Cambridge YLE grammar is cumulative: an A1 Movers candidate still uses every key structure from Pre-A1 Starters, and adds the 11 new Movers structures explained below — 22 key structures in total. The new material gets full detail on this page; the inherited Starters structures are listed in brief at the end, with a link to the full Starters grammar page.
Based on the “Grammar and structures list” in the official Cambridge English YLE Handbook for Teachers: YLE Handbook for Teachers (PDF)
Talks about finished actions in the past with was/were, went, had and other common past forms.
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Compares people and things — bigger, smaller, the best — a favourite in picture-comparison tasks.
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Words like always, usually, sometimes and never that say how often something happens.
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Says that something is necessary — rules at school, jobs at home.
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In, on and at used with days, months and clock times.
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Uses the -ing form to talk about plans that are already arranged.
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A strong way to say something is a rule or is necessary.
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The polite way to say what you want or to offer something.
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Me, him, her, us and them — the words that receive the action.
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Mine, yours, his and hers — saying who owns something without repeating the noun.
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Asking for a reason with why and answering with because — a key Movers speaking skill.
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The A1 Movers exam also assumes everything below. If any of these feel shaky, start with the earlier level's page — each name links straight to its explanation.
No. The Cambridge YLE exams never ask children to name a tense or explain a rule — they test whether a child can understand and use these structures in real sentences, pictures and stories. The terms on this page are for you, the parent; your child just needs plenty of practice hearing and building sentences.
Grammar is tested indirectly everywhere, but it is most visible in the Reading & Writing paper — the gap-fill and sentence-copying parts require children to choose or copy grammatically correct words. In Listening and Speaking, children mainly need to understand the structures when they hear them. There is no separate grammar paper and no pass or fail: children earn up to five shields per skill.
Not with drills or worksheets. At this age grammar sticks through use: reading simple stories, listening, and building sentences in games. Ten minutes a day of playful sentence-building beats an hour of exercises — that is exactly what FlyersEnglish games like Sentence Builder are designed for.
This page is a parent-friendly summary of the “Grammar and structures list” in the official Cambridge English YLE Handbook for Teachers. FlyersEnglish is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cambridge; the official handbook is available from Cambridge English at cambridgeenglish.org.
Kids don't learn grammar from rule tables — they learn it by building sentences. FlyersEnglish turns the A1 Movers structures into mini-games: in Sentence Builder your child drags words into exam-style sentences with instant feedback, XP and badges.