Grammar level guide

This guide offers suggestions for appropriate structures to cover at each level. Pick and
choose a few items from your assigned level (do not attempt to teach them all). Always
remember to present grammar in context.

True Beginners

Meetings and greetings

To be: statements, yes-no questions, information questions
Subject pronouns
Singular and plural nouns
Possessive pronouns
There is/there are
Basic Subject verb-object word order
Key verbs- like, have, the modal can
The present simple: statements, yes-no questions, information
questions
The present continuous
Possessive pronouns
Imperatives
Propositions of time and place

Grammar is inseparable from vocabulary building at this level - family, weather,

feelings, how to tell time, jobs, colors, hobbies, and everyday objects like furniture,
food, clothes, places in the city, etc.

False Beginners/Low Intermediate

Present Simple & Continuous(Progressive) contrastive approach,

questions & negatives
Past Simple & Continuous(Progressive): Regular a basic irregular verbs,
questions & negatives
Will Future
Question and negative formation
Word Order, Sentence Structure
Basic Modals (can, may, must)
Cardinal & Ordinal Numbers
Basic Articles
Nouns: count, non-count, irreg. plurals, much/many
Basic adjectives, formation, comparative and superlative
Prepositions
Frequency Adverbs
Subject-Object-Possessive Pronouns
Basic phrasal verbs & idioms

Intermediate

Present and Past, Continuous(Progressive) contrastive approach,

questions & negatives
Present Perfect Simple & Continuous(Progressive), since, for, etc +
Future tenses
Modals tenses, functions Subject-Object-Possessive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Conditional type I & II
Used to x Be used to ing
adjectives, formation, comparative and superlative
adverbs, formation, comparative and superlative
Phrasal Verbs & Idioms
Others like: prepositions, word order, question tags, Sentence Structure,
Linking words, irreg. singulars and plurals, etc.
Articles
Sequence of tenses

Upper Intermediate

Present, Past and Future, Continuous(Progressive) contrastive

approach, questions & negatives
Present Perfect Simple & Continuous(Progressive), since, for, etc +
Past Perfect Simple & Continuous(Progressive), since, for, etc +
Modals tenses, functions
Phrasal Verbs
Language Registers (Formal vs. Informal: very practical, example based
approach), Style and Stylistic Inversion (seldom have we, Not only did,..)
Conditionals I, II, III Pronouns, Adjective & Adverb
Gerund vs. Infinitive
Participles
Multiple Adjectives + their Order
Others like: Prepositions, Word Order, Question Tags, Sentence
Structure, Linking Words, irreg. singulars and plurals, etc. Sequence of Tenses
Articles
Possibility: Focus on Advanced Skills: Presentation Skills, Job Search
(CV & Job Interview Strategies), Negotiating, Effective Business Writing,
Argumentation, Effective Communication to Motivate, Body Language, etc. very practical, example based approach, video & audio tape examples

Advanced

Simple Tense
Continuous/Progressive Tense
Perfective Tense
Modals tenses, functions Conditionals I, II, III Gerund vs. Infinitive

Articles
Advanced Phrasal Verbs + Idioms
Multiple Adjectives + their Order
Pronouns, Adjective, Adverb & Participle
Sequence of Tenses
Language Registers (Formal vs. Informal: very practical, example based
approach), Style and Stylistic Inversion (seldom have we, Not only did,..)
Others like: Prepositions, Word Order, Question Tags, Sentence
Structure, Linking Words, irreg. singulars and plurals, etc. Focus on Advanced Skills: Presentation Skills, Job Search (CV & Job
Interview Strategies), Negotiating, Effective Business Writing, Argumentation,
Effective Communication to Motivate, Body Language, etc. - very practical,
example based approach, video & audio tape examples.