a1 Grammar List
To Be (am – is – are)
The verb to be is definitely the most important verb in the English language.
Simple Present Tense
The Simple Present Tense is used to talk about habits, routines, general facts, and regular actions.
Present Continuous Tense
The Present Continuous Tense is used to describe actions happening right now or around the current time.
Action Verbs and State Verbs
Action verbs describe physical or mental activities, while state verbs describe conditions, feelings, or thoughts that are not actions.
Simple Past Tense
The Simple Past Tense is used to describe actions that started and finished in the past.
Past Continuous Tense
The Past Continuous Tense is used to describe actions that were happening at a specific time in the past.
Regular and Irregular verbs
Regular verbs form the past tense by adding "-ed", while irregular verbs have different, unpredictable past forms.
Irregular Verbs List
Irregular verbs do not follow the regular "-ed" rule in the past tense; they have special forms that must be memorized.
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives describe nouns, while adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Adjectives Ending in -ed or -ing
“-ed” adjectives describe how someone feels, while “-ing” adjectives describe the thing or situation that causes the feeling.
Types of Adjectives
Adjectives describe nouns, and they come in different types such as descriptive, quantitative, demonstrative, interrogative, and possessive.
Word Order in Adjectives
When using more than one adjective before a noun, there is a specific order they usually follow in English.
Types of Adverbs
Adverbs give more information about verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs and come in different types like manner, time, frequency, place, and degree.
Word Order in Adverbs
The position of adverbs in a sentence depends on their type — some go at the beginning, some in the middle, and some at the end.
So and Such
"So" and "such" are used to emphasize qualities, but they follow different grammar structures.
Too and Enough
"Too" means more than needed (negative), and "enough" means the right amount (positive or negative depending on context).
Quite and Rather
"Quite" and "rather" both show degree, but “quite” usually means "fairly" or "completely", while “rather” often suggests something surprising or stronger than expected.
Comparatives (slower, more expensive)
Comparatives are used to compare two people, things, or actions by showing a difference in quality or quantity.
Superlative
Superlatives express the highest or lowest degree of a quality among three or more people or things.
As....as
"As...as" is used to compare two things or people that are equal in some way.