Simmonds · Lego Principle

Simmonds Business English, brick by brick.

Free interactive lessons from the team that has trained companies across Germany since 2004: meetings, emails, small talk and grammar — ten focused bricks with James, your avatar tutor.

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Slide 01 · Listen

Starting a Meeting

"Right, thanks everyone for joining — shall we get started?"

Good. Now you open the meeting — one line is enough.

TensesSignal WordsSmall TalkBusiness WritingMeetings
The Lego principle

One slide. One task. One brick.

Every lesson stays small on purpose: context, rule, picture, practice, production, and a short test.

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Meet the point

A simple introduction and real sentence.

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Learn with James

The avatar explains and controls the slides.

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Snap in practice

Correct answers drop bricks into the stack.

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Finish the test

Ten bricks means the lesson is complete.

CEFR levels

Start where the grammar starts to wobble.

A1First forms
A2Core tenses
B1Useful accuracy
B2Nuance
C1Style
C2Mastery
Featured lesson · A2

Present Simple, without the tears.

Habits, facts, routines — and the famous he/she/it -s.

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Brick 05 · Fill the blank

We ___ each other since university.

Choose the form that connects past and now.

have known
Grammar catalog

Lessons sorted like a library.

Live lessons are linked now. The next grammar points are queued in the same 10-brick format.

Tenses

22 live lessons

Present SimpleA2 · 10 min · 10 bricksPresent PerfectB1 · 10 min · 10 bricksPast SimpleA2 · 10 min · 10 bricksPresent Perfect ContinuousB2 · 11 min · 10 bricksBe in the PresentA1 · 8 min · 10 bricksHave GotA1 · 8 min · 10 bricksPresent ContinuousA2 · 10 min · 10 bricksGoing To FutureA2 · 10 min · 10 bricksWill FutureA2 · 10 min · 10 bricksPast ContinuousB1 · 10 min · 10 bricksPresent Perfect vs Past SimpleB1 · 12 min · 10 bricksChoosing Future FormsB1 · 11 min · 10 bricksUsed ToB1 · 9 min · 10 bricksPast PerfectB2 · 10 min · 10 bricksPast Perfect ContinuousB2 · 11 min · 10 bricksFuture ContinuousB2 · 10 min · 10 bricksFuture PerfectB2 · 10 min · 10 bricksNarrative TensesC1 · 12 min · 10 bricksAdvanced Tense ChoicesC1 · 12 min · 10 bricksFuture Perfect ContinuousC1 · 11 min · 10 bricksLiterary Tense ShiftsC2 · 12 min · 10 bricksAspect and ViewpointC2 · 12 min · 10 bricks

Idioms & Collocations

2 coming next

False Friends: German-English (1)A2 · 10 min · queuedDenglisch: Handy, Homeoffice & Co.A2 · 10 min · queued

Customer Contact

2 coming next

Handling ComplaintsB1 · 10 min · queuedApologising ProfessionallyB1 · 10 min · queued

Business Grammar

3 coming next

Indirect QuestionsB1 · 10 min · queuedModal Verbs for PolitenessB1 · 10 min · queuedFormal vs Informal RegisterB1 · 10 min · queued

Idioms & Collocations

2 coming next

Essential Business IdiomsB1 · 10 min · queuedPhrasal Verbs at the OfficeB1 · 10 min · queued

Sector Vocabulary

1 coming next

AI at Work VocabularyB2 · 10 min · queued

Business Grammar

1 coming next

Diplomatic LanguageB2 · 10 min · queued

Workplace Skills

1 coming next

AI and the Future of WorkB2 · 10 min · queued

Meetings

2 coming next

Setting the AgendaB1 · 10 min · queuedInterrupting PolitelyB1 · 10 min · queued