20 hour Essential English Grammar
Whether you are new to English grammatical concepts, want an introduction before a full TESOL/CELTA course or are looking for a refresher, this is ideal training that you can work through at your own pace.
Covering 9 key areas of English, this interactive grammar course starts from the beginning, assuming no knowledge and builds logically to help you develop a good understanding of the essential English grammar that learners need to know.
- Watch video clips to help explain key concepts
- Check understanding via the interactive exercises: instant feedback
- Get tips on teaching essential grammar points
- Consolidate and extend with summaries and further research sections
- Ask any grammar questions – we’ve got tutors on hand to help
Perfect on its own, or as additional support to any other Global English online or weekend course.
How this interactive course works
This course is ideal if you’ve got a good broadband connection and can work entirely online via a tablet/PC/Mac. You’ll complete interactive exercises, create lesson plans and view video and graphics that bring the course to life.
See sample interactive screenshots by clicking on the green interactive button above.
Eligibility
Open to everyone with a good command of English. You will need a good broadband or wifi connection to complete this course and be able to view short YouTube videos.
Course duration
This course will typically takes between 2-4 weeks to complete, but we go at your speed and allow up to 6 months for course completion for maximum flexibility.
Everything you need to complete your course and gain your certificate is included in the one fee above. However, check out these optional extras:
- Additional time course extensions available if you need to go beyond 180 days
- Printed and embossed certificate available for an extra fee
This course blends perfectly with any other Global English accredited course. Add on at checkout for an additional 10% discount.
It's also included in our 40 hour Total Grammar course.
Interactive version course content
This course covers all the Essential English Grammar material in 9 modules, using interactive HTML5 to present information, with trainees answering questions online. The material cannot be downloaded and worked on offline. A good internet connection is needed.
The course content is as follows:
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| Module | Module title | Section | Section title | Suggested Time (hours) |
| CI | Course Introduction - Grammar | 1 | Getting Started with Grammar | 0.25 |
| 1 | Basic English Grammar 1 | 1 | Nouns | 0.5 |
| 1 | Basic English Grammar 1 | 2 | Adjectives | 0.5 |
| 2 | Basic English Grammar 2 | 1 | Verbs | 0.5 |
| 2 | Basic English Grammar 2 | 2 | Adverbs | 0.5 |
| 2 | Basic English Grammar 2 | 3 | Determiners and Articles | 0.5 |
| 3 | Present Tense | 1 | The Present Simple | 1.0 |
| 3 | Present Tense | 2 | The Present Continuous | 1.0 |
| 4 | Past Tense | 1 | The Past Simple | 1.0 |
| 4 | Past Tense | 2 | The Past Continuous | 1.5 |
| 5 | The Future | 1 | Future Forms 1 | 1.0 |
| 5 | The Future | 2 | Future Forms 2 | 1.5 |
| 6 | The Perfect | 1 | Present Perfect Simple | 1.5 |
| 6 | The Perfect | 2 | Other Perfect Forms | 1.5 |
| 7 | The Passive | 1 | Passive Formation | 1.0 |
| 7 | The Passive | 2 | Passive Use | 1.0 |
| 8 | Conditionals | 1 | Introduction to Conditionals | 1.5 |
| 8 | Conditionals | 2 | Other conditionals | 1 |
| 9 | Advanced Verbs | 1 | Modals, Infinitives and Gerunds | 1.5 |
| 9 | Advanced Verbs | 2 | Other Types of Verb | 1.0 |
| CC | TEFL Grammar Course Conclusion | 1 | Grammar Course Certification | 0.25 |
| TOTAL COURSE SUGGESTED TIME | 20 |
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A Global English PDF certificate is awarded upon successful completion. A printed, embossed version is also available for an extra fee from our TEFL shop page.
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Who delivers this course
TEFL Global is a trading name of Edventure Abroad Limited, launched in 2026 by Jonathan Siddall. Your course is delivered by our partner Global English, a UK online TESOL school in Exeter, established in 1997.
- Delivered: you study on the Global English platform, using Global English course content.
- Marked: a Global English tutor marks your assignments and writes feedback on them, and you can message your tutor with questions. Some short questions inside the modules are checked automatically.
- Certified: your certificate is issued by Global English and carries a code anyone can check at global-english.com/verify/.
- Accredited: ACTDEC-accredited | actdec.org.uk
What Global English’s students say
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- TEFL Course Review: Global English TESOL, 4.79/5 from 123 reviews (checked 7 Oct 2026).
- Trustpilot: Global English TESOL/TEFL, TrustScore 4.5 from 72 reviews (checked 7 Oct 2026).
Why some sites list us separately
Review sites list Global English TESOL under its own name, and TEFL Global is not listed there as a separate school. That is correct: they are two brands. TEFL Global sells the courses and Global English delivers, marks and certifies them.