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If you have finished the Blue, Red, Yellow, and Green Levels, you can
move forward to the Purple Level. If you haven't finished those
levels, you will have a busy weekend ahead of you. One way to
review is by looking at the blog, starting with January and ending
with the blog entries for April. Remember, the blog is kind of like the
classroom. I post there almost every day, especially during the
week.
Lesson One in the Purple Level begins on Monday. The Purple Level
features 20 verbs that I consider essential for writing and speaking. If
you had only 20 verbs to learn in English, these are the ones.
The first four levels of the website are designed so that students
have a basic understanding of English grammar. The next three
levels, Purple, Orange, and Violet are designed to improve speaking
and writing abilities. Of course, I'm always working on the website,
so there's still a lot more to be added to all seven levels. The
American Vernacular section (slang and idioms) can be completed at
any time.
Updates:
There's a new YouTube video for the verb "make" in the causative
form.
Your teacher,
Paul
Blue Level
Red Level
Yellow Level
Green Level
Purple Level
Orange Level
Violet Level
Video Lessons
Links
Idioms
Chat
How to Learn
Vocabulary
U.S.
Citizenship
Blue Level
Lesson One
Be - Present Tense
Subject + verb
Singular Plural
I am We are
He is
She is They are
It is
I am a
teacher
You are a
student.
He is a
man.
She is a
woman.
It is an
apple.
I
We are
people
you
I + you = we
You are
students.
They are
workers.
Lesson Two
Be - Present Tense Negative
Subject + (be) + not
Singular Plural
He is not
It is not
write
I am not a
student.
You are
not a
teacher.
He is not
a woman .
She is not
a man.
It is not a
chair.
We are not
students.
You are
not a
family.
They are
not
students.
write
contractions:
We're not
He is not
He isn't
He's not
It is not
It isn't
It's not
I ain't We ain't
Blue Level
Lesson Three
Be - Present Tense
Questions
(Be) + Subject + ____?
Singular Plural
Yes-No Questions:
Question: Are you a student?
Answer: Yes, I am.
Am I a teacher?
(Yes, you are.)
Is he a student?
(Yes, he is.)
Is she a student?
(Yes, she is.)
Is this a house?
(Yes, it is.)
Are we people?
(Yes, you are / Yes, we
are. -----It depends on
who is asking the
question)
write
Blue Level
Lesson Four
Nouns and Pronouns
Nouns represent people, places, things,
activities, emotions, and ideas.
Nicaragua
pliers
actor
(4) an emotion
(5) an idea
idea
love
Examples of nouns:
write
Pronouns represent nouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, and
they are....
Subject Pronouns
Singular Plural
I We
You You
He
She They
It
I am a teacher.
Noun: teacher
Pronoun: I
He is a guitar player
Noun: player
Pronoun: He
She is a mother.
Noun: mother.
Pronoun: she
It is a radio.
Noun: radio
Pronoun: It
We are people.
Noun: people I
Pronoun: We +
(I + You) = We
you
write
me us
you you
him
her them
It
Blue Level
Lesson Five
this / that / these / those
This That
A thing or a person is close A thing or a person is far
This = singular That = singular
These Those
Things or people are close Things or people are far
These = plural Those = plural
Close = x...y
This pencil in my hand is yellow.
These pencils are not very sharp.
Far = x..............................y
That car across the street is red.
Those cars in the parking lot are blue.
Blue Level
Lesson Six
There
Singular
There is a student in
the classroom.
To make questions:
• Is there a boy behind the tree?
• Is there a student in the classroom?
Plural
To make questions:
• Are there three football players?
• Are there two little girls playing with
blocks?
There is used for information and facts. Sometimes
"there" is singular, and sometimes "there" is plural.
Examples:
• There is a clock on the wall. (singular)
• There's a rabbit in the backyard. (singular)
There is = There's. Most Americans use the
contraction, there's
• There are seven days in a week. (plural).
• There are some flowers on the table. (plural)
There are = (no contraction) Some Americans say
"there's" even when the subject is plural. You
shouldn't do that.
write:
Blue Level
Lesson Seven
The Present Tense
Singular Plural
I learn We learn
I work
You work
He works
She works
It works
We work
I
+
you
You work
They work
do + not + verb
Singular Plural
I do not work We do not work
Contractions:
do + not = don't
does + not = doesn't
Singular Plural
He doesn't work
It doesn't work
Practice:
1. I ___ to school every day. (go)
2. She _____ to school every day. (go - negative)
3. Juan and Martha _____ a large family. (have)
4. He ______ a car. (have - negative)
5. You _____ from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day
(work)
6. I ______ on the weekends. (work - negative)
7. It _____ a lot in the winter in Minnesota. (snow)
8. It _____ in the summer. (snow - negative)
9. We _____ how to speak English. (know)
10. We _____ how to speak Italian. (know - negative)
answers below
click here for a quiz on the present tense
Blue Level
Lesson Eight
The Present Continuous Tense
S + (be) + _____ing
Singular Plural
You are
eating.
You're eating.
He is
eating.
He's eating.
She is
eating.
She's eating.
It is
eating.
It's eating.
We are
eating.
We're eating.
(You + I = We)
you
You are
eating.
You're eating.
They are
eating.
They're eating.
Singular
Question: Is it snowing?
Answer: Yes, it is.
Plural
Blue Level
Lesson Nine
Have
S + has/have
Singular Plural
I have We have
You have You have
He has
She has They have
It has
I have glasses.
You have
sunglasses.
He has a gun.
They have a
hamburger and
french fries.
Blue Level
Lesson Ten
Articles
A / An / The
Singular Plural
a / an the
the ---
(plural - a /an )
He has some
strawberries.
We have time to
learn English.
(time and English are
noncount nouns.
Sometimes the is
used; sometimes it I + you = we
isn't.)
Blue Level
Lesson Eleven
Prepositions Prepositions show location,
proximity, and relationships:
He's putting
strawberries
He is standing on a pencil.
into his
mouth.
The cat is
drinking from
a bowl.
There is food
on the table.
Blue Level
Lesson Twelve
The Past Tense
There are two types of past tense verbs:
Be - Past Tense
Singular Plural
I was We were
He was
It was
Subject + _____ed
Singular Plural
I learned We learned
It learned
Subject + ________
Singular Plural
I had We had
He had
It had
Review:
The Past Tense describes the things you did
yesterday, last year, back in February, in 1973, or
an hour ago.
Regular verbs, such as learn, take an "ed" ending
after the subject.
work---worked, learn---learned, visit---visited
I worked yesterday.
I ate breakfast
earlier.
You worked
yesterday.
Regular Verb
He worked
yesterday.
Irregular Verb:
He ate breakfast
earlier.
Regular Verb
She worked
yesterday.
Irregular Verb:
Regular Verb -
arrive:
We arrived on time.
We were on time.
Regular Verb -
share:
You shared a
milkshake.
Irregular Verb -
have:
Irregular Verb - go /
eat:
They went to the
beach and ate
popsicles.
Blue Level
Lesson Thirteen
Information Questions
Question
...used for this information.
Words...
Who a person
Why reason
Who am I?
You're a teacher.
Where are
you?
I'm in the classroom.
What does he
have?
He has some
strawberries.
Where is she?
She's at the beach.
When do we
have class?
We have class in the
morning.
You + I = We
Practice:
Blue Level
Lesson Fourteen
Possessive Adjectives
Possessive adjectives show ownership or belonging.
They must go somewhere before a noun.
I am a teacher.
You are my student.
You are a student.
I am your teacher.
He is playing a
guitar.
It is his guitar.
This is a woman.
Her hair is red.
This is a cat.
It is eating its food.
(I + you = we)
you
You are students.
You are in your
classroom.
Practice:
1. I am practicing ___ English.
2. You are working with _____ teacher
3. We are doing ______ work.
4. They are in _______ house.
5. Open _____ books and turn to the first
lesson.
6. She wants to see ______ father.
7. It has ______ own food.
8. ______ name is (your name here).
9. ______ name is John.
10. _____ name is Julia.
Answers below
Blue Level
Lesson Fifteen
Possessive Pronouns
I am a teacher.
This is my website.
This website is mine.
This is a woman.
Her hair is red.
My hair is brown. Hers is
red.
This is a crocodile.
It's showing its teeth.
("Its" is used for animals
and things.)
Blue Level
Lesson Sixteen
Be - Past Tense
The verb "be" has two forms in the past tense: was
and were
Singular Plural
I was We were
He was
It was
I was in my
classroom yesterday.
You were there,
too.
He was at a
movie last night.
you
They were
outside in the
snow.
To make a question....
Singular Plural
Was he ...
Was it ...
Blue Level
Lesson Seventeen
Telling Time
Important verbs for asking about and telling time:
Questions: Answers:
---
---
---
---
or
"It's 5:50." (five fifty)
*Note: 0 is pronounced "O" not "zero."
Question: Answers:
When someone asks you the date, it's not necessary to give the year. For example:
• What's the date? ----> It's June 6. (Not It's June 6, 2005)
Make sure you use ordinal numbers when you say the date. You can listen to the
way I say the date every day on my blog.
When someone asks about time in the future or the past, use the year.
Blue Level
Lesson Eighteen
Months
Blue Level
Lesson Nineteen
Count and Noncount Nouns
Count Nouns Noncount Nouns
a car (singular) cars (plural) traffic
a chair chairs furniture
Blue Level
Lesson Twenty
days of the week
Sunday is the first day of the week.
The first day of the week is Sunday.
Sunday comes after Saturday . Su M T W Th F Sa
It comes before Monday . Su M T W Th F Sa
Sunday is a weekend day.
Here's a video:
Lesson Twenty-One
Numbers
Ordinal Numbers
Next: Lesson 22
Blue Level
Lesson Twenty-Two
Addition and Subtraction
addition or adding
5 + 3 = 8
five plus three equals eight
2 + 2 = 4
two and two is four
Note: Some English books will use the plural verb "equal" or
"are" for the equal sign (=). Grammatically, this is correct but
most people use a singular verb.
Blue Level
Lesson Twenty-Three
can / can't
singular plural
He can ______
It can ______
After the modal verb "can," the main verb is in the
simple form. What's the simple form? Click here to
learn.
I can help
She can go
They can do
He can't ______
It can't ______
examples
A: Can you play the piano?
B: Yes, I can. or....
B: No, I can't.
A: Can he cook?
B: Yes, he can. or....
B: No, he can't.
Directions: Practice writing sentences and questions with "can." Use the verb in parentheses.
1. We ________ ________ meet you later. (meet)
2. What ________ you ________ for them? (do)
3. It ________ ________ your life easier. (make)
4. They ________ ________ their rent. (afford -- negative)
5. Why ________ she _________ on time? (come -- negative)
6. Blue Level
7. Lesson Twenty-Four
8. have to
singular plural
He has to ____
She has to ____ They have to ____
It has to ____
9.
10.You have to go to school tomorrow.
11.He has to do some work.
12.They have to travel to New York.
13. (These sentences are in the present tense.)
"have to" = necessary, important
I have to
get new
glasses.
You have
to get new
glasses,
too.
He has to
go to work
tomorrow.
She has to
talk to her
supervisor.
It has to
ripen
before we
eat it.
We have to
get new
glasses. I + you = we
You have
to get up
early
tomorrow.
They have
to talk
about
some new
ideas.
15.
16.To make "have to" negative:
17.do + not + have to + main verb
Singular Plural
I don't have to _____ We don't have to ____
22.
23. Practice
Directions: Use "have to" and the verb in parentheses
( ____ ) to complete each sentence.
1. He ________ ________ ________ his homework. (finish)
2. They _______ ________ ________ ________ to work
tomorrow. (go -- negative)
3. Alice ________ ________ ________ a dentist. (see)
4. I ________ ________ ________ eating better. (start)
5. You ________ ________ ________ some bread from the
store. (get)
6. We ________ ________ ________ ________ this chapter.
(read -- negative)
7. She ________ _______ ________ at work by 5:00 a.m.
(be)
8. This ________ ________ ________ ________ on. (be --
negative)
9. These glasses ________ ________ ________ right. (fit)
10. We ________ ________ ________ English in class.
(speak)
2 Do - Negative
4 Commands
5 Questions with Do
6 Object Pronouns
8 Much / Many
9 Little / Few
13 Like
14 Adjectives
15 Conjunctions
17 Infinitives
18 Gerunds
19 Possessive Pronouns
20 Reflexive Pronouns
I do We do
You do You do
He does
She does They do
It does
she