A2 Grammar — English But Better

At A2 you move from vocabulary (A1) to grammar: talking about actions — what you do, what you did and what you're going to do. Follow the stages in order — each one builds on the previous.

Stage 1 — Grammar foundations

01 Subject vs. Object Pronouns he / him · she / her · they / them 02 Possessive Adjectives vs. Pronouns my / mine · your / yours · his / his… 03 The Genitive 's John's car · my sister's house 04 Quantifiers much / many · a lot of · a few / a little 05 Intensifiers too, so, very, enough 06 Do vs. Make do homework · make a mistake

Stage 2 — Present tenses

07 Present Simple Habits, routines, facts, schedules 08 Present Continuous Actions happening now + future plans 09 Present Simple or Continuous? Key contrasts + stative verbs

Stage 3 — Past tenses

10 Past Simple Completed actions at a specific time 11 Past Continuous Actions in progress in the past 12 Past Simple or Continuous? Background vs. interrupting action 13 Connectors: FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so 14 Narrative writing with past tenses Time expressions + story structure

Stage 4 — Future

15 Future with Will Predictions, spontaneous decisions, promises 16 Future with Going To Plans, intentions, predictions with evidence 17 Will or Going To? How to choose between them

Stage 5 — Sentence building

18 Say and Tell The most common confusion for learners 19 Prepositions of Time in, on, at, until, during, afterward 20 Negative Sentences don't, doesn't, didn't, won't 21 Question Forms Do/Does/Did questions + Wh- word order 22 Comparatives and Superlatives bigger, the biggest · more interesting…

Stage 6 — Preview of B1 (awareness)

23 Present Perfect — Introduction just, ever, already, never, yet, for, since 24 Stative Verbs know, understand, like, love, want, need… 25 How to pronounce '-ed' /t/ · /d/ · /ɪd/ — the three sounds

Stage 7 — Modal verbs

26 Can and Can't ability, permission, requests · Can I…? · Can you…? 27 Must / Have to / Don't have to / Mustn't obligation · no obligation · prohibition 28 Should / Shouldn't · Might / May advice and recommendations · possibility

Stage 8 — Past patterns & sentence structure

29 Used to I used to play football · She didn't use to like it 30 Defining Relative Clauses who, which, that, where, whose 31 Verb Patterns: -ing or to-infinitive? like swimming · want to go · enjoy cooking · decide to stay

Stage 9 — Prepositions, adverbs & connectors

32 Prepositions of Place in, on, at · next to, behind, between, opposite 33 Prepositions of Movement along, across, over, through, past, into, out of 34 Adverbs of Frequency always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never + position 35 Connectors (A2) however, although, because, so, when, until, as soon as

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