Everything You'll Learn with the Beginner English Courses
- Present Simple of “To Be”
- There is/are
- Word Stress & Syllables
- Rhythm: Sentence Stress
- North American English Alphabet & Spelling
- Stop Consonants /p/ and /b/
- Linking: Same Letters
- Intonation: Statements & Phone Numbers
- Reductions: it’s a, got to, Toronto
- Feelings & Attitude: Surprise
- Present Simple: Other Verbs
- Word Stress: Two Syllable Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives,
- Prepositions
- Rhythm: Sentence Stress
- Stop Consonants /t/ and /d/
- Intonation: Questions
- Fragments
- Reductions: I hear you, need to, What’s up?, How are you?
- Feelings & Attitude: Hesitation
- Adverbs of Frequency
- Compound Sentences
- Word Stress: Phrasal Verbs
- Rhythm: Sentence Stress
- Rhythm: Thought Groups
- Stop Consonants /k/ and /g/
- Final Stop Consonants
- Linking: Stop Consonants
- Reductions: Time-Telling Phrases
- Feelings & Attitude: Wistful
- Present Continuous
- Word Stress: Compound Nouns
- Rhythm: Sentence Stress & Thought Groups
- Vowels /iy/ and /ɪ/
- Intonation: Clarification
- Linking: Stop Consonants
- Reductions: “-ing”
- Feelings & Attitude: Frustration
- (Un)Countable Nouns
- Word Stress: Nouns & Adjectives
- Rhythm: Sentence Stress & Thought Groups
- Vowels /ɛ/ and /æ/
- “s” Endings
- Linking Stop Consonants
- Intonation: Lists
- Feelings & Attitude: Doubt
- Gerunds & Infinitives
- Word Stress: Numbers
- Rhythm: Prominence
- Vowels: /ɪ/ and /ɛ/
- Linking: Consonant to Vowel
- Intonation: Intensifiers
- Reductions: kind(s) of, sort of, have to, don’t you
- Feelings & Attitude: Bragging
- Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
- Word Stress: Years
- Rhythm: Prominence
- Vowels: /ɑ/ and /ʌ/
- Linking: Consonant to Vowel
- Reductions: give me, let me, out of
- Feelings & Attitude: Anger
- Past Simple
- Word Stress: Stress Before Suffix
- Rhythm: Prominence
- Vowels:/ɔ/ and /ɝ/
- “ed” Endings
- Linking: Consonant to Vowel
- Intonation: Excitement
- Reductions: did you
- Feelings & Attitude: Compliments
- Imperatives & Prepositions of Time & Place
- Word Stress: Stress Before Suffix
- Rhythm: Emphatic Stress
- Vowels:/ʊ/ and /u/
- Intonation: Commands & Suggestions
- Reductions: front of, out of, lot(s) of
- Feelings & Attitude: Apologies
- Will & Be Going To
- Word Stress: Stress Before Suffix
- Rhythm: Emphatic Stress
- Vowels: /ɝ/ and /ɛ/
- Intonation: Statements with “or”
- Reductions: going to, want to, has to
- Feelings & Attitude: “Mmm”
- Modals of Politeness
- Word Stress: Stress On Suffix
- Rhythm: Emphatic Stress
- Vowels: /æ/ and /ʌ/
- Intonation: Requests
- Reductions: Questions with “he”
- Inferences: Polite Rejection
- Complex Sentences & Possessive Nouns and Pronouns
- Word Stress: Stress On Suffix
- Rhythm: Schwa /ə/
- Vowels: /ɑ/ and /ɝ/
- Intonation: Questions with “or”
- Reductions: Dropping the /h/ sound
- Inferences: Nervous
