English
English grammar
The grammar sits in the sentence you say. It is not a separate game.
Twenty-four classes. You hear the sentence, then you say it. A tap does not pass.
Ninety days are free on English. The other languages do not come with those days. The clock starts when you pass the first sentence.
Then forty dollars keeps English, or sixty dollars opens every language. Paid once. No monthly plan.
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1
Your name
Hello. My name is ____. I am from ____. Nice to meet you.
English uses am, is, and are. I am from ____. My name is ____. There is no other present-tense shape for this sentence. Goodbye closes it.
2
The family
This is my family. I have a brother. My mother is a doctor.
Have for family. Is for the job. A doctor, not doctor, the first time you name the job. His or her before the name: his name is ____.
3
The day
I get up at seven. I work. I eat at six.
I get up, I work, I eat. Third person adds -s: she works. You are not talking about her yet. At plus the hour.
4
A real need
I need help. Please speak more slowly.
Need plus a noun. Speak is the base form after please. More slowly, not more slow. I do not understand is the honest middle.
5
Yesterday
Yesterday I worked. I got home at six. I ate at home.
Worked is regular. Got and ate are irregular. Yesterday can sit first. Do not add did in a plain statement: I worked, not I did work.
6
Tomorrow
Tomorrow I am going to work. I am going to call my mother.
Am going to plus the base verb. Call my mother, no extra preposition. The day word can sit first.
7
Getting there
How do I get downtown? I walk. The bus goes downtown.
How do I is the question with do. On foot or by bus: I walk, I take the bus. The bus goes, with -es, because bus is he/she/it.
8
The phone
Hello, this is ____. May I speak to ____? Can you call later?
This is ____ on the phone, not I am ____, though I am is understood. May I is more formal than can I. Speak to plus the person. Call later.
9
What happened
Yesterday it was raining. I left late. I missed the bus.
Past continuous for the scene: was raining. Past simple for the plot: left, missed. Do not put every verb in the same form.
10
What you think
I think it is a good idea. I do not think it is easy.
I think it is. I do not think it is. Both keep is. Do not invent a special ending. The doubt is in do not think, not in the second verb.
11
When it breaks
The internet does not work. Can you send someone? Can we move the meeting?
Does not work: does for the internet, it. Can you and can we. Move the meeting is enough.
12
The work
I work as an analyst. I have finished the report.
Work as, no the before the job. I have finished is present perfect: the report is done and that fact is current. Yesterday I finished is one past moment. Choose the one you mean.
13
A disagreement
I understand your point. But I do not agree. I propose another date.
I do not agree is the whole disagreement. But is the turn. However is heavier. Propose is present. One reason is enough.
14
Far away
If we lived closer, we would see each other more.
If plus the past form, lived, then would plus the base verb. Both halves need their form. Do not put would in the if half.
15
The news
The paper says the decision is hard. It is too early to judge.
Says plus the clause, no extra word required. Said that, if it was yesterday: the paper said the decision was hard. It is too early to plus the verb.
16
The email
I am writing to send the contract. I need an answer by Friday.
I am writing is present continuous for this letter, now. To send is the purpose. By Friday is the deadline. Best regards closes it. If you have questions, write to me.
17
What you mean
So you want to change the date. Am I wrong?
So introduces the restatement. Am I wrong puts the verb first because it is a question with be. I did not mean that undoes a bad sentence.
18
A hard conversation
This is hard to say. It is not an attack. I need help at home.
Hard to say. It is not an attack separates the person from the problem. Need help at home. We can talk tomorrow names the time.
19
The real issue
This is not about the money. It is about trust.
About plus the noun. Not and about carry the contrast. Then keep the fact apart from the opinion if you need a second line. One cause is usually too clean.
20
The deal
I accept the date if the price does not change. I repeat: you deliver, we install.
If plus the present, does not change, for a real condition. The would form was class 14. I repeat frames two presents. You deliver has no -s because you is not he.
21
The joke
With friends, that is funny. At work, I say the plain sentence.
Funny can be warm or sharp. Nothing in the grammar marks the smile. The safe line at work is the literal one.
22
The table
To this meeting. May you be well. I am sorry for your loss. I am here if you need me.
To plus the noun is the toast. May you be well is the wish: may plus the base verb. I am sorry for your loss is the set condolence. I am here if you need me is the offer. Do not add advice.
23
Any topic
So you are talking about ____. Can you say it more simply? I can explain the idea, not the term.
Are talking is present continuous: the conversation is happening now. More simply is the adverb. Not the term names the limit. I do not know the word is honest.
24
The room
My position: we start Monday. The reason: the text is ready. The concession: I accept a review. The step: you confirm today.
Use only patterns from earlier classes. We start is the decision. Is ready agrees with text. I accept is the concession. You confirm today is the step. If you need a new form, go back.