Beginner English Conversation

EnglishTheme's beginner course set's a new standard using the industry best standard teaching method with learning materials designed by a leading ESL director of studies in collaboration with an internationally acclaimed curriculum expert who has designed English as a second language curriculums, sylabuses and learning materials for government education departments in several countries.

A brief overview of the grammar topics included in the beginner course is outlined below:

Beginner 1

1. Nouns - Singular and plural, capital letters (vocab: months, countries

2. Countable & uncountable nouns

3. A / an (vocab: animals)

4. Present Simple Beginner 1 (vocab: occupations & work)

5. Is, am, are / There is, there are (Vocab: things in the office)

6. Comparative adjectives (vocab: people & places)

7. Superlative adjectives (vocab: people & places)

8. Review Parts of speech 1 - Nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles

Beginner 2

1. Past Tense, regular/irregular verbs (vocab: hobbies & interests)

2. Yes & no present/past simple answers

3. Prepositions of place

4. Present simple – to express likes and dislikes (Vocab: love, like, hate, detest, don’t mind)

5. Possessive adjectives / pronouns (vocab: clothes)

6. Possessives with ‘s’

7. Questions – to be

8. Review Parts of speech 2 – prepositions of place, pronouns, possessive adjectives

Beginner 3

1. Comparative & Superlative Beginner

2. Present Continuous – to talk about things happening now

3. Simple Questions (present, past, pres cont.)

4. Verb + to do / verb + doing

5. Prepositions of Time

6. Frequency adverbs (vocab: hobbies & interests / chores)

7. Demonstrative adjectives - this, that, these, those

8. Review Parts of speech 3 – adverbs of manner, prepositions of time, demonstrative adjectives

Beginner 4

1. Questions Answers beginner 4

2. Adverbs of manner

3. Quantifiers - Much, many, a lot of

4. Quantifiers - Some, any

5. Contractions

6. Present Continuous to show change

7. Review – much, many, a lot of, some, any, used to

8. Tenses Review 1 – present simple, past simple, present continuous

Beginner 5

1. Present Perfect beginner 4 – experiences (EVER)

2. Used to (vocab: activities & interests)

3. Too , very, enough

4. Take, bring, get, come, go, borrow, lend

5. Negative sentences

6. Conjunctions - but, so, and, because

7. Do, play – Sports and games

8. Review – used to, too/ very/ enough, negative sentences, conjunctions, do/ play,

Beginner 6

1. Phrasal verbs with get, take, put

2. Talking about the future –present continuous/going to

3. Can – to show possibilities [and when NOT to use it]

4. Quantifiers - Few, less, little, a little

5. Negative questions forms

6. Future Simple – spontaneous decisions, predictions

7. hope & wish (Vocab: wishes & desires)

8. Review – quantifiers, phrasal verbs, negative questions forms

Beginner 7

1. Present Perfect - past actions with present result (since / for)

2. Adjectives – gradable / absolute (vocab: feelings)

3. Pronunciation – soundalikes, silent letters

4. Prepositions of place Beginner 6

5. Imperative sentences (vocab: giving directions)

6. Causative construction 1 - to have something done

7. Describing order of activities (Vocab: ago, next, soon, a minute, a while, a moment, then, finally)

8. Review – adjectives, quantifiers, imperative sentences, do something/ have something done

Beginner 8

1. Present passive – to describe a process

2. Questions Tags

3. Adjectives – (big, nice, delicious, good, bad)

4. Adjective – ed / ing (vocab: vacation)

5. Present perfect – for indeterminate subject (vocab: newspaper headlines/ crime)

6. Relative clauses

7. Tenses review 2 – future simple, going to, present continuous, present perfect

8. Review – passive, questions tags, relative clauses