English Grammar Test A1 (Beginner)

With he, she, it or a singular noun such as my sister, the verb to be is is. Are goes with you, we and they, and am goes only with I.

In the present simple, add -s to the verb after he, she or it: he drinks. Drink without -s is used with I, you, we and they.

Use an before a word that starts with a vowel sound, like apple. A is for consonant sounds (a banana), and many needs a plural noun.

Nouns that end in -x, -s, -sh, -ch or -z add -es in the plural: box → boxes. After three we need a plural noun, so box is wrong.

Can has the same form for every person and is followed by the base verb without to: she can swim. Never add -s to can.

Present simple questions with I, you, we and they start with Do: Do you like…? Does is for he, she and it, and are is not used as a helper with a main verb like like.

The present simple negative with I, you, we and they is don't + base verb: we don't watch. Doesn't is only for he, she and it.

Before a noun we use a possessive adjective: my bag. Mine stands alone without a noun (It's mine), and me is an object pronoun.

Look! shows that the action is happening now, so we use the present continuous: be + -ing. Children is plural, so the verb is are, not is.

Use in with months, years and seasons: in May. On is for days and dates (on Monday), and at is for clock times (at 3 o'clock).

We ask for someone's name with What: What is your name? Who asks which person, Where asks about a place, and How asks about a way or condition.

Shoes is plural, so we need a plural word like these. This and that go with singular nouns: this shoe, that shoe.

With he, she and it, the verb have becomes has, and after two the noun must be plural: two brothers.

Use there are with plural nouns (two banks) and there is with a singular noun (a bank). There has is not used to say that something exists.

After a verb like see, we need an object pronoun: him. He is a subject pronoun that comes before the verb (He sees me).