Help Alex interview a potential new roommate by dragging the correct question words into his notes.
"So, when do you usually wake up on weekends?"
"Out of curiosity, how often do you clean the apartment?"
"By the way, who is your favorite person to invite over?"
"So, when do you usually wake up on weekends?"
Use "when" to ask about time.
"Out of curiosity, how often do you clean the apartment?"
Use "how often" to ask about frequency or habits.
"By the way, who is your favorite person to invite over?"
Use "who" to ask about a person.
Questions
- ✅ Do you like coffee? — do-support (no existing auxiliary)
- ✅ Can she swim? — inversion (auxiliary before subject)
- ✅ Where does he live? — wh-question
- ✅ You're coming, aren't you? — tag question
Questions require inversion (auxiliary before subject) or do-support (add do/does/did). Types: yes/no (Do you…?), wh- (What/Where/When…?), negative (Don't you…?), tag (…isn't it?).
Rule: find the auxiliary. Move it before the subject. No auxiliary? Add do/does/did. Never use just intonation in written English (You like coffee? is not standard).
English Grammar Basics
- She is a teacher. — verb be + noun complement
- He runs every day. — present simple, third-person -s
- They don't like coffee. — negation with do-support
- I have two cats. — possession, countable noun, no article before plurals
These sentences demonstrate English Grammar Basics — the foundational patterns every other topic builds on: parts of speech, basic tenses, articles, and simple sentence structure.
If you can identify the verb, the subject, and count the noun correctly, you've nailed the basics that make everything else click.
Vocabulary for A1/Elementary/Beginner
- Greetings & introductions: hello, goodbye, my name is, please, thank you
- Family & people: mother, father, friend, teacher, child
- Daily life: house, food, water, school, work, go, come, eat, sleep
- Numbers, days, colours: one–hundred, Monday–Sunday, red/blue/green
A1 vocabulary = the first ~500–800 words every learner needs. Covers survival topics: introductions, family, home, food, numbers, time, basic actions. The smallest investment with the largest immediate payoff.
Focus: high-frequency concrete nouns + the 20–30 most common verbs (be, have, go, do, say, get, make, know, come, see).
A1 | Elementary | Beginners
- ✅ My name is Anna. — present simple of be
- ✅ Where is the station? — basic *wh-*question
- ✅ I have two brothers. — possession with have
- ✅ She likes coffee. — third-person -s
These are A1 sentences — the starting level of the CEFR framework. At A1 you can introduce yourself, ask and answer simple personal questions, and handle basic everyday transactions using present tense, be/have/do, and core vocabulary.
If you can say these but freeze at normal speaking speed, you're solidly A1 — and that's exactly where to start.
Easy
- She is a teacher. — one verb form, one rule
- I have two cats. — basic possession, short sentence
- He doesn't like coffee. — simple negation with do-support
- Only one answer is clearly correct; distractors are obviously wrong.
Easy marks beginner-level challenges: A1–early A2, one rule at a time, everyday vocabulary, no trick questions.
Use "Easy" when you want to build confidence on a specific rule without interference from other grammar or tricky contexts.