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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?     

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.

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.