Beginner Grammar

Beginner · Grammar Reference

Unit 1 — Hello!

am/are/is · a/an · plural nouns · possessive adjectives

1.1 am / are / is

1.2 Questions with question words

What's your name? What's this in English? How are you?

📌 Note

(what's = what is)

1.3 Possessive adjectives

My name's John.What's your name?

1.4 a / an

We use an before words that begin with a, e, i, o or u.

an apple an umbrella an English book

but:

a bike a phone a house

1.5 Plural nouns

1 Most nouns add -s.

2 Some nouns add -es.