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.
Γραμματική
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.
Λεξιλόγιο
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
- Γραμματική: I am Ben
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 1; Numbers 1-5
- Γραμματική: You are Ben
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 2; Numbers 6-10
- Γραμματική: He is Pete; She is Mary
- Revision: Revision of module 1
Module 2
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 3; Numbers 11-20; Spelling
- Γραμματική: We are Ben and Mary
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 4; Numbers 21-30; Spelling
- Γραμματική: They are Meg and Molly
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 5; Days of the week; Spelling
- Revision: Revision of modules 1 and 2
Module 3
- Γραμματική: It is a cat
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 6; Months January – April; Spelling
- Γραμματική: I’m not Ben
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 7; Months May – August; Spelling
- Γραμματική: You are not Polly
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-3
Module 4
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 8; Months September – December; Spelling
- Γραμματική: We are Ben and Mary
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 9; Dates; Spelling
- Γραμματική: They are Meg and Molly
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 10; Parts of the day; Spelling
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-4
Module 5
- Γραμματική: Am I Ben?
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 11; Alphabet A-M; Spelling
- Γραμματική: Are you, Is he, Is she, Is it?
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 12; Alphabet N-Z; Spelling
- Γραμματική: Plurals
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-5
Module 6
- Γραμματική: Are we? Are they?
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns 13; Alphabet; Spelling
- Γραμματική: I am happy
- Λεξιλόγιο: Nouns and Adjectives; Spelling
- Λεξιλόγιο: Adjectives and Verbs; Time; Spelling
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-6
Module 7
- Γραμματική: I play football
- Λεξιλόγιο: Verbs 1; Seasons; Spelling
- Γραμματική: I don’t play tennis
- Λεξιλόγιο: Verbs 2; Meals; Spelling
- Γραμματική: Do you eat pizza?
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-7
Module 8
- Λεξιλόγιο: Verbs 3; Please and Thank you; Word order; Frequency; Spelling
- Γραμματική: I am eating
- Λεξιλόγιο: Adjectives 1; And, but, so, because; Spelling
- Γραμματική: What’s that?
- Λεξιλόγιο: Verbs 4; Colours; Spelling
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-8
Module 9
- Γραμματική: I eat vs. I am eating
- Λεξιλόγιο: Adjectives 2; Spelling
- Γραμματική: My city is cold
- Λεξιλόγιο: Verbs 5; Useful words
- Γραμματική: Questions with do or be
- Revision: Revision of modules 1-9
Module 10
- Λεξιλόγιο: Adjectives 3; Countries and Nationalities; Spelling
- Γραμματική: Information questions
- Λεξιλόγιο: Verbs 6; Wordbuilding; Spelling
- Γραμματική: Can/can’t
- Λεξιλόγιο: 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.