Foreign languages, 7–10 years — 20 topics · MyLeoNes™ Kuks
20 foreign languages topics written for 7–10 years — not a older text simplified. In teaching order, each a deck of five cards: the idea, why it exists, a worked example, the common trap and where you meet it.
Foreign languages · 7–10 years
A word’s little partner: articles
Articles help listeners know whether we mean one thing, some things, or a particular thing.
Asking yes-or-no questions with do and does
A question helper moves a present-tense sentence into a question.
Can: saying what is possible
The word can gives a quick way to talk about an ability or something that is possible.
Describing with adjectives
Adjectives add useful detail, so a listener can picture the person, animal or thing you mean.
Greetings and introductions
Learn the small phrases that begin a conversation and help people know who you are.
Have got: saying what someone has
Have got is a useful way to talk about belongings, family members or features. The form changes in one important place: I have got, but he or she has got.
Joining ideas with and, but and because
Small joining words show how two pieces of meaning fit together.
Making more than one
Plural forms let a listener know that there is more than one person, animal or thing.
Present continuous: saying what is happening now
This pattern shows an action in progress at the moment of speaking. It uses am, is or are, then a verb ending in -ing: I am reading.
Question words
Use question words to find the missing piece of information instead of guessing.
Saying what does not happen with do not and does not
Do not and does not turn a present-tense statement into a negative one.
Saying where things are
Place words connect an object with its surroundings, helping someone find it or move through a space.
Showing who owns something: my, your, his and her
These small words tell us who a thing belongs to. They come before the thing: my book, your pencil, his coat or her bag.
Talking about routines
Learn how a new language talks about things that happen regularly, such as school, meals and play.
The s that shows one person
In English present-tense sentences, a small s often appears on the verb after he, she or it.
The small words that stand for people
In a new language, we do not need to repeat every name. Subject pronouns help us show who is doing something.
The verb be: am, is and are
English uses different forms of be to connect someone or something with an identity, place or state.
There is and there are: saying what exists
There is and there are introduce things we can see or imagine in a place. Use there is for one thing and there are for two or more.
Was and were: talking about before
Was and were are the past forms of be.
Word order
Notice how a language arranges words so that a listener can tell who does what.
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