Soul Smart

Beginner
 Soul Smart
Beginner

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2024
 Table of contents
Classes Grammar Vocabulary
Class 1 Verb to be (I and you) Days, 0-20
Class 2 Verb to be (he, she, it) Countries
Class 3 Verb to be (we, you, they) Nationalities
Class 4 Wh- and How questions 11-100
Class 5 Singular and plurals, a/ an Small things
Class 6 This, that, these, those Souvenirs
Class 7 Possessive adjectives, ‘s People and family
Class 8 Adjectives Adjectives
Class 9 Simple present + and - Food and drink
Class 10 Simple present ? Verb phrases
Class 11 Simple present - he, she, it Jobs and places
Class 12 Adverbs of frequency A typical day
Class 13 Word order in questions Free time
Class 14 Imperatives, ob. pronouns Kinds of movies
Class 15 Can/ can’t More verb phrases
Class 16 Like + verb + ing Activities
Class 17 Present continuous Traveling
Class 18 Continuous X simple Clothes
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Verb be (singular): I and you

VOCABULARY
Days of the week
CLASS 1

Numbers 0-10
 GRAMMAR
Verb be (singular): I and you

Full form Contraction

+ I am Sally. I’m Sally.
You are Jim. You’re Jim.

Full form Contraction

- I am not Lisa. I’m not Lisa.
You are not Adam. You aren’t/ you‘re not Adam.

? + -
Am I in class 5? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t.
Are you Elijah? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.

Word order in questions

+ I am in class 2. You are James.
? Am I in class 2? Are you James?
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Days of the week

Monday Saturday the weekend

Tuesday Sunday
Wednesday
Thursday * today
Friday tomorrow

Numbers 0-10

0 zero
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
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Verb be (singular): he, she, it

VOCABULARY
Countries
CLASS 2
 GRAMMAR
Verb be (singular): he, she, it

He = man She = woman It = thing

Full form Contraction

+ He is from Canada. He‘s from Canada.
She is from Turkey. She‘s from Turkey.
It is from France. It‘s from France.

Full form Contraction

- He is not from China. He isn‘t/ he‘s not from Canada.
She is not from Spain. She isn‘t/ she‘s not from Spain.
It is not from Peru. It isn‘t/ it‘s not from Peru.

? + -
Is he from Korea? Yes, he is. No, he isn‘t.
Is she from Japan? Yes, she is. No, she isn‘t
Is it from Mexico? Yes, it is. No, it isn‘t.

Word order in questions

+ She is from Vietnam.
? Is she from Vietnam?
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Countries

Argentina * CAPITAL LETTERS

Brazil Brazil NOT brazil
Canada
Chile
China
England
Japan
Korea
Mexico
Peru
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Turkey
the United Kingdom
the United States
Vietnam
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Verb be (plural): we, you, they

VOCABULARY
Nationalities
CLASS 3
 GRAMMAR
Verb be (plural): we, you, they

You = singular and plural They = men, women, things

Full form Contraction

+ We are Japanese. We‘re Japanese.
You are British. You‘re British.
They are Spanish. They‘re Spanish.

Full form Contraction

- We are not American. We aren‘t/ we‘re not American.
You are not Mexican. You aren‘t/ you‘re not Mexican.
They are Peruvian. They aren‘t/ they‘re not Peruvian.

? + -
Are we Saudi? Yes, you are. No, you aren‘t.
Are you Chilean? Yes, we are. No, we aren‘t
Are they Turkish? Yes, they are. No, they aren‘t.

Word order in questions

+ They are Vietnamese.
? Are they Vietnamese?
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Nationalities

Argentinian * CAPITAL LETTERS

Brazilian Spanish NOT spanish
Canadian
Chilean
Chinese
English
Japanese
Korean
Mexican
Peruvian
Saudi
Spanish
Turkish
British
American
Vietnamese
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Wh- and How questions with be

VOCABULARY
Phone numbers
CLASS 4

Number 11-100
 GRAMMAR
Wh- and How questions with be

Question word(s) Verb Subject

Who ‘s Jenny?
What ‘s your name?
Where are they from?
When ‘s the party?
How are you?
How old is she?

Word order in questions

+ Subject + verb They are Brazilian.
? Verb + subject Are they Brazilian?
? Question + verb + subject Where are they from?

*Contractions with question words

We can contract ‘is’ after question words:
What’s your phone number?
Don’t contract ‘is’ when the last word is a pronoun (I, you,
he, she, it, they, we):
How old is she? NOT How old’s she?
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Numbers 11-20

11 eleven
12 twelve
13 thirteen
14 fourteen
15 fifteen
16 sixteen
17 seventeen
18 eighteen
19 nineteen
20 twenty

* Phone numbers * Email address

44 = double four @ = at . = dot
0 = oh
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Singular and plural nouns
a / an

VOCABULARY
CLASS 5

Small things
 GRAMMAR
Singular and plural nouns

What is it? What are they?

It’s a book They’re books

It’s a key They‘re keys

It’s a watch They’re watches

It’s a lady They‘re ladies

Spelling rules
class - classes add -es after ch, sh, x, z, s
country - countries consonant + y = y -ies
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A / an

It‘s a car It‘s a pen

It‘s an umbrella It‘s an elephant

A before consonants - b, c, f, p, v...

An before vowels - a, e, i, o, u

a / an + singular
a book NOT a books
an orange NOT an oranges

* THE
The + plurals or singular (specific)
Open the door
Close the windows
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Small things

a cell phone a photo

a watch a wallet

a change purse a tablet

a pencil a newspaper

a credit/ debit card a notebook

a key an ID card

a (phone) charger a camera

an umbrella

glasses a passport
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This / that / these / those

VOCABULARY
Souvenirs
CLASS 6
 GRAMMAR
This / that / these / those

SINGULAR PLURAL

What’s this? What are these?

It’s a dog They’re dogs

What’s that? What are those?

It’s a cat They’re cats

This and these = things/ people near (here)

That and those = things/ people far (there or over there)
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Souvenirs

a map

a cap a postcard

a mug

a T-shirt a toy

a key chain
sunglasses
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Possessive adjectives
Possessives ‘s

VOCABULARY
CLASS 7

People
Family
 GRAMMAR
Possessive adjectives

Personal Possessive
pronouns adjectives

I My name is Nathan
You Your car is black
He His brother is nice
She Her house is big
It Its parks are great
We Our teacher is Chilean
You Your mother is Teresa
They Their cat is small

ATTENTION!
Plural forms = our clothes, your dogs, their books
NOT ours clothes, yours dogs, theirs books
Its = things, places, animals
Its = possessive Its name is Plaza Hotel
It’s = it is It’s a beautiful hotel
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Possessive ‘s

The car of Tom.

Tom‘s car.

EXAMPLES:
This is Nick’s brother.
Constance is Leo’s mother.
My father’s name is Paul.
That is her teacher’s desk.
Those are their parents’ cars.

ATTENTION!
Use ‘s after one person =
Lisa’s brother, Mary’s dog
Use ‘ after plural people =
my sisters’ cat, the teachers’ room
She’s Turkish (‘s = is NOT possessive)
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People

SINGULAR PLURAL
a boy boys
a girl girls
a friend friends
a woman women
a man men
a child children
a person people

ATTENTION!
Man, woman, child, and person are IRREGULAR nouns
men NOT mans
women NOT womans
children NOT childs
people NOT persons
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Family

Husband
Wife
Mother
Father
Son
Daughter
Brother
Sister
Grandmother
Grandfather
Boyfriend
Girlfriend

*Parents:
Mother + father = parents NOT fathers
Grandmother + grandfather = grandparents
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Adjectives

VOCABULARY
Colors
CLASS 8

Common adjectives
 GRAMMAR
Adjectives

RULES:
1. We use adjectives after the verb ‘be‘
A MacBook is expensive. NOT A MacBook expensive is.

2. We use adjectives before a noun

She’s a beautiful girl. NOT She’s a girl beautiful.

3. Adjectives have NO plural form

It’s an old dog. They’re old dogs. NOT They’re olds dogs.

4. Adjectives have NO masculine or feminine form

She’s fast. He’s fast, too.
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Colors

blue yellow green

pink white red

black orange brown

gray
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Adjectives

Big
Small
Old
New Good
Fast Very good
Slow Great/ fantastic
Beautiful
Ugly Bad
Cheap Very bad
Expensive Awful/ terrible
Long
Short
Clean
Dirty
Easy
Difficult

*Very
You can use very before adjectives
It’s a very fast bike. / He is very ugly.
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Simple present + and - :
I, you, we, they

VOCABULARY
CLASS 9

Food and drink

 GRAMMAR
Simple present + and - : I, you, we, they

Affirmative +
I have coffee for breakfast.
You have pasta for lunch.
We have chicken for dinner.
They have meat for lunch.

Negative -
I don‘t have milk for breakfast. *don’t = do not
You don‘t have rice for lunch.
We don‘t have fish for dinner.
They don‘t have bread for lunch.

We use the simple present to talk about present habits

I have tea for breakfast
We use the simple present to talk about facts
In Brazil, we eat a lot of rice and beans.
Simple present + and - is the same for I, you (singular
and plural), we, and they.
We make - sentences with don’t
We don’t have tea NOT We not have tea
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Food and drink Eat = food Drink = drinks
Have = food and drinks
Food

fish meat eggs pasta rice potatoes

salad vegetables fruit cheese bread yogurt

sugar a sandwich butter cereal chocolate

Drinks

coffee orange juice tea milk water

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

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Simple present ? :
I, you, we, they
CLASS 10

VOCABULARY
Common verb phrases
 GRAMMAR
Simple present ? : I, you, we, they

? + -
Do I need a notebook? Yes, you do. No, you don‘t.
Do you like pizza? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.
Do we work near the bank? Yes, we do. No, we don‘t.
Do they have children? Yes, they do. No, they don‘t.

Simple present ? is the same for I, you (singular and

plural), we, and they.
We use do to make questions
Do you work here? NOT You work here?

Word order for simple present questions

auxiliary + subject + verb

Do they live near here?

Do you study English?
Do I have to print this?
Do we work for the same company?
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Common verb phrases

1. Live in a house
2. Have lunch (breakfast/ dinner)
3. Watch a movie.
4. Listen to a podcast.
5. Read a book.
6. Eat fast food.
7. Drink water.
8. Speak Spanish.
9. Want a car.
10. Have a phone.
11. Like animals.
12. Work in an office.
13. Study Economics.
14. Go to yoga classes.
15. Need a new job.
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Simple present:
he, she, it

VOCABULARY
CLASS 11

Jobs
Places of work
 GRAMMAR
Simple present: he, she, it
+ -
He sleeps. He doesn‘t sleep. *doesn’t = does not
She sleeps. She doesn‘t sleep.
It sleeps. It doesn‘t sleep.

? + -
Does he sleep? Yes, he does. No, he doesn‘t.
Does she sleep? Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.
Does it sleep? Yes, it does. No, it doesn‘t.

Simple present + he/ she/ it = verb + s

Simple present - he/ she/ it = doesn't + verb
Simple present ? he/ she/ it = Does + he/ she/ it + verb?

Spelling rules 3rd person -s *Have = has

1. Verb + s = works/ likes/ sleeps Go = goes
He works from home. Do = does
2. Verb ch, sh, s, x + es = watches/ finishes
She misses her grandfather.
3. Verb consonant + y = y -ies
Jason studies Spanish.
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Jobs

What do they do?

a teacher a salesperson a doctor

a waiter/
a journalist a receptionist waitress

a policeman/
a taxi driver policewoman a nurse

a factory worker

I work for a Spanish company.

I‘m a student, I‘m in college.
I study law.
I’m at school.
I’m unemployed at the moment.
I’m retired
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Places of work

Where do they work?

in a hospital in a store

in an office in a restaurant

in a factory in a school

at home on the street

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Adverbs of frequency

VOCABULARY
CLASS 12

A typical day
 GRAMMAR
Adverbs of frequency

100% Always

Usually

50% Sometimes

0% Never

She always works in the office.

They usually have lunch at home.
We sometimes go to the park on the weekend.
He never watches Saudi movies.

ATTENTION!
Adverbs of frequency come before the verb
I always have dinner.
Do they sometimes study in the morning?
He doesn't usually work on Saturdays.
With never, we use a + verb
We never go to the beach.
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*go to the gym, go to the movies
A typical day
go to work, go to school
go home NOT go to home
In the morning

Get up Take a shower Have breakfast

Go to work (by bus, train, car) Have a coffee

In the afternoon

Have lunch Finish work Go home

Go shopping Go to the gym

In the evening

Make dinner Have dinner Do housework

Watch TV Take a bath

Go to bed
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Word order in questions:
be and simple present

VOCABULARY
CLASS 13

Common verb phrases:

free time
 GRAMMAR
Word order in questions

Questions with be
(question word) + verb + subject

Question
word (s) Verb Subject
Are they brothers?
Is she happy?
Am I in class 2?
How old are your dogs?
Where am I?
What time is it?
Why are you here?
Who is that girl?

Word order:
Verb + subject
Are you from Japan?
Question word + verb + subject
Where are you from?
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Word order in questions

Questions with other verbs

(question word) + auxiliary + subject + verb

Question
word (s) Auxiliary Subject Verb
Do you live here?
What does she do?
How do you go to work?
Where does your wife study?
What food do they prefer?
When does Jack travel?
Who does Leah live with?

Word order:
Auxiliary + subject + verb
Do you speak English?
Question word + auxiliary + subject + verb
When do you visit your friends?
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Common verb phrases: Free time

1. Go out (at night)

2. Play computer games
3. Exercise
4. Go to the beach (the movies, the restaurant)
5. Stay at home
6. Play tennis
7. Hike
8. Play the piano
9. Swim
10. Meet friends
11. Relax
12. Travel

*MEET:
Meet a person for the first time
Meet at the bus stop
Meet friends after school
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Imperatives
Object pronouns
CLASS 14

VOCABULARY
Kinds of movies
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Imperatives
+ -
Open your books. Don‘t talk.
Sit down! Don‘t worry.
Close the door. Don‘t sleep late.

We use imperatives to give orders or instructions.

Imperatives don’t change in the plural form.

Object pronouns

Subject pronouns Object pronouns

I like pizza. He loves me.
You live in London. I like you.
She works at the bank. Please, call her.
He studies English. I need to talk to him.
It doesn‘t work, They like it,
We love Beyoncé. This is for us.
They travel a lot. I know them.

We use object pronouns as the object of a verb or after

prepositions
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Kinds of movies

Comedies Dramas

Horror movies Animated movies

Westerns Action movies

Science fiction movies

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Can / can’t

VOCABULARY
CLASS 15

More verb phrases

 GRAMMAR
Can / can’t: permission and possibility

+ -
I can work here. I can‘t work here. *can’t = cannot
You can stay here. You can‘t stay here.
She can help you. She can‘t help you.
They can visit us later. They can‘t visit us later.

? + -
Can I work here? Yes, you can. No, you can‘t.
Can she help you? Yes, she can. No, she can‘t.
Can they visit us later. Yes, they can. No, they can‘t.

Can and can’t are the same for I, you, he, she, it, they, we.

Word order in question:

Can + subject + verb
Can I sit here? NOT Do I can sit here?

*Use can to talk about ability, too.

Can you speak French? I can’t dance.
He can play tennis
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More verb phrases

Pay by credit card Use your phone

Have a coffee Use the internet

Play soccer Drive fast

Change money Take photos

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Like/ love/ hate + verb + ing

VOCABULARY
CLASS 16

Activities
 GRAMMAR
Like / love / hate + verb + ing

What do you like doing in your free time?

I love dancing.
I like going to the movies.
I don’t like studying.
I hate going to the gym.

We use verb + ing after like, love, hate

Spelling rules for -ing form

1. Verb + ing = working/ sleeping
I like working from home.
2. Verb ending with e = e -ing = dancing/ coming
He hates dancing in public.
3. Verb ending with consonant - vowel - consonant =
double last consonant = swimming/ shopping
My sister loves shopping.
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Activities

1. Buying clothes
2. Camping
3. Cooking
4. Bike riding
5. Doing yoga
6. Eating out
7. Flying
8. Going for a walk
9. Going to the movies
10. Painting
11. Reading
12. Running
13. Shopping
14. Singing
15. Sleeping
16. Swimming
17. Traveling
18. Watching TV shows
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Present continuous

VOCABULARY
CLASS 17

Common verb phrases:

traveling
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Present continuous

Present continuous + and -

+ -
I’m studying. I’m not studying.
You‘re watching TV. You aren‘t watching TV.
He‘s making dinner. He isn‘t making dinner.
She‘s playing the piano. She isn‘t playing the piano.
It‘s snowing. It isn‘t snowing.
We‘re learning Italian. We aren‘t learning Italian.
They‘re having lunch. They aren‘t having lunch.

We use the present continuous to talk about things that

are happening now/ at the moment.

Affirmative:
subject + be + verb + ing
Negative:
subject + be + not + verb + ing
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Present continuous

Present continuous ?

Question
word (s) Be Subject Verb + ing
Is she working now?
Are they sleeping?
Where are you going?
What is he doing?

Word order for present continuous questions

(question word) + be + subject + verb + ing

Is he traveling to New York?

What are you eating?
Are they listening to music?
Where is she working now?
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Common verb phrases: Traveling

1. Book tickets
2. Pack a suitcase
3. Leave the house
4. Carry a suitcase
5. Wear sunglasses
6. Get a taxi (a train, a bus)
7. Wait for a flight
8. Rent a car
9. Arrive at a hotel
10. Stay in a hotel
11. Call home
12. Buy presents
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Present continuous
OR
Simple present?
CLASS 18

VOCABULARY
Clothes
 GRAMMAR
Present continuous OR Simple present?

1. I work near my house. I always wear a uniform.

2. I‘m working at the office now. I‘m wearing a suit.

1. Simple present structure: subject + verb

I live near here.

We use the simple present for routine and facts.

We can use the simple present with always, sometimes,
usually, never.

2. Present continuous structure: subject + be + verb + ing

I am watching TV now.

We use the present continuous for things happening

now, at the moment, today.
 VOCABULARY
Clothes

sweater T-shirt shirt pants

jeans shorts jacket coat

suit dress skirt socks

sneakers shoes hat cap