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Trivium: English Grammar for Professionals

Pre-Intermediate
12 Lessons

Build confident English through reading, grammar and vocabulary.

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Module 1: Tenses and Time

1

Misinformation and DisinformationPresent Simple Tense

How to talk about facts, habits and routines that happen now using the Present Simple Tense

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing
2

EmpathyPresent Continuous Tense

Understanding what is happening right now: Present Continuous for actions in progress

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing
3

Critical ThinkingPast Simple Tense

Using the Past Simple Tense to describe completed actions and events in professional situations

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing
4

NegotiationsFuture Simple Tense

Using will + base verb to talk about future actions and decisions in business negotiations

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing

Module 2: Words and Comparisons

5

Conflict ManagementCountable and Uncountable Nouns

Understanding countable nouns (things you can count) and uncountable nouns (things you cannot count) in workplace communication

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing
6

Group CommunicationComparatives and Superlatives

Using comparatives and superlatives to compare teams, communication styles, and workplace effectiveness

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing

Module 3: Describing and Expressing

7

Jobs of the FutureModal Verbs: Expressing Ability, Permission and Possibility

Learn how to express ability, permission and possibility using can, could, may, might and must

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing
8

Self ConfidencePrepositions of Place and Time

Prepositions of place and time to describe where and when things happen in professional confidence-building contexts

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing
9

ResilienceAdjectives and Their Order

Learn how to order multiple adjectives correctly before nouns in professional English

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing
10

Speak with ImpactAdverbs

Using adverbs to describe how, when, and where actions happen in professional communication

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing

Module 4: Conditions and Questions

11

NetworkingThe First Conditional

Using if + present simple... will + infinitive to talk about future possibilities and results

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing
12

Career AdvancementSimple Questions and Negations

Asking questions and making negations in the workplace: essential patterns for professional communication.

60 min
Reading & Listening
Comprehension
Grammar
Grammar Practice
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking & Writing