Topics

How and how often — and where an adverb belongs in the sentence.

A, an and the — when each is needed and when none is.

Making sentences negative, and why English allows only one negative at a time.

Singular and plural, possessives, and nouns that never take a plural.

What is happening right now, built from be plus an -ing verb.

Everyday facts, habits and routines — and the -s that goes with he, she and it.

Subject, object, possessive and reflexive forms, and agreeing with what they replace.

Much, many, some and any, and which nouns each can be used with.

Written forms that sound right but are not: could of, lowercase i.

Am, is, are and was — agreement, and the expressions English builds with be.

What follows a verb — gerunds, infinitives, objects, and the patterns that fix them.

Describing words: their order, their comparative forms, and the prepositions they take.

If-sentences, from real possibilities to imagined and impossible ones.

Can, must, should and the bare infinitive that follows them.

Finished actions at a definite past time, and the irregular forms that carry them.

In, on, at, to and for — including the ones fixed by the verb before them.

Past events with present relevance: have done, since and for.

Word order in direct questions, embedded questions and question tags.

How the parts of a clause fit together into a complete sentence.

Will, going to, and present forms used with future meaning.

Joining clauses, and the pairs that must not be doubled up.

Every English clause needs a subject — stated once, and only once.

Reporting what someone said, and how the tense shifts back when you do.