Mastering English: Daily Life, Grammar, and Vocabulary

Posted on Feb 23, 2025 in English

Unit 1

1.1 Daily Life

• Spend: Time with relatives
• Do: Some exercise, housework, some work, the shopping, homework
• Stay: In for the evening
• Make: A to-do list, future plans
• Eat: Healthy food
• Have: Fun, a good time, a family meal, an early night, a lie-in
• Go: Shopping, go on a trip, to bed late
• Chat: With friends online

1.2 Question Forms

• Question Words:
  • How: Much, often, many, long
  • What: Kind, time
  • Where, When, Who, Why, Which
• Auxiliary Verbs (Do-Does-Did) and Verb To Be (Am-Is-Are-Was-Were): Before the subject
• Prepositions (To-With): At the end
• Main Verb: In infinitive without ‘to’ (e.g., play)

Questions with ‘Do’ and ‘Did’

• Present: Do-Does (Short answer: Yes, I do; No, I don’t)
• Past: Did
• Example: Who do you live with? What kind of music do you listen to? What time did you go to bed last night?

Questions with ‘Be’

• To Be: Am-Is-Are-Was-Were (No, I’m not)
• Example: How often are you late for appointments? Are you tired today?

1.3 Adverbs of Frequency

1. Always
2. Nearly always, most days
3. Usually
4. Often
5. Sometimes
6. Once or twice a day/week, every now and then, occasionally
7. Hardly ever, rarely
8. Never

• Goes before the main verb. (e.g., He always listens…)
• Goes after the verb ‘to be’. (e.g., He’s never worried…)
• Goes after the auxiliary verb (Do-Does) in a negative sentence.
• ‘Sometimes’ can go at the beginning or the end of a sentence. (e.g., He runs most days.)
• Play: Golf, basketball, football, computer games, cards, chess
• Do: Yoga, karate, exercise, aerobics
• Go: Clubbing, on Facebook, out for a meal/coffee, camping, to the gym, running, for a walk

1.4 Nouns and Verbs with the Same Form

• Make: A film, a record, a promise, a plan
• Have: A look, experience, a dream, a plan
• Take: A photograph, a look
• Write: A blog, a post, a text

1.5 Weather

• Hot, cloudy, humid: 33 degrees
• Cloudy, mild: 14 degrees
• Sunny, dry, pleasant: 21 degrees
• Cold, damp, a few showers (rain): 9 degrees
• Heavy rain, a thunderstorm: 12 degrees
• Light snow, temperature below zero: -3 degrees
• Seasons: Winter, spring, summer, autumn

1.6 Likes and Dislikes

All of these phrases are followed by a verb+ing:

• I’m not keen on…
• I really love…
• I’m really into…
• I prefer…
• I can’t stand…
• My favorite…is…
• I’m really interested in…
• I don’t mind…
• I quite like…

1.7 ‘And’, ‘But’, ‘So’

• Neutral: But, and, so
• Informal: But/So

Unit 2

2.1 Street Life

• People who work in the street: Souvenir seller, pavement artist, street performer, street cleaner
• Words to describe your town/city: Safe, crowded, dirty, huge, lively, dull
• Places and things in the street: Parking space, statue, pedestrian/pavement/play area, stall, rubbish bin, newspaper/flower seller/stall

2.2 Present Simple and Present Continuous