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Passwort für Lösungen erforderlich ! |
| Nouns | Singular
forms and plural forms with s Common irregular plural forms Possessive form ('s) Transparent compounds Gerunds for activities and pastimes |
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| Verbs | Tenses: Present simple (except negative questions) Present progressive with present and future meaning Simple past of listed regular and irregular verbs verbs additionally: going to for prediction and intention Parts of be, have, have got; There is/are/was/were Positive and negative imperative forms Positive, negative and question forms Short answers. can for ability and permission; Let's... Irregular past forms: came/did/had/said/was/were/went can for possibility would like + noun phrase would like + infinitive -ing forms after like, stop Infinitive forms after want, start Negative questions will for offers, requests, and with future meaning could for past ability and possibility have to for obligation Common phrasal verbs with transparent meanings -ing forms after go, verbs of (dis)like Infinitive forms after want, start, like |
| Determiners | Articles:
a, an, the or zero + noun (phrase) Cardinal numbers (also as pronouns): 1 - 1,000 Ordinal numbers (for dates): 1st - 100st Possessives Quantifiers: some, any, a little, a lot (of) Quantifiers with more Distributives: every, all + noun, another, other, each Demonstrative: these, those (also pronouns) Interrogative Which ? (also pronoun) |
| Pronouns | Personal,
subject and direct object Demonstrative: this, that, these, those (also as determiners) Interrogative: Who? What? Which? (also determiner) It (+ be) in impersonal expressions As indirect objects Possessive some-, no-, any-, every-(body/thing) |
| Adjectives | Simple adjectives
(attributive and predicative) Comparative: -er/more + adjective...than, as ... as Superlative: the -est in/of, most + adjective better, best, worse, worst, more, most too + adjective How + adjective |
| Adverbs | Some adverbs
of frequency, place and time Adjective +ly [see wordlist] Interrogatives: Where? When? Why?; How (much/many)? Intensifier: very Additive: too Adjective + (i)ly Irregular adverbs of manner Comparative: as...as Indefinite: somewhere, nowhere, anywhere, everywhere |
| Conjunctions | and, because,
but, or to join words, phrases, clauses so, before, after, when |
| Sentences | Simple one-clause
sentences Two clauses joined with and, but, because or or Direct speech + noun/pronoun + say/ask Two clauses joined with so, before, after, when Direct speech + subject/verb inversion Reported speech with present tense reporting verb know, think, hope etc + that clause |
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