Learning map English by steps

How to read the map

Each row is a step in the chain of “builds on”. A building block stands one row below its deepest prerequisite. At the top are the building blocks without a prerequisite.

Step ↓ · Strand →	Grammar 0 of 94 building blocks practised	Vocabulary 0 of 33 building blocks practised	Pronunciation and spelling 0 of 21 building blocks practised	Countries and cultures 0 of 33 building blocks practised	Texts and media 0 of 42 building blocks practised
Step 160 building blocks	The verb to be (gap, no app yet) Have got and has got (gap, no app yet) Personal pronouns (gap, no app yet) Articles a, an and the (gap, no app yet) Plural of nouns (gap, no app yet) There is and there are (gap, no app yet) Imperative (gap, no app yet) Word order in statements (gap, no app yet) Can, must and needn’t (gap, no app yet) Polite requests with would like (gap, no app yet) Some, any and no (gap, no app yet) Prepositions of time (gap, no app yet) Prepositions of place (gap, no app yet) Position of adjectives (gap, no app yet) Conjunctions and, but and because (gap, no app yet) Will future (gap, no app yet) Defining relative clauses (gap, no app yet) Infinitive constructions (gap, no app yet)	Numbers and prices (gap, no app yet) Classroom phrases (gap, no app yet) Grammar terms (gap, no app yet) School (gap, no app yet) Food and drink (gap, no app yet) Free time and hobbies (gap, no app yet) Travel and transport (gap, no app yet) Body and health (gap, no app yet) Feelings and friendship (gap, no app yet) Media and social networks (gap, no app yet) Environment and sustainability (gap, no app yet) Technology and progress (gap, no app yet) Jobs and careers (gap, no app yet) Consumerism and advertising (gap, no app yet) Society and politics (gap, no app yet) Sequencing words (gap, no app yet) Linking words for arguments (gap, no app yet) Phrases for giving opinions (gap, no app yet) Paraphrasing words (gap, no app yet) Word families and word formation (gap, no app yet) Phrasal verbs (gap, no app yet) False friends (gap, no app yet) British and American vocabulary (gap, no app yet) Terms for talking about texts (gap, no app yet)	Phonetic transcription (gap, no app yet) Silent letters (gap, no app yet) Intonation (gap, no app yet) Capital letters (gap, no app yet) Linking sounds (gap, no app yet)	The British Isles (gap, no app yet) Greetings and politeness (gap, no app yet) Cultural diversity in Britain (gap, no app yet) The USA at a glance (gap, no app yet) Stereotypes and prejudice (gap, no app yet)	Short messages and invitations (gap, no app yet) Writing a dialogue (gap, no app yet) Summary (gap, no app yet) Characters, setting and plot (gap, no app yet) Rhymes, songs and poems (gap, no app yet) Everyday texts (gap, no app yet) Structuring a text (gap, no app yet) Fiction and non-fiction (gap, no app yet)
Step 255 building blocks	Possessive determiners (gap, no app yet) Possessive ’s and of (gap, no app yet) Demonstratives (gap, no app yet) Simple present (gap, no app yet) Present progressive (gap, no app yet) Much, many, a lot of (gap, no app yet) Quantities with of (gap, no app yet) Compounds of some and any (gap, no app yet) That-clauses (gap, no app yet) Modals could, might and should (gap, no app yet) Substitute forms of modal verbs (gap, no app yet) Comparison of adjectives (gap, no app yet) Adverbs of manner (gap, no app yet) Reflexive pronouns (gap, no app yet) Prop word one (gap, no app yet) Contact clauses (gap, no app yet) Non-defining relative clauses (gap, no app yet) Conjunctions although and whereas (gap, no app yet) Cleft sentences (gap, no app yet) Use of the definite article (gap, no app yet) Adjectives as nouns (gap, no app yet)	Telling the time (gap, no app yet) Days, months and dates (gap, no app yet) Family and describing people (gap, no app yet) Home (gap, no app yet) Clothes and shopping (gap, no app yet) Sport, music and TV (gap, no app yet) Town and directions (gap, no app yet)	Vowel sounds (gap, no app yet) Consonants th, w, v, r (gap, no app yet) Contractions (gap, no app yet) Word stress (gap, no app yet)	School in Britain (gap, no app yet) Town and country in Britain (gap, no app yet) Regions of Britain (gap, no app yet) The Romans in Britain (gap, no app yet) London sights (gap, no app yet) The British political system (gap, no app yet) New York and Washington, D.C. (gap, no app yet) Teenage life in the USA (gap, no app yet) The Pilgrims and the Mayflower (gap, no app yet) Immigration to the USA (gap, no app yet) Canada (gap, no app yet) Australia (gap, no app yet) Cultural conventions (gap, no app yet)	Personal email and postcard (gap, no app yet) Blog post (gap, no app yet) Giving reasons for an opinion (gap, no app yet) Presentation (gap, no app yet) Structure of a newspaper article (gap, no app yet) Stylistic devices (gap, no app yet) Short story (gap, no app yet) Setting and atmosphere (gap, no app yet) Drama scene (gap, no app yet) Film analysis (gap, no app yet)
Step 341 building blocks	Simple present: questions and negatives (gap, no app yet) Adverbs of frequency (gap, no app yet) Simple past of regular verbs (gap, no app yet) Going to future (gap, no app yet) Comparisons: than, as … as (gap, no app yet) Adjective or adverb (gap, no app yet) Comparison of adverbs (gap, no app yet) Position of adverbs (gap, no app yet) Adverbs of degree (gap, no app yet) Each other (gap, no app yet) Possessive pronouns (gap, no app yet) Conditional sentences type 1 (gap, no app yet) Sentential relative clauses (gap, no app yet) Reported speech without backshift (gap, no app yet) Gerund (gap, no app yet) Agreement with news and police (gap, no app yet)	Daily routine (gap, no app yet) Formal and informal language (gap, no app yet)	Voiced final consonants (gap, no app yet) Sounds and spelling patterns (gap, no app yet) Weak forms (gap, no app yet) British and American pronunciation (gap, no app yet) Commas (gap, no app yet)	Everyday life in Britain (gap, no app yet) Festivals in Britain (gap, no app yet) The Norman Conquest of 1066 (gap, no app yet) London today (gap, no app yet) High school in the USA (gap, no app yet) American independence (gap, no app yet) Migration and minorities today (gap, no app yet) Youth cultures (gap, no app yet)	Describing a picture (gap, no app yet) Describing people and places (gap, no app yet) CV (gap, no app yet) Letter to the editor (gap, no app yet) Argumentative essay (gap, no app yet) Plot summary (gap, no app yet) Fact and opinion (gap, no app yet) Analysing advertisements (gap, no app yet) Narrative perspective (gap, no app yet) Analysing a poem (gap, no app yet)
Step 434 building blocks	Question words (gap, no app yet) Short answers (gap, no app yet) Simple present or present progressive (gap, no app yet) Irregular verbs (gap, no app yet) Simple past: questions and negatives (gap, no app yet) Past progressive (gap, no app yet) Will or going to (gap, no app yet) Used to and would (gap, no app yet) Question tags (gap, no app yet) Adjectives after linking verbs (gap, no app yet) Conditional sentences type 2 (gap, no app yet) Reported commands (gap, no app yet) Gerund after prepositions (gap, no app yet) Gerund or infinitive (gap, no app yet) Inversion (gap, no app yet)		Pronouncing -s and -ed endings (gap, no app yet) Spelling changes before endings (gap, no app yet) Sentence stress and rhythm (gap, no app yet) British and American spelling (gap, no app yet) Other varieties of English (gap, no app yet)	The Tudors (gap, no app yet) Holidays in the USA (gap, no app yet) Westward expansion (gap, no app yet) The American political system (gap, no app yet) British and American school systems (gap, no app yet) Slavery and the Civil War (gap, no app yet)	Diary entry (gap, no app yet) Picture story (gap, no app yet) Writing a story (gap, no app yet) Retelling a story (gap, no app yet) Report and article (gap, no app yet) Describing charts (gap, no app yet) Formal email and letter (gap, no app yet) Characterisation (gap, no app yet)
Step 515 building blocks	Subject and object questions (gap, no app yet) Present perfect (gap, no app yet) Present tenses for the future (gap, no app yet) Stative verbs (gap, no app yet) Questions ending in a preposition (gap, no app yet) I wish and if only (gap, no app yet) Passive: simple present and past (gap, no app yet) Emphatic do (gap, no app yet)		Intonation in question tags (gap, no app yet) Intonation for attitude (gap, no app yet)	The civil rights movement (gap, no app yet)	Interview (gap, no app yet) Changing perspective (gap, no app yet) Continuing a story (gap, no app yet) Letter of application (gap, no app yet)
Step 68 building blocks	Present perfect or simple past (gap, no app yet) Since and for (gap, no app yet) Past perfect (gap, no app yet) Future progressive and future perfect (gap, no app yet) Passive in other tenses (gap, no app yet) Participles replacing relative clauses (gap, no app yet)				Job interview (gap, no app yet) Changing the text type (gap, no app yet)
Step 77 building blocks	Present perfect progressive (gap, no app yet) Tenses in time clauses (gap, no app yet) Conditional sentences type 3 (gap, no app yet) Reported speech with backshift (gap, no app yet) Passive with two objects (gap, no app yet) Participle clauses (gap, no app yet) Uses of the -ing form (gap, no app yet)
Step 83 building blocks	Past perfect progressive (gap, no app yet) Choosing the right tense (gap, no app yet) Reported questions (gap, no app yet)

Click a building block to see what it builds on and what builds on it, step by step.

How to read the map

Strand · a column: A part of the subject that runs over several school years.
Building block · a box: One thing a child can learn: “I can …”.
Step · a row: How far down a building block stands in the chain of “builds on”. It says nothing about grades.
App · the colour: Blue means covered: an app practises the building block. Dashed means gap: no app practises it yet.

All terms and how they belong together · Why this method?