball!
- The toy is made of wood.
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