Title: Cutting Edge Grammar Checklist

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CUTTING EDGE GRAMMAR CHECKLIST

Entry 1
STARTER

Entry 2
ELEMENTARY

Entry 3
PREINTERMEDIATE
Question forms

Level 1
INTERMEDIATE
Questions and answers (auxiliary verbs) Present simple and continuous

Level 2
UPPERINTERMEDIATE
Ten things you should know about English verbs (revision) Different uses of auxiliary verbs

MODULE

ADVANCED
Continuous verb forms

I/my and you/your: be: names and (my name's ... /I'm ... / countries What's your name?) He/she and his/her: (What's his job? What's her name? Her name's ... He's a ...) be: personal information be: personal questions Indefinite articles: a, an; jobs this, that, these and those have got Possessive 's

Present simple

Introducing points in an argument

be with I and you (affirmative, questions and negative) be with he, she and it (affirmative, questions and negative)

Past simple

Past simple and continuous Comparing past and present (used to, still, not any more/longer)

Time phrases often used in the past (in, on, at, ago)

Expressing abstract ideas (using nouns, gerunds and other phrases)

Perfect verb forms

Cleft sentences

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be: plural forms; our and their

Present simple: questions (I, you, we and they)

can, can't, have to, don't have to

Comparatives and superlatives (slightly higher than, one of the biggest ... in the world etc) Comparing things in different ways (not as ... as, fewer/less than, similar to, etc.) Present perfect simple (and past simple) for, since and ago (and present perfect continuous)

Plural nouns this/that/these/those

Present simple: positive and negative Prepositions of time

should/shouldn't

there is/there are (affirmative, questions and negative) a, some and any

Present simple: he and she; like ing Present simple: questions (he and she) Activity verbs and adverbs of frequency Articles: the, a, an and zero

Present continuous (and present simple) Present continuous for future arrangements

Verb forms in narrative (past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous) Continuous: aspect in other tenses (including present perfect continuous and future continuous) Passives and alternatives to the passive Basic word order patterns in English

Modals and related verbs

Abstract nouns and relative clauses

Adjectives and adverbs Patterns with comparatives and superlatives

Present simple with I and you (affirmative, questions and negative) Possessive 's

Comparatives and superlatives

can and can't

Describing what people look like

Future plans and intentions (present continuous, will, going to, intend to, due to, etc.) Future clauses with if, when, etc.

Perfect :aspect in the past, present and future More about the present perfect, simple and continuous

Use and non-use of passive forms

Particles which add meaning to verbs

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Present simple with he, she and it (affirmative, questions and negatve) Object pronouns

there is and there are

Present simple with adverbs of frequency

some and any how much? and how many? Past simple: was and were Past simple: regular and irregular verbs

Intentions and wishes (going to, planning to, would like to, would prefer to) Predictions (will and won't) Present perfect and past simple with for Present perfect and past simple with other time words Using articles Phrases with and without the may, might, will definitely, etc.

-ing/ -ed adjectives

Use and non-use of articles

Time and tense

Passive forms

Inversion with negative adverbials Relative clauses Quantifiers: and some and any (some, enough, plenty, a little, little, etc.) Infinitive forms Infinitive or gerund ( - ing form)? Modal and related present forms (can, may, might, must, should) Past modals (could, could have, had to, may have, must have) Infinitives and - ing forms Compound phrases

Polite requests will (instant decisions and responses)

can and can't for ability Wh- questions

Past simple: negative Past simple: question words Comparative adjectives

Defining relative clauses Quantifiers (a few, a lot of, etc.) Making predictions (modal verbs and other phrases: likely to, may well, probably won't, etc.) Real and hypothetical possibilities with if

Adverbs Adding emphasis with auxiliaries Future forms

Past simple of be (affirmative, questions and negative)

Superlative adjectives

Present tense: after, if, when, before and other time words

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Past simple of regular verbs and some common irregular ones (affirmative sentences)

Present continuous

used to

Past perfect and past simple

Present simple and present continuous Can and can't for ability

Past continuous Gerunds (-ing forms), verbs of liking and disliking like doing and would like to do (gerunds and infinitives)

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Past simple negative

Reported speech and reported questions Obligation and permission (have to, should, are allowed to, etc.) Obligation and permission in the past (had to, couldn't, were allowed to, etc.) could have, should have, would have Past sentences with if (If I'd been in her position I would have, etc.)

Review of basic future forms (going to, will, present continuous and present simple) Future continuous and future perfect Talking about hypothetical situations (wish, if + past tense, if only, imagine., suppose) Talking about hypothetical situations in the past (wish, if + past perfect, etc.) Reporting people's exact words (basic reported speech) Verbs that summarise what people say (deny, refuse, insist, etc.)

Noun phrases: ellipsis and substitution Patterns with as as + verb

Past simple questions (yes/no questions and Whquestions) and and but

Question words

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want to

Future intentions: going to, would like to and want to Suggestions and offers Present perfect

Passive forms (past, present, future) Sentences joined with that, which and who Present perfect, simple and continuous with the 'unfinished past' How long ?, for, since and all

going to future

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Articles: the, a, an and zero

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have to, don't have to, can and can't Prepositions of movement

some, any and quantifiers Describing where things are Past perfect Reported speech

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Infinitive of purpose Modal verbs for possibility: might and will

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Conditional sentences with would will and would

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