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English Language · CEFR A1 · 61 lessons

General English A1 — Beginner

A structured beginner pathway covering greetings, everyday vocabulary and core grammar, taught by Sterling's AI avatar teachers with real tutors behind the curriculum.

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Syllabus

Lessons are presented by Emma, our AI teacher. The curriculum is written by Sterling College London tutors.

explainer 14 lessons show the idea animatedpractice 12 walk you through a worked examplequiz 60 end in a quiz

Module 1: Getting started

  • Welcome to your A1 coursequiz🔒
  • Greetings and introductionsquiz🔒
  • A1 vocabulary starter pack🔒

Module 2: Everyday basics

  • Numbers, days and datesquiz🔒
  • Module check: basicsquiz🔒

Module 3: Talking about you

  • My family and friendsquiz🔒
  • A1 progress testquiz🔒

Module 4: People and places

  • Where are you from?quiz🔒
  • Nationalitiesquiz🔒
  • He, she and theyexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • My cityquiz🔒
  • Jobs and workexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • Talking about your family's jobsquiz🔒

Module 5: Food and drink

  • Breakfast, lunch and dinnerquiz🔒
  • I like, I don't likeexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • At the caféquiz🔒
  • Fruit and vegetablesquiz🔒
  • Drinks and asking politelyquiz🔒
  • My favourite mealquiz🔒

Module 6: Time and routines

  • Telling the timeexplainerquiz🔒
  • Days of the weekquiz🔒
  • My morning routinequiz🔒
  • My evening routinequiz🔒
  • How often? Always, sometimes, neverexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • Months and datesquiz🔒

Module 7: Shopping and money

  • British moneyexplainerquiz🔒
  • In a shopquiz🔒
  • Clothesquiz🔒
  • This, that, these, thoseexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • Big, small, cheap, expensivequiz🔒
  • At the supermarketquiz🔒

Module 8: Around town

  • Places in townquiz🔒
  • Asking for directionsquiz🔒
  • Prepositions of placeexplainerpracticequizFree preview
  • Taking the bus and trainquiz🔒
  • There is, there areexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • My neighbourhoodquiz🔒

Module 9: Home and rooms

  • Rooms in a housequiz🔒
  • Furniturequiz🔒
  • My homequiz🔒
  • Whose is it? My, your, his, herexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • Can and can't at homeexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • Household choresquiz🔒

Module 10: Work and study

  • At the officequiz🔒
  • I'm studying Englishquiz🔒
  • Present simple questionsexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • Talking about your day at workquiz🔒
  • Numbers 20 to 100quiz🔒
  • Writing a simple emailquiz🔒

Module 11: Health and body

  • Parts of the bodyquiz🔒
  • I don't feel wellquiz🔒
  • At the pharmacyquiz🔒
  • Making a doctor's appointmentquiz🔒
  • Healthy habitsquiz🔒
  • Feelingsquiz🔒

Module 12: Weather and seasons

  • What's the weather like?quiz🔒
  • The four seasonsquiz🔒
  • Hot and coldquiz🔒
  • What are you doing now?explainerpracticequiz🔒
  • Weekend plansexplainerpracticequiz🔒
  • Your A1 journey — well done!quiz🔒