Questions
"who" is for people
- Who's he?
- Whos she?
- Who's your best friend?
"what" is for things
- What is your name?
- What is your phone number?
- What is your email address?
The contractions "who's" and "what's" are used in informal written English.
What's your name?
Who's your brother?
"how" is for more information
- How do you spell that?
- How old are you?
Possessive Adjectives
"my", "your", "his", "her", "its" are used to show ownership.
- I am Charles. -> My name is Charles.
- You are 19. -> Your brother is 21.
- He is John. -> His wife is Sally.
- She is very good. -> Her new CD is excellent.
- It's a movie. -> Its name is Gladiator.
The Articles
Use "a" or "an" before singular nouns.
Use "a" before nouns starting with a consonant sound.
a car; a construction worker; a book; a cd; a restaurant
Use "an" before nouns starting with a vowel sound.
an engineer; an unbrella; an actor; an address; an artist
Numbers 10 - 100
10 (ten); 11 (eleven); 12 (twelve); 13 (thirteen); 14 (fourteen); 15 (fifteen); 16 (sixteen); 17 (seventeen); 18 (eighteen); 19 (nineteen); 20 (twenty); 30 (thirty); 40 (forty); 50 (fifty); 60 (sixty); 70 (seventy); 80 (eighty); 90 (ninety); 100 (one hundred)
Vocabulary
| Family | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| mother | father | son | daughter |
| brother | sister | husband | wife |
| Personal details | |||
| first name | last name | email address | cell phone number |
| phone number | address | What's your job? | Where are you from? |
| Adjectives | |||
| excellent | great | very good | good |
| ok | bad | very bad | terrible/awful |
| Jobs | |||
| a sales clerk | an electrician | a police officer | an accountant |
| a teacher | an actor | a firefighter | |
| an engineer | a doctor | an artist | |