A1/A1+ Beginner

Business skills

• Talking about jobs and job titles
• Talking about countries and nationalities
• Giving personal and professional information
• Greeting and introducing yourself and others
• Saying goodbye in professional situations

Grammar

• The verb “to be”: affirmative forms
• The verb “to be”: negative forms
• Questions with the verb “to be”
• Short answers with the verb “to be”
• Possessive adjectives

Business skills

• Describing products and services
• Talking about company activities and industries
• Talking about production, exports and employment
• Making and receiving business phone calls
• Explaining the reason for a call

Grammar

• Present simple: affirmative forms
• Present simple: negative forms
• Present simple questions
• Short answers with “do” and “does”
• Third-person singular spelling rules

Business skills

• Talking about countries and business regions
• Describing company locations and facilities
• Ordering products by phone
• Checking product codes, quantities and prices
• Giving and confirming delivery and email addresses

Grammar

• “There is” and “there are”
• Negative forms with “there isn’t” and “there aren’t”
• Questions and short answers with “there”
• “Some” and “any”
• Articles “a” and “an”

Business skills

• Talking about workplace technology
• Giving instructions for digital tools
• Asking for technical help
• Offering and responding to help
• Explaining technology problems

Grammar

• Adverbs of frequency
• Adverbs of frequency before main verbs
• Adverbs of frequency after the verb “to be”
• Present simple “Wh-” questions
• Questions with “How often”

Business skills

• Handling business documents
• Managing emails and digital files
• Explaining business and IT problems
• Suggesting solutions
• Promising action and responding professionally

Grammar

• Past simple of “to be”
• Past simple regular verbs
• Past simple negative forms
• Past simple questions
• Regular verb spelling rules

Business skills

• Using professional social networks
• Building professional contacts
• Starting conversations at business events
• Offering and accepting refreshments or help
• Ending networking conversations politely

Grammar

• Past simple irregular verbs
• Past simple affirmative forms
• Past simple negative forms
• Past time expressions
• Position of past time expressions

Business skills

• Describing company departments
• Explaining departmental responsibilities
• Asking to speak to someone by phone
• Leaving and taking telephone messages
• Giving directions around a workplace

Grammar

• Prepositions of place
• Prepositions of movement
• “On” for floors
• “Into”, “out of”, “along” and “past”
• “Above”, “below”, “behind”, “between” and “next to”

Business skills

• Describing professional qualities
• Talking about qualifications and experience
• Evaluating job candidates
• Arranging business meetings
• Saying when you are available or busy

Grammar

• Present continuous: affirmative forms
• Present continuous: negative forms
• Present continuous questions
• Present participle spelling rules
• Present continuous for actions happening now

Business skills

• Describing products and services
• Comparing companies and products
• Talking about similarities and differences
• Discussing advantages and disadvantages
• Expressing preferences and making choices

Grammar

• Comparative adjectives with “-er”
• Comparative spelling rules
• Comparatives with “more”
• Irregular comparative adjectives
• Comparisons with “than”

Business skills

• Talking about teamwork
• Developing and sharing ideas
• Solving problems and making decisions
• Asking for and giving opinions
• Agreeing, disagreeing and making suggestions

Grammar

• Superlative adjectives with “-est”
• Superlative spelling rules
• Superlatives with “most” and “least”
• Irregular superlative adjectives
• Articles and possessives with superlatives

Business skills

• Booking and checking into a hotel
• Asking about hotel facilities and services
• Ordering food and drinks
• Requesting and paying the bill
• Discussing business travel plans

Grammar

• “Going to”: affirmative forms
• “Going to”: negative forms
• Questions with “going to”
• “Going to” for future plans
• Infinitive of purpose

Business skills

• Talking about schedules and deadlines
• Describing busy and quiet periods
• Stating the current situation
• Asking about dates and available time
• Proposing and summarizing a plan

Grammar

• Present perfect: affirmative forms
• Present perfect: negative forms
• Present perfect questions and short answers
• Regular and irregular past participles
• Present perfect for past actions with present results