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Table of Contents

Week 1 | English Grammar

Day 1| Auxiliary verbs

Day 2 |Am/is/are

Day 3 |Am/is/are Questions

Day 4 |I am doing (present continuous)

Day 5 |Are you doing? (present continuous questions)

Day 6 |I do/work/like (present simple)(present continuous questions)

Week 2 | English Grammar

Day 1 |I don't... (present simple negative)

Day 2 |Do you...? (present simple questions)

Day 3 |I am doing (present continuous) I do (present simple)

Day 4 |I have... and I've got...

Day 5 |Was/were

Day 6 |Worked/got/went etc (past simple)

Week 3 | English Grammar

Day 1 |I didn't... did you...? (past simple negative and questions)

Day 2 |I was doing (past continuous)

Day 3 |I was doing (past continuous) and I did (past simple)

Day 4 |I have done (present perfect 1)

Day 5 |I've just... I've already... I haven't...yet (present perfect 2)

Day 6 |Have you ever...? (present perfect 3)

Week 4| English Grammar

Day 1 |How long have you...? (present perfect 4)

Day 2 |For, since, ago

Day 3 |I have done (present perfect) and I did (past)

Day 4 |Is done, was done (passive 1)

Day 5 |Is being done, has been done (passive 2)

Day 6 |Be/have/do in present and past tenses

Week 5| English Grammar

Day 1 |Regular and irregular verbs

Day 2 |What are you doing tomorrow?

Day 3 |I'm going to...

Day 4 |Will/shall (1)

Day 5 |Will/shall (2)

Day 6 |Might

Week 6| English Grammar

Day 1 |Can and could

Day 2 |Must, mustn't, don't, need to

Day 3 |Should

Day 4 |I have to

Day 5 |Would you like...?

Day 6 |Do this! Don't do that! Let's do that

Week 7| English Grammar

Day 1 |I used to...

Day 2 |There is... There are...

Day 3 |There was/were... There has/have been... There will be...

Day 4 |It...

Day 5 |I am, I don't

Day 6 |Have you? Are you? Don't you? etc

Week 8| English Grammar

Day 1 |Too/either/so am I/neither do I etc

Day 2 |Isn't/haven't/don't etc (negatives)

Day 3 |Do they? Is it? Have you?

Day 4 |Forming questions (who/what/why/where/when/which)

Day 5 |What...? Which...? How...?

Day 6 |How long does it take...?

Week 9| English Grammar

Day 1 |Do you know where...? I don't know what... etc

Day 2 |He/she said that... He/she told me that...

Day 3 |Work/working Go/going Do/doing

Day 4 |I want you to... I told you to...

Day 5 |I went to the shop to...

Day 6 |Go to... Go on... Go for... Go -ing... Get…

Week 10| English Grammar

Day 1 |Get...

Day 2 |Do and make

Day 3 |Have...

Day 4 |I/me He/him They/them etc

Day 5 |My/his/their etc

Day 6 |Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc

Week 11| English Grammar

Day 1 |Myself/yourself/themselves etc

Day 2 |A/an...

Day 3 |Singular & plural

Day 4 |The...

Day 5 |Go to...

Day 6 |This/that/these/those

Week 12| English Grammar

Day 1 |Some & any

Day 2 |All/most/some/any/no/none etc

Day 3 |Adjectives

Day 4 |Adverbs

Day 5 |Imperatives

Day 6 |And but or so because

Week 13| English Grammar

Day 1 |When...

Day 2 |If we go... if you see... etc

Day 3 |If I had... If we went... etc

Day 4 |A person who... A thing that/which (relative clauses 1)

Day 5 |How long have you…?(present perfect 4)

Day 6 |For since ago

Verb + preposition


Verb + of:

Verb + preposition-example1

 

Verb + to:

Verb + preposition-example5

Verb + preposition-example2

Verb + preposition-example3

Verb + preposition-example4

 

Verb + about:

Verb + preposition-example7

Verb + preposition-example6

 

Verb + for:

Verb + preposition-example8

Verb + preposition-example9

 

Verb + with:

Verb + preposition-example10

Verb + preposition-example11

Verb + preposition-example12

 

Verb + on:

Verb + preposition-example13

 

Verb + in:

Verb + preposition-example14

 

Others:

Verb + preposition-example15

 

Look:

  • I’m looking at the garden.
  • She’s looking at the newspaper.
  • Look at the state of your room
  • They’re looking for their ball. (look for = trying to find)
  • Help me look for Dad’s briefcase.
  • Look after your brother.

 

Depend:

We say depend on… e.g I can always depend on my mum

We can also say depends what/where/how/who etc

Examples:

  • It depends what I’m doing on Friday night.
  • It depends where we’re going.
  • It depends how we’re getting there.
  • It depends who’s coming.

 

 

Verb + preposition Exercises


 

1. Fill in the missing gaps with either of/to/about/for/with/on/in/at

• She’s looking her watch.

• My teacher to write a black pen.

• They’ve been watching 2 hours.

• Tom is listening music.

• I believe God.

• My sister is a doctor. She can’t wait to operate someone.

• My sister always complains not having enough money.

• Samantha is waiting her dad to pick up.

• Jane is not talking Ian.

• My dad works Sundays.

• Emily no longer wants to participate the competition.

• I am angry my sister.

• My parents enjoy looking art.

• I worry my brother.

• Josh is looking his car keys.

• She needs to think a theme for her party.

 

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2. Use the verb + preposition to create your own sentences

• (ask for)

• (belong to)

• (speak about)

• (think of)

• (waiting for)

• (listening to)

 

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3. Answer the following questions with ‘it depends…’

• Do you want to come shopping with us?

• Do you like eating at fast food places?

• Do you like going on holiday?

• Do you want to do something on Saturday night?

• Can I borrow some money?

• Can I ask you for a favour?

 

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4. Choose an verb to go before the following prepositions. Then use the adjective + preposition to create your own sentence

of

to

about

with

for

at

from

on

in

 

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Challenge: Think about the different prepositions that can go after look….. Then create as many sentences as you can using look + the preposition.

 

 

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