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The topics

The topics available in the application cover the programme for each level, from primary to secondary.

Below is an overview of the topics on offer.

Levels
  • Levels
  • CM1
  • CM2
  • 6ème
  • 5ème
  • 4ème
  • 3ème
Categories
  • Categories
  • grammar
  • vocabulary
  • pronunciation
  • civilisation

Grammar

Addresses and phone numbers

Addresses and Phone Numbers

Vocabulary

Adjectives of feeling, colours, and descriptive (qualitative) adjectives

Adjectives

Grammar

Use similar-seeming -ing and -ed adjectives correctly (e.g. bored/boring).

Adjectives Ending in -ed and -ing

Vocabulary

Talking about physical descriptions and parts of the body.

Adjectives of Appearance

Vocabulary

Vocabulary to describe feelings and emotions.

Adjectives of Feeling

Grammar

Adjectives Review (descriptive, colours, appearance, and feelings)

Adjectives Review

Vocabulary

Learn adverbs of degree like "enough," "too," and "almost" to show the extent of something.

Adverbs of Degree

Grammar

Adverbs of frequency and time expressions.

Adverbs of Frequency

Grammar

Adverbs of frequency when describing habits or activities.

Adverbs of Frequency

Pronunciation

A-Z with animals/fruit/clothing

Alphabet

Grammar

The verb to be in affirmative and negative sentences in the present simple.

Am, are, be

Vocabulary

Animals: dog, cat, horse, pig, cow, goat, hamster, chicken, sheep, fish, bird

Animals

Vocabulary

Wild animals: elephant, zebra, monkey, crocodile, snake, bear, wolf, giraffe, hippo, tiger, lion, turtle, shark

Animals - Wild

Vocabulary

Animals and vocabulary surrounding a trip to a zoo.

Animals at the Zoo

Vocabulary

Vocabulary about different types of animals - in the farm, the forest and the sea.

Animals Review

Grammar

The articles "a" and "an" with nouns.

Articles - a, an

Vocabulary

Vocabulary relating to the home - the furniture, objects and rooms found within.

At home: rooms, furniture, objects

Civilisation

Talking about body parts, pains and illness in the context of a visit to the doctor's.

At the Doctor's

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to art and visiting museums.

At the Museum: Art

Vocabulary

Vocabulary and related to going to the park and verbs related to the activities there.

At the Park & Playground

Grammar

Using the verb "be": I am John. I am 8 years old. I am French. I am cold.

Be - am, is, are

Grammar

Using "be going to" and future continuous to talk about future plans.

Be going to vs. Future Continuous

Vocabulary

Naming body parts and idenitfiying facial features.

Body Parts

Vocabulary

Vocabulary of body parts including sensations and description of pain.

Body Parts Review

Grammar

Using can/can't and could/couldn't to talk about ability and permission.

Can or Could?

Civilisation

Vocabulary about celebrations, holidays and dates: Christmas, Saint Patrick's Day, Halloween.

Celebrations

Civilisation

Expressing politeness in asking for things, thanking someone and excusing yourself.

Classroom Manners

Vocabulary

Classroom objects and vocabulary related to school.

Classroom Objects

Vocabulary

Clothing vocabulary including basic items, seasonal clothes and accessories.

Clothes

Vocabulary

Clothes vocabulary: hat, shirt, dress, pants, shorts, skirt, socks.

Clothes

Vocabulary

Colours: red, white, blue, yellow, green, purple, black, white, grey, brown.

Colours

Vocabulary

black, white, red, green, blue, yellow, pink, orange, grey, violet

Colours

Grammar

Comparative and superlative adjectives (more/-er + most/-st).

Comparatives and Superlatives

Grammar

Reviewing the use of comparatives and superlatives.

Comparatives vs. Superlatives

Grammar

Using conjunctions (and, but, because, so) to build more complex sentences.

Conjunctions

Grammar

Using conjunctions "after," "before," "while" and "when" to connect sequences of events.

Connectors of Sequence

Grammar

Using conjunctions "both" "either," and "neither" to connect clauses.

Connectors: both, either, neither

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of consonants (b,p,d,t,k,g) - part 1.

Consonants

Vocabulary

Use vocabulary related to cooking: kitchen utensils, ingredients, making a recipe, verbs related to cooking.

Cooking Vocabulary and Ingredients

Grammar

When to use "could" vs. "should."

Could and Should

Grammar

Review countable and uncountable nouns along with useful quantifiers like some and any.

Countable & Uncountable Nouns

Grammar

Countable and uncountable nouns, determiners and some irregular plural nouns.

Countable/Uncountable and Determiners

Civilisation

Countries, cities and nationalities - all essential for talking about where you're from.

Countries, Nationalities & Languages

Vocabulary

Learn about the sea, sea animals, taking a boat, and associated verbs and vocabulary.

Cruising and Sea Life

Civilisation

Learn about cultural folklore, fantasy, and fairy tale creatures.

Cultural Folklore and Fantasy

Civilisation

Vocabulary and dates related to American, Canadian and Australian traditions and customs.

Cultures and Traditions: The US, Canada, and Australia

Vocabulary

Describe your daily routine and regular activities.

Daily Routine

Vocabulary

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, weekend, today, tomorrow, yesterday.

Days of the Week

Grammar

A look at using articles - definite (the), indefinite (a/an) and the zero article.

Definite and Indefinite Articles

Grammar

Using demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) to talk about things.

Demonstratives

Grammar

Review of demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) to talk about things.

Demonstratives Review

Vocabulary

Dependent prepositions: looking for, pay for, listen to, talk to, jealous of, afraid of...

Dependent Prepositions

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of diphthongs: complex vowels sounds.

Diphthongs

Pronunciation

Pronouncing double consonants - more complex sounds.

Double Consonants

Pronunciation

Pronouncing double vowels (au, ou, ai, ea) and consonant combinations (gh, ght, ch)

Double Vowels and Consonant Combinations

Vocabulary

Vocabulary related to email and letter formats.

Email and Letter Formats

Civilisation

England, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia

English Speaking Countries

Civilisation

Review the countries, capitals and flags of the English-speaking world.

English-speaking Countries

Grammar

Talking about possessions: the possessive s, possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives.

Expressing Possession

Vocabulary

Vocabulary used to express time: ago, before, last, yesterday, this, next, soon, now.

Expressions of Time - Past, Present, Future

Vocabulary

Face and Body: eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, ears, hair, feet, hands, legs arms.

Face & Body

Vocabulary

Family: Mother, father, brother, sister, family, parents, grandparents.

Family

Vocabulary

Vocabulary for family members and relationship, plus some pets too.

Family and Friends

Vocabulary

Adjectives of feeling: happy, sad, angry, scared, tired, hungry, thirsty, cold, hot.

Feelings

Civilisation

Celebrations and festivals in English-speaking nations, including dates and customs.

Festivals and Holidays

Civilisation

Vocabulary relating to cinema, including visits to the movies as well as film professions and genres.

Film, TV, Cinema

Grammar

Practise using the first conditional (if + present, ... future) with focus on the structure's construction and usage.

First Conditional

Vocabulary

Breakfast food, fruit and drinks

Food 1

Vocabulary

Lunch, dinner, dessert, and vegetables

Food 2

Vocabulary

Use vocabulary related to ordering food and eating in a restaurant.

Food and dining out

Vocabulary

Food vocabulary with a focus on fruit and vegetables.

Food and Drinks

Grammar

Use future tenses: going to, will, won't. Use present continuous, future continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses.

Future tenses

Vocabulary

Hello! Hi! Goodbye! Bye! How are you? I am fine!

Greetings!

Grammar

Use I've got/ I haven't got with different nouns.

Have got, has got

Grammar

Have to

Vocabulary

I dance, read, swim, shop, cook, paint, draw, play video games

Hobbies

Vocabulary

house, bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, fridge, table, chair, bed, lamp, sink

Home/furniture

Vocabulary

Words that sound the same but mean different things: meet/meat, sail/sale, right/write.

Homophones

Vocabulary

Household chores and the related verbs: clean, tidy, dust, dry, sweep, wash, iron, feed, water.

Household Chores

Vocabulary

Idiomatic expressions that have a figurative meaning different from their literal one.

Idioms

Grammar

Using the imperative in affirmative and negative sentences.

Imperatives

Vocabulary

Talking about the buildings and places in a town.

In Town

Vocabulary

Street, park, airport, school, hospital, train station, bank, supermarket, church

In Town

Vocabulary

Popular dishes from different countries around the world.

International food & drinks

Vocabulary

Basic introductions including name, age, languages spoken and nationality.

Introductions

Vocabulary

Irregular verbs: write, wrote or written?

Irregular Verbs & Past Participles

Grammar

Is it blue? Yes, it is! Is it big? No, it's not!

Is it...?

Vocabulary

Talking about professions and asking what a person does for a living.

Jobs

Vocabulary

doctor, firefighter, teacher, farmer, artist, dentist, chef, shopkeeper, police officer, bus driver

Jobs

Civilisation

The geography, landmarks and flags of the United Kingdom, plus the British royal family.

Knowledge of the UK

Grammar

Using like/love to talk about preferences - with nouns, the gerund and the infinitive.

Like, love, hate

Grammar

I like football. I don't like lemons. I hate broccoli. I love cats.

Like, love, hate

Grammar

Using modals to ask for advice and recommendations.

Modals

Grammar

Using modals (should/would/must) to talk about permission, necessity and recommendations.

Modals: must/should/would

Vocabulary

Vocabulary relating to transport: types of vehicle, how to talk about travel (on foot, by bus, etc).

Modes of Transport

Vocabulary

January through December and winter, spring, summer, autumn.

Months and Seasons

Vocabulary

Telling the time, saying dates and talking about seasons.

Months, Seasons, Days of the Week

Grammar

Focus on much and many, including (not) too much/many.

Much & Many

Vocabulary

Vocabulary relating to music including musical instruments and equipment for listening to music.

Music

Grammar

Using modals must and mustn't/ must not, and the imperative.

Must and Mustn't

Civilisation

English, American, French, Austrian, German, Italian, Spanish, Australian, Brazilian

Nationalities

Vocabulary

Numbers in everyday situations like giving your age, dates and shopping.

Numbers 1-100

Vocabulary

Looking at larger numbers from 100 to 1000.

Numbers 1-1000

Vocabulary

Numbers 1-12 and talking about birthdays.

Numbers 1-12

Grammar

Using object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them).

Object Pronouns

Vocabulary

Ordinal numbers (first, second, third) and cardinal numbers (one, two, three)

Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers

Grammar

Learn quantifiers like any, some, many and much.

Ouantifiers

Grammar

Using the past continuous (verb + ing with was, were)

Past Continuous

Grammar

Personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and possessive adjectives: he, she, my, our, they, it and his, hers, mine, ours, theirs, its.

Personal and Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of words with the "sh" sound (fish, ocean, sheep) and words with a "ch" sound (chips, match, cheek)

Phonemes: sh/ch

Grammar

Regular and irregular plurals. Using there is/there are in sentences with the correct article.

Plurals

Grammar

noun + s

Plurals

Grammar

Differentiate possessive pronouns (mine) and possessive adjectives (my).

Possessive Adjectives vs. Possessive Pronouns

Grammar

his, her, my, your, their: her name, his dog, their house

Possessives

Grammar

Use the prepositions at, in, and on

Prepositions - at, in, on

Grammar

Use the prepositions: at, in, on, under, in, behind, above, beside, between, next to.

Prepositions of place

Vocabulary

Prepositions of place for saying where things are and giving directions.

Prepositions of Place

Vocabulary

Review of prepositions of place to talk about location and direction.

Prepositions of Place Review

Grammar

Prepositions of time to talk about plans (in/on/at).

Prepositions of Time

Grammar

Using prepositions of time (in, at, on) to talk about what's happening when.

Prepositions of Time Review

Grammar

Using the present continuous to talk about present activity.

Present Continuous

Grammar

Using the present progressive and going-to to talk about future plans.

Present Continuous vs. be + going to

Grammar

Use the present perfect both simple and continuous forms.

Present Perfect: Simple and Continuous

Grammar

Review the different uses of present simple and continuous.

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

Grammar

Common verbs in the present simple; everyday routines.

Present Simple: common verbs

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of words that end in 's'

Pronunciation: final '-s'

Grammar

Punctuation marks and sentence punctuation: full stop, exclamation mark, question mark, commas.

Punctuation

Grammar

Using basic quantifiers (much, many, lots, a lot of) before progressing to more advanced ones (any, all, every).

Quantifiers

Grammar

Using relative pronouns and relative defining and non-defining clauses.

Relative Pronouns and Clauses

Grammar

The differences between reported speech and direct speech

Reported Speech

Vocabulary

school, desk, classroom, student, teacher, board, pencil, paper, book, pen, scissors, crayon

School Equipment

Vocabulary

Sit down, stand up, be quiet, listen, speak, read, write, colour, cut

School Instructions

Vocabulary

School subjects, classroom objects and verbs related to classroom activities

School Subjects & Materials Review

Vocabulary

School vocabulary incuding classroom objects, the school building and school subjects.

School Subjects and Materials

Grammar

Using the second conditional: If I were..., If I could...

Second Conditional

Vocabulary

Vocabulary relating to a trip to the supermarket, in particular food requirements.

Shopping in the supermarket

Grammar

Short answers (yes and no) in present and past tenses.

Short Answers and Questions

Pronunciation

Pronouncing words that have silent letters: thumb, castle, scissors

Silent Letters

Grammar

Review past simple regular and irregular verbs in affirmative, negative and question structures.

Simple Past Review

Grammar

The verb to be in simple past form.

Simple Past: be

Grammar

Review past simple irregular verbs in affirmative, negative and question structures.

Simple Past: irregular verbs

Grammar

Review past simple regular verbs in affirmative, negative and question structures.

Simple Past: regular verbs

Civilisation

Vocabulary and verbs related to social media and going online.

Social Media

Civilisation

Space vocabulary: planets, spaceship, astronaut

Space

Grammar

Spelling and completing words with missing letters

Spelling

Vocabulary

football, basketball, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis

Sports

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to shopping: going to the till, types of shops, store fixtures, paying for things.

Stores and Shopping

Grammar

Use subject and object pronouns separately or together.

Subject & Object Pronouns

Vocabulary

Suffixes

Suffixes

Vocabulary

Travel vocabulary including types of holiday, things to pack and typical activities.

Summer Holiday and Travel

Civilisation

Popular superstitions in English speaking countries: Friday the 13th, four leaf clovers, crossing fingers...

Superstitions

Vocabulary

Synonyms (difficult/hard) and Antonyms (difficult/easy)

Synonyms and Antonyms

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to the news and current events: newspaper, journalist, reporter, article

Talking about the News

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to technology and computers: click, browser, laptop, blog, data

Technology

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to the environment: recycling, planet, waste, climate, pollution, Earth

The Environment

Vocabulary

Weather vocabulary including types of weather, degrees of strength and weather predictions.

The Weather

Vocabulary

Talk about times/dates and review prepositions of time (at, on, in).

Time and Dates

Civilisation

British and Irish traditions and celebrations (Burns Night, kissing the Blarney Stone, kilts, Leprechauns)

Traditions: The UK and Ireland

Civilisation

Traditions and celebrations in the UK, US and Australia (high tea, Morris Dancing, Thanksgiving, Black Friday)

Traditions: UK, US and Australia

Vocabulary

car, train, bus, taxi, plane, boat, motorcycle, bike, helicopter

Transport

Vocabulary

Dealing with public transport, buying tickets and getting around a town.

Transport Review

Civilisation

Vocabulary relating to nature, hiking, and the mountains.

Trip to the Mountains

Vocabulary

Types of homes for animals (beehive, kennel, barn, pond) and people (apartment, house, cottage) as well as what materials are used.

Types of Home

Grammar

Decide what type of sentence is being used: interrogative, exclamatory, imperative, or declarative.

Types of Sentences

Civilisation

Landmarks found in the US and UK: Stonehenge, Buckingham Palace, the Grand Canyon, Times Square.

UK and US landmarks

Civilisation

British history and events, including important dates.

UK History

Grammar

UK vs. US English: lorry vs. truck, lift vs. elevator, colour vs. color

UK vs. US English

Civilisation

US Landmarks

Grammar

Common verb collocations: make a noise, have a baby, break a habit, take a bath, go on holiday.

Verb collocations

Grammar

The infinitive form of the verb (base form + to) or the gerund (verb + ing)

Verbs: Infinitive or -ing?

Pronunciation

Focus on certain English vowel sounds, for example ship/sheep, pin/pen, bird/bad.

Vowels

Vocabulary

sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, snowy, cold, hot

Weather

Grammar

Wh-question words (who, what, when, where and why) for exchanging basic information.

Wh- Questions

Grammar

Review of questions using who, whose, which, why, when, where, and how?

Wh- Questions Review

Vocabulary

Telling time, two o'clock, one o'clock, bed time

What time is it?

Grammar

What is this? It's a car, animal, table, fruit, etc.

What...?

Grammar

When is...? When is your birthday? When is Christmas? When is spring?

When...?

Grammar

Where is this? Where are they? It's a school, home, park, pool

Where...?

Grammar

Who is this? It's a student, teacher, mum, child, firefighter, police officer, doctor

Who...?

Vocabulary

Questions asking "why" and answers leading with "because."

Why and Because

Grammar

Why...? and Because... Why is it cold? Because it's winter!

Why...?

Grammar

Use "will" and "won't" to describe future events.

Will - Future

Vocabulary

Workers & Workplaces: firefighter/fire station, surgeon/hospital, lawyer/office

Workers & Workplaces

Grammar

Reviewing yes/no questions in present simple, past simple, have got and can forms.

Yes/No Questions

Grammar

Practise using the zero conditional (if + present, ... present) with focus on the structure's construction and usage.

Zero Conditional

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