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English for Everyday Life in the UK (A1→A2)

English for Russian speakers who live in the UK and know a little English. The course takes you from A1 to a confident A2 through everyday British situations: neighbours and forms, renting a flat, the supermarket and café, buses and trains, the GP, pharmacy, 111 and 999, the council and bins, the bank, your child's school, work and a job interview. Every unit gives you ready-to-use phrases, one piece of grammar (to be, articles, Present Simple and Continuous, Past Simple, will and going to, Present Perfect, modal verbs) and politeness — why a correct Russian-style sentence can sound rude in English and how to fix it. Explanations are in Russian; examples and dialogues are in British English.

Path through the course

· 28 units

the order is free · the steps below are the order the author suggests, not a conditionView: map · steps

  1. Stage 1

    ~1.5 h

  2. Stage 2

    ~3 h

    by the author’s design, after “Hello, neighbour: meeting Margaret · to be (am/is/are), pronouns, my/your/his/her”

  3. Stage 3

    ~1.5 h

  4. Stage 4

    ~1.5 h

  5. Stage 5

    ~1.5 h

  6. Stage 6

    ~1.5 h

  7. Stage 7

    ~3 h

    by the author’s design, after “Small talk at work: weather, weekends, tea · Present Simple — questions and negatives, do / does, adverbs of frequency”

  8. Stage 8

    ~1.5 h

  9. Stage 9

    ~1.5 h

  10. Stage 10

    ~1.5 h

  11. Stage 11

    ~1.5 h

  12. Stage 12

    ~1.5 h

  13. Stage 13

    ~3.3 h

    by the author’s design, after “How was your weekend? · Past Simple — was / were and regular verbs (-ed)”

  14. Stage 14

    ~1.5 h

  15. Stage 15

    ~1.5 h

  16. Stage 16

    ~1.5 h

  17. Stage 17

    ~1.5 h

  18. Stage 18

    ~1.5 h

  19. Stage 19

    ~3 h

    by the author’s design, after “At the bank: "I've lost my card" · Present Perfect — experience and result”

  20. Stage 20

    ~1.5 h

  21. Stage 21

    ~1.5 h

  22. Stage 22

    ~1.5 h

  23. Stage 23

    ~1.5 h

  24. Stage 24

    ~2 h

  25. Exam

    closed · enrol on the course

    • final · in the browser, without the assistant

      Exam

The path in words
  • Stage 1 · Hello, neighbour: meeting Margaret · to be (am/is/are), pronouns, my/your/his/her — ~1.5 h
  • Stage 2 · Forms and phone numbers: name, address, date · to be — questions, negatives; What / Where / How old — by the author’s design, after “Hello, neighbour: meeting Margaret · to be (am/is/are), pronouns, my/your/his/her”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 2 · Pronunciation workshop: th, w/v, h, long and short vowels · word and sentence stress — by the author’s design, after “Hello, neighbour: meeting Margaret · to be (am/is/are), pronouns, my/your/his/her”; optional; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 3 · The flat: rooms, rent and the landlord · a / an / the, plurals, this / that / these / those — by the author’s design, after “Forms and phone numbers: name, address, date · to be — questions, negatives; What / Where / How old”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 4 · Family photos: family and appearance · have got / has got, possessive 's — by the author’s design, after “The flat: rooms, rent and the landlord · a / an / the, plurals, this / that / these / those”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 5 · My day: routine, time and shifts · Present Simple — affirmative, -s in the 3rd person — by the author’s design, after “Family photos: family and appearance · have got / has got, possessive 's”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 6 · Small talk at work: weather, weekends, tea · Present Simple — questions and negatives, do / does, adverbs of frequency — by the author’s design, after “My day: routine, time and shifts · Present Simple — affirmative, -s in the 3rd person”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 7 · Around town: Is there a bank near here? · there is / there are, some / any, prepositions of place — by the author’s design, after “Small talk at work: weather, weekends, tea · Present Simple — questions and negatives, do / does, adverbs of frequency”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 7 · False friends and calques: words that look Russian but mean something else — by the author’s design, after “Small talk at work: weather, weekends, tea · Present Simple — questions and negatives, do / does, adverbs of frequency”; optional; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 8 · At the supermarket: prices, self-checkout · countable and uncountable, much / many / a lot of — by the author’s design, after “Around town: Is there a bank near here? · there is / there are, some / any, prepositions of place”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 9 · Could I have…? Café and shop · polite requests: can / could / would, I'd like, Would you like…? — by the author’s design, after “At the supermarket: prices, self-checkout · countable and uncountable, much / many / a lot of”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 10 · On the phone: I'm calling about the boiler · Present Continuous and Present Simple — by the author’s design, after “Could I have…? Café and shop · polite requests: can / could / would, I'd like, Would you like…?”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 11 · Getting around: bus, train, tickets · prepositions of time in / on / at, How long does it take? — by the author’s design, after “On the phone: I'm calling about the boiler · Present Continuous and Present Simple”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 12 · How was your weekend? · Past Simple — was / were and regular verbs (-ed) — by the author’s design, after “Getting around: bus, train, tickets · prepositions of time in / on / at, How long does it take?”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 13 · At the doctor's: GP, pharmacy, 111 and 999 · Past Simple — irregular verbs, questions, negatives — by the author’s design, after “How was your weekend? · Past Simple — was / were and regular verbs (-ed)”; ~1.8 h
  • Stage 13 · Phrasal verbs: 30 everyday verbs · verb + particle, where to put it — by the author’s design, after “How was your weekend? · Past Simple — was / were and regular verbs (-ed)”; optional; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 14 · Signs and letters: notices, delivery cards, texts · Imperatives and object pronouns — by the author’s design, after “At the doctor's: GP, pharmacy, 111 and 999 · Past Simple — irregular verbs, questions, negatives”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 15 · Plans and promises: plans, offers, calling back · be going to vs will, Shall I…? — by the author’s design, after “Signs and letters: notices, delivery cards, texts · Imperatives and object pronouns”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 16 · Arrangements and the council: dates, council tax, bins · Present Continuous for arrangements — by the author’s design, after “Plans and promises: plans, offers, calling back · be going to vs will, Shall I…?”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 17 · Clothes and returns: sizes, trying on, refunds · Comparatives and superlatives — by the author’s design, after “Arrangements and the council: dates, council tax, bins · Present Continuous for arrangements”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 18 · At the bank: "I've lost my card" · Present Perfect — experience and result — by the author’s design, after “Clothes and returns: sizes, trying on, refunds · Comparatives and superlatives”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 19 · Rules at work: safety at the warehouse · must, have to, should, mustn't, don't have to — by the author’s design, after “At the bank: "I've lost my card" · Present Perfect — experience and result”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 19 · Tenses cheat sheet: all the course tenses on one page · how to choose the right one — by the author’s design, after “At the bank: "I've lost my card" · Present Perfect — experience and result”; optional; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 20 · The job interview: an office job for Marina · questions of all types, How long have you…? — by the author’s design, after “Rules at work: safety at the warehouse · must, have to, should, mustn't, don't have to”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 21 · Max's school: an email to the teacher and parents' evening · and, but, so, because; will and going to in writing — by the author’s design, after “The job interview: an office job for Marina · questions of all types, How long have you…?”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 22 · Difficult calls and emergencies: 999, 111 and 101 · asking again and checking — by the author’s design, after “Max's school: an email to the teacher and parents' evening · and, but, so, because; will and going to in writing”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 23 · Real British English: how people really talk · weak forms, contractions, gonna and wanna — by the author’s design, after “Difficult calls and emergencies: 999, 111 and 101 · asking again and checking”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 24 · Marina's week: the final rehearsal · all the tenses of the course — by the author’s design, after “Real British English: how people really talk · weak forms, contractions, gonna and wanna”; ~2 h

Programme · 28 units

1Hello, neighbour: meeting Margaret · to be (am/is/are), pronouns, my/your/his/her

Представиться и представить семью соседу: I'm Marina. This is my son, Max. My husband is at work.

~1.5 h
2Forms and phone numbers: name, address, date · to be — questions, negatives; What / Where / How old

Отвечать на вопросы анкеты: имя, фамилия, адрес, postcode, телефон, дата рождения

~1.5 h
3The flat: rooms, rent and the landlord · a / an / the, plurals, this / that / these / those

Назвать комнаты, мебель и вещи в квартире и сказать хозяину, что сломалось: I'm afraid the boiler isn't working.

~1.5 h
4Family photos: family and appearance · have got / has got, possessive 's

Рассказать о семье и показать фотографии: I've got a son. This is my husband's brother.

~1.5 h
5My day: routine, time and shifts · Present Simple — affirmative, -s in the 3rd person

Рассказать о своём обычном дне и о дне другого человека в Present Simple

~1.5 h
6Small talk at work: weather, weekends, tea · Present Simple — questions and negatives, do / does, adverbs of frequency

Отвечать на How are you? и You alright? так, как принято в Британии: Not bad, thanks. You?

~1.5 h
7Around town: Is there a bank near here? · there is / there are, some / any, prepositions of place

Спросить, есть ли рядом нужное место: Is there a…? / Are there any…?

~1.5 h
8At the supermarket: prices, self-checkout · countable and uncountable, much / many / a lot of

Различать исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные и считать неисчисляемое упаковками: a loaf of bread, a bottle of milk

~1.5 h
9Could I have…? Café and shop · polite requests: can / could / would, I'd like, Would you like…?

Заказать в кафе и попросить вещь вежливой формой: Can I have…? / Could I have…? / I'd like…

~1.5 h
10On the phone: I'm calling about the boiler · Present Continuous and Present Simple

Позвонить по делу: представиться, попросить нужного человека, объяснить причину звонка (I'm calling about…)

~1.5 h
11Getting around: bus, train, tickets · prepositions of time in / on / at, How long does it take?

Употреблять предлоги времени at / on / in и не ставить предлог перед next, last, this, every, tomorrow

~1.5 h
12How was your weekend? · Past Simple — was / were and regular verbs (-ed)

Ответить на вопрос How was your weekend? оценкой, одной-двумя деталями и встречным вопросом

~1.5 h
13At the doctor's: GP, pharmacy, 111 and 999 · Past Simple — irregular verbs, questions, negatives

Записаться к GP по телефону и описать симптомы короткими фразами: что болит и когда началось

~1.8 h
14Signs and letters: notices, delivery cards, texts · Imperatives and object pronouns

Понимать частые британские надписи (No entry, Keep left, Wet floor, Push/Pull, Mind the step, Staff only, Out of order) и отличать запрет от предупреждения и указания

~1.5 h
15Plans and promises: plans, offers, calling back · be going to vs will, Shall I…?

Рассказывать о планах, решённых заранее, через am / is / are going to + глагол; спрашивать о планах: What are you going to do…?

~1.5 h
16Arrangements and the council: dates, council tax, bins · Present Continuous for arrangements

Договариваться о встрече и рассказывать о договорённостях через Present Continuous со словом времени: I'm meeting Mr Hughes on Friday

~1.5 h
17Clothes and returns: sizes, trying on, refunds · Comparatives and superlatives

Сравнивать вещи через сравнительную степень с than: cheaper, bigger, more expensive, better, worse

~1.5 h
18At the bank: "I've lost my card" · Present Perfect — experience and result

Сообщить о результате, важном сейчас, через Present Perfect: I've lost my card, I've forgotten my PIN

~1.5 h
19Rules at work: safety at the warehouse · must, have to, should, mustn't, don't have to

Понимать правила на работе на слух: инструктаж по безопасности, перерывы, отметка на входе, средства защиты

~1.5 h
20The job interview: an office job for Marina · questions of all types, How long have you…?

Отвечать на частые вопросы собеседования: Tell me about yourself, Why do you want this job?, What are your strengths?

~1.5 h
21Max's school: an email to the teacher and parents' evening · and, but, so, because; will and going to in writing

Сообщить школе об отсутствии ребёнка в тот же день — по телефону или коротким письмом учителю

~1.5 h
22Difficult calls and emergencies: 999, 111 and 101 · asking again and checking

Переспрашивать по телефону вежливо и точно: Sorry, I didn't catch that; Sorry, what time?; Did you say X or Y?; So that's…, right?

~1.5 h
23Real British English: how people really talk · weak forms, contractions, gonna and wanna

Узнавать на слух сокращения и слабые формы: I'm, don't, I'll, she's; to [тэ], of [эв], can [кн], and [эн]

~1.5 h
24Marina's week: the final rehearsal · all the tenses of the course

Выбирать время по двум вопросам — когда это и как связано с «сейчас»: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Present Perfect, will, going to

~2 h
25Pronunciation workshop: th, w/v, h, long and short vowels · word and sentence stress

Ставить звуки th, w и h по положению языка и губ, а не по русскому «похожему» звуку.

~1.5 h
26False friends and calques: words that look Russian but mean something else

Различать 25 частых ложных друзей: magazine — shop, accurate — tidy, sympathetic — nice, family — surname и другие.

~1.5 h
27Phrasal verbs: 30 everyday verbs · verb + particle, where to put it

Понимать и употреблять 30 частых фразовых глаголов в бытовых ситуациях: дом, дела, магазин, транспорт, разговор.

~1.5 h
28Tenses cheat sheet: all the course tenses on one page · how to choose the right one

Различать семь форм курса по смыслу: Present Simple, Present Continuous (сейчас и для договорённостей), Past Simple, will, going to, Present Perfect.

~1.5 h