Essentials of English Grammar

Essentials of English Grammar

Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Prepositions

START

START

📕

What's a noun?

In this lesson, you will learn about nouns. Amy and James are walking in the park. They are talking about the different people, places, and things they see.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

Some words are nouns. A noun can be a person, a place, or a thing. You have learned many nouns. Do you see the nouns below? Look:

• John went to the cafe.

• We went to the park.

• She went to the beach.

• I took her to the house.

You have learned a lot! You're ready to this course. You know how to use nouns.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

You know many nouns. Let’s learn two new nouns. You use examples to show a person something. You say: example or for example

• I can give you an example of nouns. Paper, cat, desk, and shirt are nouns.

• I play many sports. For example, I play basketball, tennis, and baseball.

A person asks you a question. You can answer with a reason. You say: reason

• I ask: Why are you learning English?

• You answer: The reason I’m learning English is because I’m going to obtain a certification.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Submit

Drag the correct word to the blank space.

I like these cookies more than this cake because the cookies aren't as sweet. Cookies and cakes are desserts. I'm making soup because it's easier tha making a pizza. You can bake many thing in the oven. You can bake cookies, cakes, chicken and fish in the oven.

Example

Example

Reason

Reason

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Drag the correct word to the blank space.

I like these cookies more than this cake because the cookies aren't as sweet. Cookies and cakes are desserts. I'm making soup because it's easier tha making a pizza. You can bake many thing in the oven. You can bake cookies, cakes, chicken and fish in the oven.

Reason

Example

Reason

Example

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

Let’s learn two more nouns: sentence and paragraph. You put words together, and you make a sentence. This is a sentence:

• I like speaking English.

A paragraph is several sentences together. This is a paragraph:

• I like speaking and reading English because I can communicate with many new people. I like meeting new people. We have interesting conversations in English.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Put the words in the correct order.

A sentence is than a paragraph.

A paragraph is than a sentence.

A has several sentences.

This is a : John is happy.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Choose all the correct answers.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 1

Choose the correct answer.

START

📕

What's an adjective?

In this lesson, you will learn about adjectives. Sara and Zack are exploring the gardens in Golden Gate Park. They are describing the plants and people that they see.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Put the words in the correct order.

Veronica made a __________ cake for the picnic. We're going to have the picnic in the garden because it's a __________ place. It's difficult to find the garden because it's __________ behind a building. I'll give you the __________ address.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Put the words in the correct order.

I'm a teacher. I use __________ pens to write on my students' tests. For example, if they have an __________ answer, I write with my red pen. My classroom is __________ because I want my students to feel comfortable. I have candy _________ in my desk, too. I give it to my students when they get correct answers.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

Some words are adjectives. An adjective describes a noun. You have learned many adjectives. Do you see the adjectives below? Look:

• The large, old bookshelf is by the door.
• These small flowers are beautiful.
• I have wonderful friends.
• She has a fantastic, yellow, European car.

You have learned a lot! You know how to use adjectives.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

You know many adjectives. Let's learn a new adjective. If you want to talk about one thing, you can say: specific.

• You want to talk about desserts, but you want to talk about a specific dessert. You can talk about ice cream.
• Ice cream is a specific dessert.

Let's read a second example:

• You want to talk about words, but you want to talk about specific words. You can talk about adjectives.
• Adjectives are specific words.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

You know many adjectives. Let's learn a new adjective. If you want to describe two things that are not very different, you can say: similar.

• These cars are similar. They are small, they have four doors, but one car is blue and one car is red.

Let's read a second example:

• Jim and Sandra are similar. They are teachers, they enjoy hiking, and they like funny movies. However, Sandra enjoys swimming, but Jim doesn't.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

Let's learn two more adjectives. You can talk about things that are happening. You can say: true.

• The sky is blue. This is true.
• You are learning a languague. This is true.
• Carrots are orange. This is true.

If things are not true, you can say: false.

• The sky is yellow. This is false because the sky is blue.
• There are 25 hours in a day. This is false because there are 24 hours in a day.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 2

Choose the correct answer.

START

📕

What's a verb?

In this lesson, you will learn about verbs. Amy and Zack are learning about activities to do in the park. They compare different activities.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Put the words in the correct order.

Mike bought some new roller skates. He went to the park to __________. At the park, Mike saw his friend, Sam. Mike _________ hello to Sam. Sam told mike about his new boat that was __________ in the lake. Sam invited Mike __________ and relax on his boat. They had a fun day.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Put the words in the correct order.

Tim: for a race is hard work.

Valerie: Yes, we must every day. I need to rest.

Tim: Do you see Ryan's boat? It's in the ocean.

Valerie: There's Ryan. He's . Let's stop and say hello.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

You know many verbs. Let's learn two new verbs. You can introduce a person. You say: introduce.

• I'd like to introduce you to my friend, John. I think you'll like him.

You can compare two things. You talk about things that are the same and things that are different. You say: compare.

• You can ask: How does this cafe compare to that cafe?
• I answer: They serve the same food, but that cafe is less expensive.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Choose all the correct answers.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

Let's learn two more verbs. You can use many things to help you do things. You say: use.

• I use my stove to boil water.
• I use the website to learn English.

You do something new. You try it. You can try new activities. You say: try.

• I try to speak English with my friends.
• I like trying new foods.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Put the words in the correct order.

Yesterday, Mary __________ to make a new dessert. She __________ milk and chocolate. The dessert was delicious, but it was too sweet. Mary wants to __________, but she __________ less chocolate.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Put the words in the correct order.

Verbs are very important words. We __________ in every sentence. We __________ nouns and verbs. A noun is a person, place or thing. A verb is something you do. _________ to use new verbs. You can _________ a friend.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

You know many verbs. You learned some new verbs.

• You can introduce a person: I'd like to introduce you to my favorite teacher.
• You can compare two things: You can travel in a train or a plane, but planes fly.
• You can use many things: The chefs uses many different foods to cook meals.
• You can try new activities: Did you try to play ping-pong? It's fun!

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Put the words in the correct order.

I would like to __________ you to my sisters, Mary and Kim. Mary is a teacher. she helps people learn Englis. She likes _________ new, exciting activities in her classes. Kim is a doctor. She __________ medicine to help people feel better. It's interesting to __________ their jobs. They help people in different ways.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Choose the correct answer.

START

📕

What's an adverb?

In this lesson, you will learn about verbs. Sara and James are watching people skating in the park. They describe the people and how they skate.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Put the words in the correct order.

If you speak in a loud way, you are speaking ________. When you talk in a quiet way, you talk ________. If you do something in a perfect way, you do it ______. When you do something in a careful way, you're doing it _________.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Put the words in the correct order.

Jim is learning to cook. He wants to prepare meals ___________. He's __________ new things in the kitchen. Jim hopes to ____________, but he needs to practice. Every day he ___________ a new meal for his family.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

Some words are adverbs. An adverb describes a verb. You have learned many adverbs. Look at the examples of adverbs. They're blue. Yesterday, I went to the mall. John and Heather exercise every day. She politely invited her mother to the party. Ryan ran to the store quickly. You have learned a lot! You know how to use adverbs.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

You know many adverbs. Adverbs often end with the letters: ly. You can use some adverbs in different places in a sentence. You can do something in a polite way. You say: politely.

• She politely helped her little brother climb up the stairs.
• Politely, they waved goodbye and left the party.

You can do something in an excited way. You say: excitedly.

• Excitedly, they talked about their new house.
• The children played the new game excitedly.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Put the words in the correct order.

_________, the team played basketball. Olivia helped her mother ____________. Emily _____________________ down the mountain. Luke _________________ for the butter.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Put the words in the correct order.

Adverbs ___________. Many adverbs end with the letters: -ly. For example, happily, ____________, loudly and quickly end with the letters: -ly. Some __________ are different. For example, ___________ and together are adverbs. They don't end with the letters: -ly.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 4

Put the words in the correct order.

Dylan ________________ a gift from his dad. He opened it ______________. Dylan looked inside. ______________, he saw some new jeans. Dylan ______________ his clotes. He looked good in his new jeans.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 3

Choose the correct answer.

START

📕

What's a preposition?

In this lesson, you will learn about prepositions. Zack and Sara visited the Japanese Tea Garden. They described the teas that they drink.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Put the words in the correct order.

My sister ____________ me on the phone to tell me about the fantastic, new couch she bought. She ________ the couch at her favorite store. She wants ___________ it in her living room, but she needs help. She wanted to ________ if I would help her. I said: Sure!

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Select the picture that matches the word.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Put the words in the correct order.

You ____________ many prepositions. I ___________ that prepositions are very interesting words. They can tell you _______ where something is. They can tell you about when something is happening. You __________ them in a lot of sentences.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

Some words are prepositions. A preposition helps the words in a sentence work together. A preposition can tell you where something is.

• Your bags are on the floor, and the towels are in the closet.

A preposition can tell you when something is happening.

• She will fly to Spain in April. Her flight will arrive at 6:30 am.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Read along with the audio and practice your skills.

You know many prepositions. You know the word: about. It's a preposition. You have seen it many times. The movie has a girl and a boy in it.

• The movie is about a girl and a boy.

She told a story. Her friends were in the story.

• She told a story about her friends.

We can discuss many things.

• We can talk about many things.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Put the words in the correct order.

My friend, Jody, tells wonderful _____________ her job. She's a famous chef. There's a TV show ___________ she cooks. She traveled to South America for a summer and learned a lot _____________ the food there. I love to listen to when she ___________ her job.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Read along and practice your skills.

You know many prepositions. You know the word: of. It's a preposition. You have seen it many times. You can use it different ways. It can tell more about the other words in the sentence. You say: of. It is used to indicate belonging, or a connection:

• The University of California is a good place to learn.

It is used to indicate number:

• Can I have one piece of cake, please?

It is used to indicate reference:

• This is a picture of my family.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Put the words in the correct order.

Joe asks: I like that painting the ocean because it's so colorful.

Carrie answers: I can tell you the artist. I met her last year at a gallery.

Joe asks: I would like to buy the painting my wife.

Carrie answers: Yes. You can give it her for her birthday.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Choose the correct answer.

UNIT 1 / LESSON 5

Read along and practice your skills.

Let’s look at some examples of what you have learned in this unit. nouns: I went to the park and the market with my friends today. adjectives: We went to a beautiful park with many wonderful, little gardens. verbs: I have been coming to this park for 10 years. I love this park. adverbs: She excitedly prepared the party for her friend yesterday. prepositions: The keys were on the table by the door.

🎉

Congrats!