Improve Your Grammar Intermediate Focus B

Course code ELSK 0747

Credit 0.0

Length 40.0 hours

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This course focuses on intermediate grammatical structures to improve students' spoken and written English. Key components of the course are the analysis of grammatical form, meaning, and usage. Students are given opportunities for grammar practice and production.

Prerequisites

CLB 4 Listening, CLB 4 Speaking, CLB 4 Reading, CLB 4 Writing.

Course type

This is a standalone course that can be taken individually without enrolling in a VCC program.
International students: Contact [email protected] to confirm whether this course is available to international students.

  • 1. Strategies and techniques specific to improvements in intermediate level grammar 2. Making Comparisons 3. Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses 4. Overview of Tenses / Contrasting Tenses 5. Question Formation / Tag Questions 6. Modals (advice/possibility/deduction) 7. Coordinating Conjunctions / Combining Independent Clauses 8. Introduction to Adjective Clauses 9. Introduction to Adverb Clauses

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
71599 November 25, 2026
to December 22, 2026
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Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule. All self-paced courses have on-campus tests. Off-site certified invigilation centres may be used at the student's expense.

Contact us

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† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial.