Grammar with Ki

Grammar in one minute

Short clips. Ki the parrot explains one English rule at a time: an example, the rule as a table, a common mistake and two more examples.

Early version: our methodologist is reviewing these clips.

1. Present Simple

Things we do again and again; with he, she and it the verb gets -s.

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2. Present: am/is/are

am, is, are: the little verb an English sentence cannot leave out.

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3. Past Simple

Things that already happened: -ed for most verbs, special forms for some.

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4. There is / There are

There is for one thing, there are for many.

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5. Comparative Adjectives

Comparing two things: taller, more beautiful, than.

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6. Would Like / I'd Like

A polite way to say what you want.

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7. Wh- Questions

Questions with what, where, when, who, why, how, and the helper word do.

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8. Present Continuous

What is happening right now: am, is, are + -ing.

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9. Past: was/were

was and were: am, is and are in the past.

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10. Indefinite Article (a/an)

a and an mean one; an comes before a vowel sound.

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