Level A1 (approx. band below 3) · Academic and General Training "Where you live?" "She not like coffee." "You are coming?" Listeners usually understand these sentences. But they are not correct standard English, and in the test they lower your grammar score. English questions and negatives need small helper words. In this episode: • Questions with be and can: change the order • Do, does and did • Wh- questions and your voice • Short answers, negatives, and "you are coming?" • Listening lab • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • with be and can, move the helper verb to the front. • no helper? Add do, does or did, then the base verb. • wh- word, helper, subject, verb; yes or no goes up, wh- goes down. • short answers use the helper, and negatives put "not" after the helper. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.