Courses
English Grammar
Grammar taught in context, not in isolation.
Every Babelingua course contains a dedicated Grammar section that moves from the present simple at A1 through to inversion, cleft sentences and mixed conditionals at C1. Each topic is introduced with clear explanation and then practised immediately with interactive exercises, so the rule and the use are learned together.
Grammar syllabus
What each level covers
Every Babelingua course opens with a Grammar section. Here is what you will work through at each stage.
- Numbers
- Prepositions: next to, under, between, in front of, behind, over, opposite
- Prepositions in, at, and on
- Time
- Present simple forms of “to be” (am/is/are)
- Present Simple. ‘’ Do, Does ‘’
- Adverbs of frequency
- Possessive adjectives
- Possessive Adjectives vs. Possessive Pronouns
- Present Simple, "Wh" Questions
- ‘’a, an, the, This, That, These, Those’’
- Asking for information
- Present Continuous
- present continuous vs simple present tense
- There is, There are, There isn’t, There aren’t, Is there, Are there
- Feels, Looks, Smells, Tastes, Sounds with an adjectives
- I’d like, like(s), Do you like, would you like
- Past Simple. ‘’was’’ , ‘’were’’, ‘’did’’, ‘’didn’t’’
- Past simple: regular and irregular verbs
- Can, Can’t (ability, possibility, permission)
- “be going to” and “will”
- Making suggestions
- Some, Any, No, Nobody, No one, Nothing, Anything
- “A lot of,” “Much”, “Many”, ‘’How many’’, ‘’How much’’
- Present Simple "Be"
- Present Simple: Questions and Short Answers
- Present Simple: Positive and Negative
- Position of adverbs of frequency
- Have got / Has got
- Making Suggestions - Making Arrangements
- There is / There are
- Possessive Pronouns and Possessive’s
- Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- Past Simple with "Was/Were"
- Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs
- Can, Can’t, Could, Couldn’t for ability
- Have to / don’t have to
- Comparative adjectives
- Superlative Adjectives
- Present Continuous
- Present simple or Present continuous
- Asking and Giving Recommendations
- Be going to – Will- Would like to
- Would like to
- Love / Like / Hate /etc. +verb + -ing
- Should / Shouldn’t, Shall, May / Might
- Adjectives → Adverbs
- Present Perfect
- Past Simple vs. Present Perfect
- Present simple, Present Continuous, Action and non-action Verbs
- Questions & Question Words
- Past simple
- Past Progressive (Continuous)
- Be / Get used to + gerund (-ing form)
- Past Simple vs Past Progressive
- Present perfect and Past simple
- Present perfect Time Expressions
- Future tenses: will – Be going to
- Must, Have to, Should, Need / Had Better / Would Rather
- Expressing Possibility (May, Might, Could) Making deduction (Must, Can’t)
- Comparatives and Superlatives
- Articles: a / an, the, no article
- Relative Clauses
- Conditional Sentences: (Types 1&2)
- Quantifiers
- Verb patterns
- Past Perfect
- Reported Speech: sentences and questions
- Gerunds and Infinitives
- Polite Requests, Reaching Agreement, Clarifying Opinions, Expressing Uncertainty
- Active and Passive Voice
- Review of tenses 1, Present time; Present simple, Present continuous, Present perfect, Present perfect continuous
- Review of tenses 2, Past time; Past simple, Past continuous, Past perfect, Past perfect continuous. Past habits; Used to, Would
- Direct and Indirect questions
- Expressing the future: Future time, Future continuous, Future perfect simple Present tenses in time clauses: when, as soon as, before, after, until/ till, while, once
- Infinitives and -ing forms
- Modality – alternative structures
- too, enough, so, such
- Conditionals; Mixed conditionals; Conditional clauses- Alternatives to if
- The passive
- Relative clause; Defining relative clause; non-defining relative clause
- Reported speech, reporting verbs
- Question tags and reply to questions
- Phrasal verbs
- Unreal past and regrets – wish, if only, it’s time and would rather
- Continuous aspect: Present Continuous/Past Continuous/Future Continuous
- Future in the past
- Speculation; Speculating about the present, Speculating about the past
- Infinitives: Types of infinitives: Functions of infinitives
- Advanced comparative structures: Combined comparison with the, Progressive comparison, Contrasting two connected qualities
- Advanced conditionals: Alternatives to if
- Words and phrases with -ever
- Tenses for unrealistic situations
- Phrasal verbs: Transitive, Intransitive, and Three-word verbs
- Passive Reporting Structures
- Inversion after Adverbials