Table of grammar contents – All levels

Present tenses
A1 Present simple forms of ‘to be’ – am/is/are
A1 Present simple – I do, I don’t, Do I? Past tenses
A1 Present continuous – I’m doing, I’m not doing, Are you A1 was/were – past simple of ‘be’
doing? A1 Past simple – regular/irregular verbs
A1 Present simple or present continuous? A1 Past simple – negatives and questions
A2 Present simple vs present continuous A2 Past simple – Form and use
B1 Present simple or present continuous A2 Past continuous and past simple
A1 have got A2 Past perfect
A2 Present perfect – form and use B1 Past simple, past continuous, past perfect
A2 Present perfect or past simple? B1+ Narrative tenses – all past tenses
B1 Past simple or present perfect? B2 Narrative tenses, used to, would
B1 Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous
B1+ Present perfect simple or continuous Conditionals, if, wish, etc.
Future A2 First conditional and future time
A1 ‘will’ and ‘shall’ – Future clauses
A1 be going to – plans and predictions B1 First conditional, future time clauses
A2 will vs be going to – future B1+ Zero and first conditional and future
A2 Present continuous for future arrangements time clauses
B1 Future forms – will, be going to, present A2 Second conditional
continuous B1 Second conditional – unreal situations
B1+ Future continuous and future perfect B1 First and second conditionals
B2 Future forms – expressing future time B1 Third conditional – past unreal
B2 Other ways to express future – be about to, be situations
due to, etc. B1+ Second and third conditionals –
B2 Future in the past unreal conditionals
B2 unless, even if, provided, as long as,
Modals, the imperative, etc . etc. – other expressions in conditionals
A1 can, can’t – ability, possibility, permission B2 All conditionals – mixed conditionals,
A1 The imperative – Sit down! Don’t talk! alternatives to if, inversion
A1 Would you like…? I’d like… B2 Mixed conditionals – If I were you, I
A2 How to use the verb ‘go’ in English wouldn’t have done it
A2 have to, don’t have to, must, mustn’t B1+ Wishes and regrets – I wish / if only
A2 should, shouldn’t B2 Wish, rather, if only, it’s time – unreal
B1 have to, must, should – obligation, prohibition, necessity, advice uses of past tenses
B1 had better… it’s time
Passive
A2 might, might not – possibility
A2 Present and past simple passive:
B1 Can, could, be able to – ability and possibility
be + past participle
B2 Modal verbs – permission, obligation, prohibition, necessity
B1 Passive verb forms
B1 Modal verbs of deduction – must, might, could, can’t
B1 Active and passive voice
B1+ Past modal verbs of deduction
B1+ The passive voice – all tenses
B1+ likely, unlikely, bound, definitely, probably – probability
B1+ The passive with reporting
B2 Speculation and deduction – modal verbs and expressions
verbs – It is said that …
A2 used to, didn’t use to – past habits and states
B2 Distancing – expressions and
B1 usually, used to, be used to, get used to
passive of reporting verbs
B1+ used to, be used to, get used to
B1+ Have something done
B1+ would and used to – past habits and repeated actions
B1+ Verbs of the senses: look, sound, feel, etc.
B2 Verbs of the senses Reported speech
B2 get – different meanings A2 Reported speech – indirect
there and it speech
A1 there is, there are – there B1 Indirect speech – reported
was, there were speech
A1 There or it
B2 There and it – preparatory
subjects
 -ing and the infinitive Articles, nouns, pronouns, and determiners.
A1 Verbs + to + infinitive and verbs + -ing A1 a/an, plurals – singular and plural forms
A2 Expressing purpose with ‘to’ and ‘for’ A1 a/an, the, no article – the use of articles in English
A2 Infinitives and gerunds – verb patterns B1 A(n), the, no article
B1 Gerund or infinitive – do, to do, doing A1 this, that, these, those
B1+ Gerund or infinitive – verb patterns A1 Possessive adjectives and subject pronouns (I/my, you/your,
B1+ would rather, would prefer – expressing etc.)
preference A1 Object pronouns vs subject pronouns – me or I, she or her?
B1+ Reporting verbs – admit doing, refuse to A2 Subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns,
do, etc. possessive adjectives
B2 Verb + object + infinitive/gerund – verb B1 Reflexive pronouns – myself, yourself
patterns B2 Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns
B2 Gerunds and infinitives – complex forms B2 Generic pronouns – common-gender pronouns
A1 a, some, any – countable and uncountable nouns
Relative clauses, relative pronouns and A2 Something, anything, nothing, etc.
adverbs A1 much, many, a lot of, a little, a few
A2 Defining relative clauses – who, which, A2 much, many, little, few, some, any – quantifiers
that, where A2 too, too much, too many, enough
B1 Defining and non-defining relative clauses B1 much, many, a lot, little, few, some, any, no – quantifiers
B2 Relative clauses – defining and non- B1 all, both – quantifiers
defining B1 both, either, neither – quantifiers
B1+ whatever, whenever, wherever, whoever, B1 any, no, none – quantifiers
however B1+ Quantifiers – all, most, both, either, neither, any, no, none
A1 whose, possessive ‘s – Whose is this? It’s Mike’s
Auxiliary verbs B2 Compound nouns and possessive forms
A2 so, neither – so am I, neither do B1 Another, other, others, the other, the others
I, etc.
B1 Question tags – aren’t you? Conjunctions and clauses
don’t you? A1 Conjunctions: and, but, or, so, because
B1+ Auxiliary verbs – different A2 however, although, because, so, and time
uses connectors
B2 have – auxiliary or main verb B1 Clauses of contrast, purpose and reason
B2 Ellipsis and substitution B1+ Clauses of contrast and purpose
B2 Clauses of contrast, purpose, reason and result
B2 Discourse markers – linking words
Adjectives and adverbs
B2 Participle clauses
A1 Adjectives – old, interesting, expensive, etc.
A1 Adverbs of manner (slowly) – or adjectives (slow)?
A1 Comparative adjectives – older than, more important than, etc.
A1 Superlative adjectives – the oldest, the most important, etc. Prepositions
A2 Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs A1 at, in, on – prepositions of time
B1 Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs A1 at, in, on – prepositions of place
B1+ the … the … comparatives A1 next to, under, between, in front of, behind,
B1 -ed/-ing adjectives – adjectives from verbs over, etc.
B1+ Participles as adjectives (-ed / -ing adjectives) A2 Prepositions of movement – along, across,
B1 so, such, such a, so much, so many over, etc.
B1+ so, such (a), so much, so many B1 Verb + preposition
B1+ Adjectives without noun B1 Adjective + preposition
B1+ Adjective order B1 during, for, while
B2 Inversion with negative adverbials – adding emphasis B1 for, since, from – what’s the difference?

Word order Questions

A1 Adverbs of frequency with present simple A1 Questions – word order and question words
A1 Basic word order in English A2 Asking questions in English – Question forms
B1+ Position of adverbs and adverb phrases A2 Subject questions, questions with preposition
B2 Cleft sentences – adding emphasis B1+ Questions – different types
B1+ Indirect questions