Words and phrases
The simple sentence
Give, send, buy, etc
The use of statements
Negative statements
Negative with emphasis and inversion
The imperative
Getting people to do things
Questions
Wh-questions
More on question words
Negative questions
Answering questions
Question tags
Echo questions, echo tags, exclamations
Replacing and leaving out words
Leaving out words after the auxiliary
Too, either, so, and neither/nor
Think so, hope not, etc
More patterns with so
Word order and information
Phrases in front position
The empty subject there
The empty subject it
Emphasis
The present simple
The present continuous
Present simple or present continuous?
The past simple
The present perfect
Past simple or present perfect?
Past simple/present perfect: time phrases
The past continuous
The present perfect continuous
Past perfect tenses
Actions and states
Overview of verb tenses
Will and shall
Be going to
Present tenses for the future
Will, be going to, or the present tense?
Be to, be about to, etc
The future continuous and perfect
The verb be
The verb have
The verbs do and make
Have a look, etc
Modal verbs
Modal phrases
Must and have to
Don't have to, needn't, and mustn't
Should, ought to, had better, etc
Can, could, may, and be allowed to
Will, must, and can't for certainty
May, might, can, and could
Can, could, and be able to
Would
Used to and dare
Passive verb forms
The use of the passive
Some passive patterns
Patterns with have and get
The passive to-infinitive and gerund
The infinitive
Some patterns with the to-infinitive
Verb + to-infinitive or gerund?
Verbs taking either form
Verb + object + to-infinitive
Adjective + to-infinitive
More patterns with the to-infinitive
For and of with a to-infinitive
The infinitive without to
The gerund
Some patterns with the gerund
Preposition + gerund
Combination + gerund
For doing, to do, to doing
Determiner + gerund
Participles
Participle + noun
Verb + object + participle
Participles for time and reason
Some patterns with participles
Nouns and noun phrases
The plural of nouns
The possessive form
Some uses of the possessive
Countable and uncountable nouns
Information, news, etc
Nouns either countable or uncountable
Two nouns together
Agreement
Nouns with a plural form
Pair nouns and group nouns
Introduction to a/an and the
The main uses of a/an and the
Special uses of a/an and the
A/an, some, the, and a noun on its own
A singular noun on its own
A/an and the in phrases of time
Names
Possessives
Demonstratives
Introduction to quantifiers
A lot of, many, much, etc
All, most, etc
Both, either, neither, every, and each
Some and any
Enough, some more, etc
Personal pronouns
The use of pronouns
Reflective and emphatic pronouns
One and ones
Everyone, something, etc
Introduction to adjectives
More about adjectives
The order of adjectives
Tired and exhausted; -ing and -ed
The + adjective
Introduction to adverbials
Adverbials: front and end position
Adverbials: mid position
Adverb forms
Adverbials of manner
Adverbials of place/time
Adverbials of frequency
Adverbs of degree
Too, enough, quite, rather, and such
Focus, viewpoint, and truth adverbials
Comment and linking adverbials
Comparison of adjectives
Irregular comparison and special forms
Comparison of adverbs and quantifiers
Comparison: than, as, etc
Introduction to prepositions
Prepositions of place
Place: at, on, and in
More on prepositions of place
Time: at, on, and in
For, since, and ago
More prepositions of time
Prepositions: other meanings
Phrasal and prepositional verbs
Phrasal verb meanings
Prepositional verbs (1)
Prepositional verbs (2)
Adjective/Noun + preposition
Clause and sentence
What comes after the verb?
Words meaning and and or
Words meaning but and so
Clauses of time
Reason and purpose
As and like, whoever, etc
Introduction to conditionals
Type 0 and 1 conditionals
Type 2 conditionals
Type 3 conditionals
Should, were, had, and inversion
More about if
Other ways of expressing a condition
Unreal past and subjuntive
Noun clauses
Nominalization
Basics of indirect speech
Tell, say, and ask
Changes in indirect speech
Tenses in indirect speech
Reporting questions
Reporting requests, offers, etc
Basics of relative clauses
Relative clauses without commas
Relative clauses with commas
Whose, what, and whoever
Relative adverbs
Relative clauses + participle/infinitive
Endings: -s, -ed, and -y
Endings with e and double consonants
Weak forms
Short forms