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Past simple or present perfect?

Past simple or present perfect?

Cartoon image of a man with crossed arms next to an open fridge asking 'Did you drink the milk in the fridge?' and a cow responding 'I don't drink milk'.

A/an, the, no article: The use of articles in English

Illustration of two cartoon characters playing guitars with text 'We are good guitar players. We play the guitar well.' to differentiate adjectives from adverbs.

Adverbs of manner (slowly) or adjectives (slow)?

Cartoon image of a bomb with a lit fuse and a speech bubble saying 'I'm going to explode!' as an example of 'be going to' for future intentions.

Be going to: Future plans and predictions

Illustration of two students with speech bubbles, one saying 'I'm the smartest student in the class' and the other 'And the most pretentious' to demonstrate superlative adjectives.

Superlative adjectives – the oldest, the most important, etc.

Cartoon of a burger and a pressure cooker with speech bubbles saying 'I'm faster than you' and 'Yes. But I'm healthier' to illustrate comparative adjectives.

Comparative adjectives: Older than, more important than, etc.

Cartoon image of a man with a speech bubble 'Just a few' in response to the question 'How many beers did you have?' alongside an animated mug of beer.

Much, many, a lot of, a little, a few

there is, there are – there was, there were

There is, there are – there was, there were

Illustration of a character in a top hat pleading for 'some money for a car', emphasizing the use of 'some' and 'any' in English grammar for A1 learners.

A, some, any: Countable and uncountable nouns

Cartoon of two students, one asking, 'Did you study your lesson?' and the other replying, 'Of course I didn't study my lesson! It exemplifies a grammar lesson on the past simple.

Past simple: Negatives and questions

Contrasting triangles displaying examples of regular and irregular verbs: 'walk, walked' and 'draw, drew' for an A1 English grammar lesson.

Past simple: Regular/irregular verbs

Object pronouns vs subject pronouns – me or I, she or her?

Object pronouns vs subject pronouns – me or I, she or her?

Illustrated scene with two men, one asking 'Where were you?' and the other responding 'I was with you!' to demonstrate the past simple of 'be'.

Was/were: Past simple of ‘be’

Illustration of a man standing next to a taxi with text 'I drive a taxi. But I'm not driving now.' for teaching Present Simple vs Present Continuous.

Present simple or present continuous?

Animated characters in a dialogue with text bubbles: 'What are you doing?' and 'I am leaving!' demonstrating the use of the present continuous tense.

Present continuous: I’m (not) doing, Are you doing?