A2 GRAMMAR

A2 grammar is what English users can produce at an Elementary to pre-intermediate level.  On this page, we list every A2 English grammar point in the English Grammar Profile.

Using adjectives at A2

A wider range of predicative, attributive and limiting adjectives can be used at A2.

At A2, comparatives can be formed from adjectives ending in -y and use ‘more‘ with longer adjectives.

Similarly, the A2 level can do a variety of things with superlatives.  They double the final consonant of single-syllable adjectives, use ‘most’ with longer adjectives, add a specific singular location or a set with a prepositional phrase, start to use possessive determiners instead of the usual “the”, and omit a following noun.

Contrasting adjectives can be combined at the A2 level:

Adjectives can be premodified by adverbs, and also given more specific information with a following prepositional phrase.


Adverbs

The A2 level can also modify prepositional and limit noun phrases with a limited range of adverbs:

Here are adverbial expressions used at A2 to express stance:

Similary, certainty or possibility can be expressed in the intial position:

  • Maybe I don’t know what I want.

Adverbs can be used to add or contrast ideas across clauses and sentences, and be placed in various positions in the sentence:

  • It doesn’t just help your day, it also helps your brain.
  • We’ve never taken a photo of a black hole.  However, that may soon change.

Notice the mid positions:

  • You already know that.
  • There are still some people at the party.
  • There’s never been any distance between us.

Clauses


Conjunctions


Determiners


Discourse Markers


Focus


Future


Modality


Negation


Nouns


Passives


Past


Prepositions


Present


Pronouns


Questions


Reported Speech


Verbs