Basic English CourseEnglish words

*Welcome to the Course for Advanced Beginners!* In this course, we’ll cover *practical grammar* and *real-life topics* you can use in everyday situations. You’ll *expand your vocabulary, deepen your understanding of grammar, and gain more confidence* in conversations. First, let’s start with a quick recap of greetings and introductions. Ready? Let’s go!

*Everyday Adjectives* Let’s look at some commonly used adjectives. In English, *adjectives never change their form* - whether the noun is feminine, masculine, singular, or plural.

*Talking About What We Love to Do* In this section, you’ll discover useful words for hobbies and free-time activities. Notice that after the verbs "enjoy", "like", and "love", we often use the *-ing form* of a verb.

*Going Deeper Into the Present Simple* In the previous course, we learned that we use the Present Simple to express habits, repeated actions, general truths, emotions, and wishes. Let’s take a closer look: Habits: "He drinks tea at breakfast." Repeated actions: "She goes to the gym on Mondays." General truths: "The Earth revolves around the Sun." Emotions: "I love chocolate." Wishes: "I want a new phone." * In the third person singular (he, she, it), the verb always ends in -s.*

*Ordering a Snack* When ordering, you can say "Can I have...?", which you already know from the previous course. You can also use "Can I get...?", "I would like...", or the short form "I'd like..." to sound more polite. Let’s learn more words and phrases related to restaurants and cafés!

*The Verb CAN* We use "can" to talk about *a possibility or ability*. Always use can with another verb. You can use "can" to form short answers like in this example: "Can you speak English? - Yes, I can." "I can" = I can do something. / I know something is possible for me, for example: "I can dance very well." Let's learn new verbs! "to repeat" "to sing" "to swim"

*Verb CAN in Negative* To say that someone is not able to do something, we use "can" in the negative form. We add "not" after "can" to make "cannot" or the short form "can't" (pronounced /kɑːnt/ or /kænt/). "I can't swim." (I am not able to swim.) Both "cannot" and "can't" mean the same, but "can't" is more common in everyday speech.

*Using the Present Simple to Express the Future* We already know that we use the present simple to express habits, repeated actions, general truths, etc. But we can also use the present simple to talk about the future: 1. When we talk about something that is *fixed in the future:* “The train leaves at 19:45 this evening.” 2. When something happens in the future after time words like "when", "after" and after "if" and "unless": “I’ll call you when I get home.”

*Let's Go on a Trip!* It's time for some travel vocabulary – a few practical sentences and phrases so you don’t get lost in faraway lands.

*Present Continuous Tense* We use the present continuous to talk about actions that are happening right now. To make a sentence, use the verb "to be" *(am / is / are)* + a *verb* with *-ing* at the end. Examples: "He is sleeping." "You are eating." This tense is perfect for saying what you or someone else is doing at the moment.

*Describing Objects* Instead of saying something simple like "I have a bag," you can try saying "I have a small blue bag." Adding details like size, color, or shape makes your description more vivid and interesting. Let’s learn how to describe objects using practical adjectives and easy sentence structures.

*Object Pronouns – What Are They and How Do We Use Them?* Object pronouns are used *to replace the person or thing that receives an action.* They usually come after a verb or a preposition. Here's a simple way to think about it: Someone does something → to someone or something. *That “someone or something” is what we replace with an object pronoun.* Example: "I spend a lot of time with my family. I love them so much." In this sentence, them replaces my family — the people who are loved. The object pronouns in English are: "me, you, him, her, us, them"

*Time to Talk About Colors* In English, we don’t change the ending of color words. Also, colours usually come before the noun: "a red apple" "a green shirt" "a blue car"

*Numbers* We use cardinal numbers all the time — probably more than you realize. Here’s when they come in handy: *Counting things* : "I have two brothers." *Saying your age* : "I’m ten years old." *Giving your phone number* : "My number is two-six-three, three-eight-four-seven." *Talking about years* : "It happened in nineteen seventy-five (1975)."

*Past Tense* We use the past tense to talk about things that *already happened.* It could be yesterday, last week, or a few minutes ago. *How does it work?* For regular verbs, we add *-ed* to the base form of the verb. "talk" → "talked" "play" → "played" "watch" → "watched" "walk" → "walked" Let's practice!