Introduction
Let’s Start 80 is an online course, consisting of 60 units of English, and providing approximately 80 hours of study for students.
Course aims
This course is designed for complete beginner students at CEFR A0 level, helping them build the essential grammar and vocabulary necessary to begin elementary studies. It blends grammatical structures with relevant vocabulary.
Gramatika
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Use the verb “to be” in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.
- Identify and use plural forms of common nouns.
- Identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
- Use regular and irregular verbs in different sentence forms.
- Form questions using auxiliary verbs “do” and “be.”
- Use possessive adjectives to identify ownership.
- Use the modal verb “can” to express ability.
- Use articles with singular nouns and “some” with plural nouns.
- Use “some” with plural countable and uncountable nouns.
- Apply correct word order in sentences.
Slovní zásoba
By the end of the course, students will have learned approximately 120 nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Key lexical sets include:
- Common nouns, verbs, and adjectives
- Numbers
- Days, months, and dates
- Parts of the day
- The alphabet
- Seasons
- Meals
- Frequency (once, twice, etc.)
- Simple connecting words (and, but, so, because)
- Colours
- Countries and nationalities
- Clothes
- Time and spelling
Unit summary
Module 1
- Gramatika: I am Ben
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 1; Numbers 1-5
- Gramatika: You are Ben
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 2; Numbers 6-10
- Gramatika: He is Pete; She is Mary
- Revision: Revision of module 1
Module 2
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 3; Numbers 11-20; Spelling
- Gramatika: We are Ben and Mary
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 4; Numbers 21-30; Spelling
- Gramatika: They are Meg and Molly
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 5; Days of the week; Spelling
- Revision: Revision of modules 1 and 2
Module 3
- Gramatika: It is a cat
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 6; Months January – April; Spelling
- Gramatika: I’m not Ben
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 7; Months May – August; Spelling
- Gramatika: You are not Polly
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-3
Module 4
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 8; Months September – December; Spelling
- Gramatika: We are Ben and Mary
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 9; Dates; Spelling
- Gramatika: They are Meg and Molly
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 10; Parts of the day; Spelling
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-4
Module 5
- Gramatika: Am I Ben?
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 11; Alphabet A-M; Spelling
- Gramatika: Are you, Is he, Is she, Is it?
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 12; Alphabet N-Z; Spelling
- Gramatika: Plurals
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-5
Module 6
- Gramatika: Are we? Are they?
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns 13; Alphabet; Spelling
- Gramatika: I am happy
- Slovní zásoba: Nouns and Adjectives; Spelling
- Slovní zásoba: Adjectives and Verbs; Time; Spelling
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-6
Module 7
- Gramatika: I play football
- Slovní zásoba: Verbs 1; Seasons; Spelling
- Gramatika: I don’t play tennis
- Slovní zásoba: Verbs 2; Meals; Spelling
- Gramatika: Do you eat pizza?
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-7
Module 8
- Slovní zásoba: Verbs 3; Please and Thank you; Word order; Frequency; Spelling
- Gramatika: I am eating
- Slovní zásoba: Adjectives 1; And, but, so, because; Spelling
- Gramatika: What’s that?
- Slovní zásoba: Verbs 4; Colours; Spelling
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-8
Module 9
- Gramatika: I eat vs. I am eating
- Slovní zásoba: Adjectives 2; Spelling
- Gramatika: My city is cold
- Slovní zásoba: Verbs 5; Useful words
- Gramatika: Questions with do or be
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-9
Module 10
- Slovní zásoba: Adjectives 3; Countries and Nationalities; Spelling
- Gramatika: Information questions
- Slovní zásoba: Verbs 6; Wordbuilding; Spelling
- Gramatika: Can/can’t
- Slovní zásoba: Adjectives 4; Clothes
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-10
Follow-up
Students completing the Let’s Start 80 course should feel confident in tackling any elementary course, including our Elementary Power course.