The key principles of English are incorporated into this introductory workshop. Your experienced trainer will take you through a series of interactive, hands-on activities to help you avoid grammatical errors. You will learn to edit your writing to make it more accurate and will gain confidence in your everyday use of grammar.
During this course you will look at grammar from a functional perspective and practise your grammar through communicative activities and using online resources.
Who should attend?
Those who need to gain confidence in the basics of English grammar.
Benefits
- Avoid common grammatical mistakes
- Feel more confident in your knowledge of the basics of English grammar
- Be able to edit your and others’ writing to make it more accurate
Learning Objectives
- Revise parts of speech as a framework for discussing language
- Revisit question forms, their structure and uses
- Develop your understanding of past tense verbs, nouns, prepositions and articles
Course Outline
Introduction and Parts of Speech
- Grammar quiz
- Introducing the Parts of Speech
Question FORMS
- How correct are my questions?
- Using questions to network and interview in a business context
VERBs
- Present perfect and past simple
- Past questions
Nouns, Quantifiers and Articles
- Countable and uncountable nouns
- What is a quantifier?
- Using articles correctly
Prepositions and Collocations
- Accurate use of prepositions
Course Information
Length: 2 days
Maximum group size: 16