1. Basic English Sentence StructureIn English the word order is the grammar: move the words and the meaning moves too.
2. Verb Be: Am, Is, AreUkrainian says "She a doctor" with no verb at all. English cannot manage without one.
3. Subject and Object PronounsThe form of a pronoun depends not on the person but on its place in the sentence.
4. Possessive Adjectives, Pronouns, and ’sUkrainian has one word for "mine". English has two, and the choice depends on what follows.
5. Singular and Plural NounsThere is one rule: add an s. All the difficulty sits in a dozen words you use every day.
7. Demonstratives this, that, these and thoseFour words that point: what is near, what is far, one thing or several.
8. There is and there areThe way to say something exists when the listener does not know it yet. There here does not mean "over there".
10. Present SimpleA tense that is not about "now": it is about habits, timetables and what is true in general.
12. Questions and Word OrderIn an English question something always moves to the front. The whole trick is knowing what.
14. Countable and Uncountable NounsUkrainian counts advice happily. English does not count it at all.
15. Some, Any, Much and ManySome or any is decided by the sentence; much or many is decided by the noun.
16. Basic ComparisonsTo compare, a tail is added to the adjective. Two steps: more than one, and more than all.