Verbs and verb phrases

Present tenses        

open I like, she likes (form: present simple)

open I am making (form: present progressive)

open He speaks, he is speaking (the difference)

open The sun rises tomorrow (other uses)

Past tenses

open Walked / was walking (form: past simple & progressive)

open He had, he was having (the difference)

open begin-began (past irregular verbs 1 of 3)

open make-made (past irregular verbs 2 of 3)

open bring-brought (past irregular verbs 3 of 3)

open I used to go, I went (repeated past 1 of 2) 

open Used to / got used to (repeated past 2 of 2) 

open I wish, it’s time, I’d better (unreal past)

open Did/have done (past simple & present perfect)

Future forms

open I will, I am going to (future basics)

open I am going to (future plans)

open will, should, may, might (future predictions)

open will be doing, will have done (future perfect & progressive)

Perfect forms

open I have seen that (use: present perfect)

open has begun, has sung (irregular past participles 1 of 3)

open has made, has paid (irregular past participles 2 of 3)

open has seen, has done (irregular past participles 3 of 3)

open I have done, I have been doing (simple & progressive 1)

open I have done, I have been doing (simple & progressive 2)

open Have done, had done (present perfect & past perfect)

Mixed tenses

open Erica: present, past & perfect

Modal verbs

open I can, I am able to (ability & permission)

open I could, I was able to (ability in the past)

open You must read this (obligation 1)

open You have to, you should (obligation 2)

open We must have, it can’t be (deduction)

Linking verbs

open Be pleased, become... (linking Verbs 1)

Passive voice

open (They are) made in China (basics 1)

open Who did it? What was done? (basics 2)

Multi-word verbs

open Introduction to multi-word verbs 

open get in, out, on, off, away (1/2)

open get up, down, through, over, along (with) (2/2)

Question forms

open do, does, did (questions)

Nouns and noun  phrases

Singular and plural

open Books, kisses, queries, shelves (plural endings)

open Men, news, measles (irregular plurals 1 of 2)

open Pound(s), money (count and mass) (irregular plurals 2 of 2)

a, an, the, one

open A planet, the sun (articles 1)

open A (an), one (articles 2)

open A, an (articles 3)

open A, the, zero (articles 4)

open This, that (demonstratives)

some, any

open Some, any (quantifiers 1)

open Myself, yourselves (pronouns - reflexive, emphatic)

Connections

open Connections and possessive 1

open Erica: connections and possessive 2

Adjectives (form & position)

open A tall man, two young women (form 1)

open A twenty pound note (form 2)

open Two metres high (form 3)

Adjectives (comparison)

open big, bigger, biggest (one syllable)

open more / the most expensive (three + syllables)

open happier, more useful (two syllables)

Prepositions

Position and movement

open By, past 

open On, in

open Up, down, on, off 

open Across, along, through [OLD VERSION]

open Across, along, through [NEW VERSION]

open Over, above

open Erica: prepositions of place

Time

open At, on, in time

open From, until, for, since

Other uses

open By & for

Sentences

Conditional clauses

open I will if  can (1 possible)

open I would if I could (2 imaginary)

open I would have, if … (3 impossible)

open I will, would, would have if … (4 mixed)

Relative clauses

open Who, that (relative clauses 1)

open Who, which, whom (relative clauses 2)

Reported speech

open He asked me to go (reported speech 1)

open He said he was going (reported speech 2)

open I said I had done… (reported speech 3)

open He asked me what I was… (reported speech 4)

Linkers (conjunctions)

open And, but, or (linkers 1)

open Before, after, when, while (linkers 2)

open Because, so, although (linkers 3)

Verb complementation

open I wanted (you) to go (verb complementation 1)

open I hope to go / (that) you’ll go (verb complementation 2)

open Say something, tell someone (verb complementation 3)

Bits and pieces

open It: empty subject (identification)

open There is etc (existence)

open No and not (negatives)

Adverbs

open Much and friends (quantifiers 2)

Lexis (words and phrases)

open In the way, on the way, by the way (Lexis: way)

open Erica: by herself, for herself, on her own ... 

open I suppose, you’re supposed to (Lexis: suppose) 

open Say, tell me (Lexis: say, tell) 

open See, look at, watch (Lexis: perception 1) 

Listen & Repeat

LR1 Introduction

LR2 Change

LR3 Change (2)

LR4 Happiness

LR5 Work

LR6 People and the Weather

LR7 People and Health

LR8 Patriotism

LR9 Patriotism (again)

LR10 Conversation 1

LR11 Conversation 2

LR12 Coronavirus 1