A2/A2+ Pre-Intermediate

Business skills

• Introducing yourself and others
• Talking about your company
• Describing company facts and activities
• Discussing products, services, employees and competitors
• Giving a short company presentation

Grammar

• Present Simple: regular actions and permanent facts
• Present Simple affirmative forms
• Present Simple negative forms
• Present Simple questions with be
• Present Simple questions with do

Business skills

• Describing your job and responsibilities
• Talking about colleagues and contacts
• Making suggestions at work
• Discussing work activities and future jobs
• Ending conversations and saying goodbye

Grammar

• Present Simple and Present Continuous
• Present Simple for routines and permanent facts
• Present Continuous for actions happening now
• Present Continuous for temporary/longer-period activities
• Prepositions used with work/contact expressions

Business skills

• Talking about inventions
• Describing products and services
• Describing product features and qualities
• Discussing reviews, brands and popular products
• Giving a formal presentation

Grammar

• Past Simple
• Past Simple of regular verbs
• Past Simple of irregular verbs
• Past Simple negatives with didn't
• Past Simple questions with did

Business skills

• Understanding company departments
• Describing departmental responsibilities
• Explaining company structure
• Discussing collaboration between departments
• Welcoming visitors and confirming information

Grammar

• Comparatives
• Superlatives
• Comparisons with as + adjective + as
• Comparative forms of short and long adjectives
• Irregular comparative and superlative forms

Business skills

• Providing good customer service
• Understanding customer needs and expectations
• Handling customer complaints
• Asking questions and gathering customer feedback
• Softening messages and responding to problems

Grammar

• Question formation
• Questions with do/does
• Questions with did
• Wh- questions
• Questions with be and continuous forms

Business skills

• Preparing for job interviews
• Discussing employment procedures
• Talking about qualifications and skills
• Distinguishing hard and soft skills
• Using the STAR method in interviews

Grammar

• Present Perfect and Past Simple
• Present Perfect for experience
• Past Simple for finished past events
• Present Perfect vs Past Simple
• Questions about past experience and achievements

Business skills

• Arranging business trips
• Talking about airports and air travel
• Discussing travel problems and preferences
• Describing future travel plans and arrangements
• Giving and asking for opinions about travel

Grammar

• Will / going to / Present Continuous for future
• Going to for plans and intentions
• Will for spontaneous decisions
• Present Continuous for future arrangements
• Choosing the appropriate future form

Business skills

• Discussing order processes
• Talking about orders and deliveries
• Tracking and processing orders
• Discussing delivery problems and schedules
• Discussing payment terms

Grammar

• The Passive
• Present Simple Passive
• Past Simple Passive
• Using passive voice when the action is important
• Using by to identify the person who performs an action

Business skills

• Discussing advertising
• Planning promotional campaigns
• Identifying target audiences
• Discussing marketing strategies and publicity
• Controlling discussions and managing interruptions

Grammar

• Modal verbs: possibility, necessity and permission
• Can / can't for possibility
• Have to / don't have to for necessity
• Need to / don't need to for necessity
• Modal verbs in advertising and business situations

Business skills

• Discussing environmental problems
• Talking about environmental protection
• Reducing waste and pollution
• Discussing sustainable business practices
• Giving a research report

Grammar

• First Conditional
• First Conditional form: If + present, will + verb
• First Conditional for possible future situations
• Using result clauses with will
• Using conditional sentences to discuss environmental consequences

Business skills

• Planning corporate events
• Discussing corporate hospitality
• Organizing team-building activities
• Making recommendations for business meals and events
• Talking about event costs and expenses

Grammar

• Countable and Uncountable Nouns
• Countable nouns: singular and plural
• Uncountable nouns
• Some and any
• Much / many / a lot of

Business skills

• Evaluating employee performance
• Discussing productivity and efficiency
• Giving positive feedback
• Setting goals and meeting targets
• Discussing leadership and performance improvement

Grammar

• Present Perfect with for and since
• Present Perfect for actions continuing to the present
• Past Simple for finished past actions
• For with periods of time
• Since with points in time

Business skills

• Discussing future trends
• Making predictions and forecasts
• Talking about technology and AI
• Discussing future changes in work and society
• Linking ideas when discussing future developments

Grammar

• Future Predictions with will, may and might
• Will for certain predictions
• May / might for uncertain predictions
• Won't / may not for negative predictions
• Expressions of future time and probability

Business skills

• Managing time and priorities
• Discussing deadlines
• Talking about productivity and time-management techniques
• Negotiating conditions
• Speculating about consequences

Grammar

• Second Conditional
• Second Conditional form
• Would + verb in result clauses
• If + Past Simple for hypothetical situations
• Using Second Conditional to discuss consequences and alternatives

Business skills

• Discussing personal development
• Talking about training programmes
• Developing skills and gaining knowledge
• Giving advice about professional development
• Inviting, offering and persuading

Grammar

• Modal verbs for giving advice
• Should / shouldn't
• Could for suggestions and gentle advice
• Must / mustn't for strong advice and avoidance
• Using advice modals in workplace situations