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A1Present SimpleThe present simple is the most used tense in English. We use it for habits, routines, facts, and things that aA1–A2Past SimpleThe past simple tells finished stories: things that started and ended in the past. Yesterday, last year, in 20A1–A2Present ContinuousThe present continuous (am/is/are + -ing) describes actions happening right now, temporary situations, and fixB1Present PerfectThe present perfect (have/has + past participle) connects the past to now. English speakers use it constantly;A2–B1Articles: A, An, and TheThree tiny words cause more mistakes than any tense. The system is learnable: a/an introduces something new orA2–B1First ConditionalThe first conditional talks about real future possibilities: If it rains, we'll stay home. One clause sets theB1Second ConditionalThe second conditional imagines unreal or unlikely situations: If I had a million dollars, I'd buy an island. A1–A2Prepositions of Time: In, On, AtIn, on, and at slot into a simple pyramid: at for clock times and points, on for days and dates, in for longerA1–A2Can and CouldCan is one of the hardest-working words in English: ability, permission, requests, and possibility, all in twoB1Must, Have To, and ShouldThree verbs run the world of rules: must (strong, often personal), have to (strong, often external), and shoulB1–B2The Passive VoiceThe passive (be + past participle) turns the spotlight from the doer to the done-to: "The bridge was built in A2Comparatives and SuperlativesBigger, more interesting, the best, the worst — comparing is half of conversation. The rules split neatly by sB1–B2Gerunds and InfinitivesEnjoy swimming but decide to swim; stop smoking versus stop to smoke. After one verb comes -ing, after anotherA2Countable and Uncountable NounsYou can count chairs but not furniture, coins but not money, songs but not music. Which side a noun falls on dA2–B1Will vs Going ToEnglish has no single future tense — it has choices. Will for decisions made now and predictions from opinion;A2–B1How to Form Questions in EnglishEnglish questions run on one engine: an auxiliary verb jumping in front of the subject. Master QASV — Question

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