English A1

Program

Grammar points

• Personal pronouns in English
  Uses of the Present Simple for routine events and everyday habits.
• Formation of the third person singular in the present simple.
• Use of the present tense to indicate seeming and uncertainty.
• Use of the present simple to talk about the frequency and daily activities.
• Use of the past simple: regular and irregular verbs.
• The verb “Have” + got.
• Comparative and superlative adjectives.
• Nouns: countable and uncountable.
• Use of definite articles “the, an, a” and absence of article.
• “There is” and “There are”.
• Prepositions of time and place.
• Affirmative and negative forms of the auxiliary verbs “can” and “need”.
• “Wh” questions.
• Possessive adjectives.

Speaking skills

• Describing the workplace.
• Asking and telling the time.
• Comparing different brands of products and services.
• Talking about countries and nationalities.
• Leaving a phone message.

Listening comprehension skills

• Understand a short conversation when the context is known.
• Respond to short and simple instructions.
• Understand a professional speaking about their daily life.
• Understanding the main idea of a conversation.
• Introductions when receiving visitors, and saying goodbye.

Reading comprehension skills

• Follow short and simple instructions.
• Understand simple explanations in a familiar context.
• Understand a short descriptive text.
• Read indexed information: an order or an invoice.
• Understand a request for information by email.

Writing

• Fill in a simple form with personal information.
• Respond to a short informal piece of writing about a familiar topic.
• Write and reply to a short e-mail.