English levels
A2 – Elementary
At A2 you can talk about your daily life: your family, your work, shopping and your free time. You still use short, simple sentences.
What you can do at A2
- Talk about what you did yesterday or last weekend.
- Talk about your plans for the future.
- Order food, buy things and ask for directions.
- Write a short, simple message or email.
Last weekend I visited my family in Chiang Mai. Next month I'm going to start a new project.
Grammar at A2
- Past simple: I fixed the bug yesterday.
- Future simple and going to: I'm going to learn Django.
- Countable and uncountable nouns: a book, but some water.
- Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, sometimes, never.
- Comparing things: cheaper, bigger, more expensive.
A2 words
Borrow
To take something from someone and give it back later.
Can I borrow your charger? My laptop battery is low.
Decide
To choose what to do after you think about it.
I decided to learn English again from the beginning.
Worried
Feeling that something bad might happen.
I'm worried about my English test next week.
Invite
To ask someone to come to an event or to join you.
My friend invited me to a coding meetup on Friday.
Polite
Speaking and acting in a kind way that shows respect.
"Could you help me, please?" is more polite than "Help me."
Spend
To use money to buy things, or to use time doing something.
I spend about one hour a day on English.
Thai speakers: ใช้ is not always use
In Thai, we say ใช้เงิน and ใช้เวลา. In English, we usually say spend money and spend time, not use. I spent two hours on this bug.
Next level: B1 – Intermediate