Contenido del curso

En este apartado mostramos los puntos más importantes de la gramática, en los libros del Método Callan. Estos contenidos serán aprendidos en clase sin que el alumno lo perciba..

Stage 1

• "an" & "a" used before a word
• Pronunciation of "the"
• Difference: "any" & "some"

Stage 2

• Present Progressive / Simple
• Interrogative Pronouns
• How to use prepositions in questions
• Into & In
• Have and the word get
• Possessive Adjectives
• Possessive Pronouns
• Many & Few; Much & Little

Stage 3

• Comparatives
• To Look at & To watch
• Past Tense of the verb To Be
• Ever & Never
• Quick & Quickly
• Over & On
• Past Tense of Regular Verbs

Stage 4

• Bring & Take
• The word quite
• 11 meanings of the word "Get"
• Use of shall and will
• When to use contractions
• Pronunciation & fast speaking
• 3 ways of asking questions with "have"
• Succeed & "ing" construction
• Past Simple & Present Perfect
• Three Parts of an English verb
• 4 kinds of paradigms
• "One", "you", "we" and "they"
• Present Perfect: 3 uses of
• Between & Among
• Future Intention
• Paradigms of To be & To Go
• Has been & Has Gone
• Each Other & One Another
• Use of can
• Whether & If
• Conditional Tense
• Open Conditional Tense
• Subjunctive Tense

Stage 5

• Still & Yet
• Subjunctives of the verb To be
• For & Since
• Past Progressive
• 3 uses of the Past Progressive
• Active Voice
• Passive Voice
• Verb To Be: contracted forms
• Seven uses of the future
• Reflexive Pronouns
• How to use can in the past
• Point at & Point out
• May & Might
• Past Perfect Tense
• Future Progressive Tense
• Travel & Journey
• Remember & Remind
• To & At
• Verb to need
• Composite word
• Past Subjunctive Conditional
• Adverb formed from adjective

Stage 6

• The verb Suppose
• Also, As well & Too
• Who & Whom
• Preposition + Gerund
• Use of the emphatic "do"
• Future Perfect Tense
• Short Answers
• Direct & Indirect Speech
• Shall & Will
• Future in the past
• What & Whatever
• Whoever & Whomever
• Imperative of the verb to Take
• Perfect progressive tenses
• Tail Questions
• 3 meanings of he verb to tell
• Older & Elder
• Final consonant of adjectives

Stage 7

• Final sound of certain verbs
• Few & A Few
• Little & A Little
• The Twelve Special Verbs
• Special Verbs: 9 differences with regular verbs
• Simple Sentences
• Compound Sentences
• Subordinate Clauses
• Principal Clauses
• Verb + Object + Adjective
• Preparatory "It"
• Phrase
• Commands & Requests
• Emphasising Pronouns
• Defining & Non-Defining Clause
• Use of comma

Stage 8

• Plurals of certain nouns
• Antecedent
• Relative Pronoun & Antecedent
• Uses of Relative Pronouns
• Transitive & Intransitive Verbs
• Different forms of plural
• Words like "furniture"
• "A" & "An" : exceptions of use
• Subjunctive expressing wishes
• Was Able & Could
• Use o "Ought"
• Need as a normal and as a defective verb
• Uses of"Dare"
• The Definite Article
• The Definite Article: 4 uses of
• The Definite Article: 5 uses of
• Negatives of "must"
• Two Futures together
• Word wish and the subjunctive

Stage 9

• Comparatives and Superlatives of Adjectives, Adverbs and Participles
• Compound Words
• Adjective + Infinitive
• Make + Somebody or Something + Adjective or Infinitive
• Hyphened (Or Hyphenated) Compounds
• Doubling Consonants
• Either of Them / Neither of Them
• Unfinished Sentences Ending with "To"
• Underneath
• "Still" Giving a Feeling of Surprise or Annoyance
• "Still" Used with Comparatives
• The Difference in Sentence Construction When Using the Verbs "Steal" and "Rob"
• Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives Ending in "-Y"
• Wooden, Woolen, Silken, Golden etc
• Pairs of Verbs and Nouns with "-SE" (v) and "-CE" (n) In British English
• Record (n) and Record (v)
• Was + Infinitive
• What and Which
• "So" and Its Many Uses (Cont.)
• Four Ways of Forming the Future
• "Go Back", "Come Back", "Go In", "Come In"
• "Get"
• Content (n) and Content (v or adj)
• "Do" with "Who"
• Adding the Word "Up"
• The … The
• The Sooner … The Better
• The Suffix "-Ish" Meaning "Rather" or "More or Less"
• "Some" in Interrogative Sentences
• Double Contractions
• Eliminating the Need for the Words "Of The"
• The Three Meanings of the Word "Then"
• "Whether" Used to Express a Doubt
• The Difference between "Last" and "Latest"
• "By" and Its Many Uses
• Verb + And + Verb
• Bath and Bathe
• The Use of the Apostrophe "S"
• Mills and Millers
• Lie-Lay-Lain ; Lie-Lied-Lied and Lay-Laid-Laid

Stage 10

• Will and Would
• Alone and lonely
• By and its many uses
• The four meanings of the word Fine
• The two meanings of hollow
• Three meanings of represent
• It is time + past tenses 
• The many uses of As
• Annoy and bore
• Any and some
• Four meanings of blade
• At last and in the end
• Former and latter
• Bold and its different uses
• Aside
• Stiff
• Awkward
• Propose
• Fun and funny
• Breath and breathe
• Stuff
• Anyhow and its different uses

Stage 11 and 12

• 1326 new words
• Additional Vocabulary
• Phrasal Verbs: how to use them

Stage 13 and 14

• High level vocabulary
• Every day English
• Business english