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