Foundations

Level I

Level II

Level III

Pronouns

Subject & Object

 

 

Possessive, demonstrative, reflexive

 

Nouns

Singular/Plural

 there is/are

Possessive nouns

 

Count/Noncount

 

 

Of possessives

 

 

To Be-Main Verb

Present, Past, Future           

 

 

 

 

Imperative

 

 

 

Simple Present

Habit & Fact

Adverbs of Frequency:

single word

 

 

 

 

Single word & phrases; how often

 

 

 

Present

Progressive

Continuous action now

 

 

Long term action

 

Future with time phrase

 

 

 

Stative Verbs

 

 

Past Progressive

 

Past Progressive (while/when)

 

 

Future Progressive

 

 

 

Future Progressive

Simple Past

Regular & Irregular with before, after, when

 

 

used to

 

 

Future

be going to & will

 

 

before, after, when if

 

 

Perfect & Perfect Progressive:

 

 

Present  Perfect

Present Perfect Progressive

Intro. to Past Perfect

 

 

 

 


Past Perf. Prog.

Future Perfect, Future Perf. Prog.

 

 

Integration of simple tenses

Tense Integration

Mixed Verb Tenses Connected Prose

 

 

Direct/Indirect Objects

 

 

Gerunds & Infinitives

Want, need, like  + Infinitive

 

Used as Subject, Objects of Verbs  & Prepositions   Negative Forms; Influence & Causative Verbs

 

 

 

 


Expanded Verb List, Passive & Past forms, Possessives to modify gerund

Adverbials

 

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbials of Means: by + gerund; with + noun phrase; Adverbials of Purpose: because of, in order to, for

 

Modals & Modal Expressions

Ability can & be able to

Intro. to Present Modals

 

 

Review & Integration of Present Modals & Expressions

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect Modals

Prepositions

Time & Place

 

Preposition Combinations with Adjs. & Verbs

 

 

 

 

Phrasal Verbs: Separable & Nonseparable

 

Passive

 

 

Present & Past Stative Passive  Participial Adj.

All Tenses

      Passive modals

 

 

 

Adverb Clauses Cause/Effect, Contrast

 

because

because, although,

even though

if/unless

 

 

now that, since,

while, whereas, only if, even if, whether or not

Adjective Clauses

 

 

Intro.to Adjective Clauses

 

 

whose, where, when

Restrictive & non-restrictive

Connectives

 

and, but, so, or

because of, so that

however

for, nor yet

due to; therefore

nevertheless, despite

on the other hand

otherwise

Noun Clauses

 

 

 

Noun Clauses; Direct & Reported Speech; Subjunctive

Determiners

articles, numbers & quantifiers many, much, some, a lot of, any

 

 

 

other/another; one, some, any

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjectives

 

 

Descriptive, Demonstrative, Possessive

Foundations

 

   Noun Modifiers

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

too, but, either

very, too, enough

 

 

Questions

Yes/No & WH - who, what, when, where, why, how much/many

WH-Questions - whom, whose

 

 

 

 

Comparatives — more/less, as... as, as many/much, the same, like/alike, different

 

 

 

 

Superlatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conditional Sentences