Grammar Inventory
parts of speech
sentence patterns (subject + verb + complement)
question formation (yes/no, wh-, or, tag)
cupola (present affirmative, negative, interrogative)
verb tenses (simple present, present continuous, imperative)
modals: can (ability, informal permission)
should (advice)
must (necessity)
nouns (singular, plural; count/non-count)
pronouns (subject, object, possessive)
adjectives (form and word order)
possessive objectives
demonstrative adjectives
quantitative adjectives (much, many, some, any a lot of)
prepositions of time and place (list)
adverbs of frequency (list)
articles
become
break
bring
buy
choose
come
cost
cut
do
eat
fall
feel
find
fly
forget
get
give
go
have
hear
hit
hold
keep
know
let
make
meet
put
quit
read
ride
run
say
see
sell
send
set
shoot
sing
sit
sleep
speak
swim
take
teach
tell
think
understand
wear
write
all ears
blind date
break the ice
bump into
by heart
chain smoker
copy cat
doggy bag
face the music
fifty-fifty
fishy
get even with
kick the bucket
kill time
odds and ends
over the hill
rain check
second hand
second rate
see red
spill the beans
take forty winks
two-faced
up in the air
watch one’s step