Nivel A1
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Vocabulario
500 +/- palabras base
p.ej. Big es una palabra base. Puedes formar bigger y biggest a partir de él.
Gramática
Present Simple
Of ‘be’, positive and negative He is tall. They are not hungry.
With ‘be’, yes / no questions Are we going? Is it here?
With ‘be’, ‘wh’ questions Where are you? How is he?
With regular verbs, positive and negative He likes chocolate. She does not drink coffee.
With regular verbs, yes / no questions Does he play the piano? Do they live in London?
With regular verbs, ‘wh’ questions What time do they arrive? Why does she live there?
Spelling changes He teaches French. She tries to paint every evening.
Use: for the present He enjoys movies. We don’t drink wine.
Present Continuous
Verb+ing spelling changes He is running down the street. They are using umbrellas.
Positive and negative I’m working on the project now. He isn’t playing football tonight.
Yes / no questions Is your laptop working? Are they making too much noise?
'Wh' questions What is he eating? When are we going to leave?
Stative verbs We are talking. She loves the idea.
Use: events in progress Benjamin is driving to work. I’m searching for my phone.
‘Will’ and ‘Going to’
‘Will’, positive and negative We’ll see you tomorrow! He won’t eat spicy food.
‘Will’, questions How will you travel to the south? Will you help me with this?
‘Will’ use, prediction and decisions The cake will be tasty. You will feel better soon.
‘Going to’, positive and negative You’re going to see her later. It isn’t going to be too long.
‘Going to’, questions Is it going to snow? Where are we going to eat?
‘Going to’ use, plans and intentions I’m going to travel to Mexico. He’s going to quit his job.
‘Will’ or ‘going to’, decisions vs plans I will have the burger, please. Where are you going to study?
Past Simple
With ‘be’, positive and negative She was not Chilean. They were on the balcony.
With ‘be’, questions Was she at the concert? Why were they late?
With regular verbs, positive and negative It rained today. We didn’t swim.
With regular verbs, questions Did they speak to them? What did you cook?
Spelling changes She tidied her closet. I planned my trip.
With irregular verbs positive We went to the shop. They came to my BBQ.
Past simple basic use They liked the film. He studied chemistry at school.
Verb Patterns
The imperative You shouldn’t be late = Don’t be late.
Let's.. How about meeting later? = Let’s meet later.
Gerund or infinite? Has he finished to clean cleaning the kitchen?
Nouns
Singular and plural nouns Woman/women. City/cities. Car/Cars.
Countable and uncountable nouns Garden/gardens. Rice/rices.
Quantity word + uncountable noun Do you want some water? She wants a cup of tea.
A/an or no article? This is a book. They are artists.
Possessive 's' He stole the dog’s ball. That is Elena’s car.
Determiners
This / that / these / those That girl has one. Those glasses look good on you.
Some or any They drank some beers. Do you have any wine?
A little and a few She saved a little money. Can I have a few snacks?
Much or many? He doesn’t have much time. They have many plans.
Pronouns
Subject and object pronouns He him needs a new car. We us will go to the museum.
Possessives The bag is his. Their idea is great.
There is and there are There is a cat on the bed. There are two dogs in the park.
'It' as a dummy subject It’s cold outside. It’s time to eat dinner.
Prepositions
At / in / on Her birthday is in April. The flight leaves at 11:00 am.
From - to / until I studied from 2005 to 2007. The exhibition will be here from today until Monday.
Prepositions of place Your bag is on the floor. I saw it on TV.
Prepositions + verbs of movement They took a bus to the party. We arrived in Spain.
Prepositions after adjectives He’s worried about the weather. She was surprised by the news.
Prepositions after verbs The bike belongs to him. It depends on the time.
Modal Verbs
Can / could / will be able to (for ability) He could play tennis as a kid. She can’t speak Thai.
Can and could (for requests) Can you pick up the package? Could I borrow a pen?
Can (for permission) You can’t smoke here. We can buy a ticket at the desk.
Would like (polite) I’d like a coffee, please. He’d like to go to the park.
Adjectives +adverbs
Adverbs of manner She spoke happily. I yawned sleepily.
Adjective or adverb? They drove quick quickly. The test was easy easily.
Well or good? He paints good well. Her class is good well.
Adverbs of frequency I usually have eggs for breakfast. She is always happy.
Adverbs of degree He will really love the book. She didn’t enjoy the food much.
