Details and Learning Outcomes for Intermediate Grammar Levels I, II, & III

Achieving ILR Level 2 (Limited Working Proficiency) is facilitated through progression in Intermediate Grammar and Conversation courses.

Intermediate Grammar I

Upon completion of this class, students will be able to:

• Use simple present and present continuous tenses, along with appropriate adverbs of frequency to express present time
• Maintain subject-verb agreement
• Ask and answer yes/no questions
• Use simple past and past continuous tenses with time clauses to express past time
• Express past habits using “used to”
• Use “be going to” and “will” to express future times appropriately, differentiate between them, and convey various degrees of certainty about the future
• Use time clauses and if clauses to express future times
• Use simple present and present continuous tenses to express future times
• Use “be about to” to express the immediate future
• Use the present perfect tense and distinguish its use from simple past tense
• Use the present perfect continuous tense and distinguish its use from the non-continuous present perfect tense
• Use the past perfect tense
• Ask and answer information questions and tag questions

Intermediate Grammar II

Upon completion of this class, students will be able to:

• Correctly use singular and plural nouns, maintaining subject-verb agreement
• Choose the correct word order when using prepositions to express time and place
• Describe nouns using nouns and adjectives
• Use personal pronouns as both subjects and objects
• Use possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, and possessive adjectives
• Use reflexive pronouns
• Use “other”, “another”, “the other”
• Use modal verbs to express a wide range of semantic nuances
• Express preferences
• Use conjunctions to connect ideas
• Use comparative expressions including repetitive and double comparisons
• Use passive voice
• Use past participles as adjectives

Intermediate Grammar III

Upon completion of this class, students will be able to:

• Understand how to use definite and indefinite articles and how to generalize without using an article
• Use countable and uncountable nouns
• Understand when to capitalize nouns
• Use adjective clauses with relative pronouns “who”, “whom”, “that”, “whose”
• Distinguish between and use gerunds and infinitives
• Use “in order to” and “for” to express purpose
• Use infinitives with “too” and “enough”
• Use noun clauses as subjects or objects
• Use noun clauses starting with “if” and “whether”
• Distinguish between and appropriately use direct and indirect speech

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