A1 Beginner English

Say hello, introduce yourself and talk about where you are from.

• Greetings and goodbyes
• Introducing yourself
• Names and spelling
• Countries and nationalities
• Classroom English

The alphabet, the sounds of English and the mistakes beginners make most.

• The English alphabet
• Letters and sounds
• Vowel sounds
• Basic pronunciation: syllables and stress
• Common pronunciation mistakes

Count, give your age and phone number, say dates and tell the time.

• Numbers 0 to 1,000
• Days, months and seasons
• Dates and ordinal numbers
• Telling the time
• Schedules and timetables

The building blocks of English sentences.

• Subject pronouns
• The verb “to be”
• Possessive adjectives
• Articles: a, an and the
• Singular and plural nouns
• This, that, these and those

Talk about habits, facts and daily life.

• Present simple: positive sentences
• Present simple: negative sentences
• Present simple: questions and short answers
• He, she, it: the third-person -s
• Daily routines and frequency

The words for the people, places and things around you.

• Family
• Home: rooms and furniture
• Food and drink
• Clothes and colours
• Jobs and workplaces
• Places in town and transport

Useful phrases for real situations.

• Shopping and prices
• Ordering food and drink
• At a restaurant
• Asking for and giving directions
• Making simple requests

Bring everything together and check your progress.

• Reading practice
• Listening practice
• Speaking practice
• Writing practice
• Final A1 test