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English for Project Reviews

50 core words 25 phrases 5 themes

A project review is where engineers have to be at their clearest: progress, risks and trade-offs, plus defending the design under pressure. This deck covers 50 core words for review meetings in five themes: review process, progress and scope, risks and dependencies, data and evidence, and decisions and actions. Every word comes with a real example sentence, plus 25 sentence patterns for reporting and answering questions.

🃏 Word cards 🎧 Listen and repeat

Word list 50

Review process 10

Progress and scope 10

Risks and dependencies 10

Data and evidence 10

Decisions and actions 10

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💬 Phrases and sentence patterns

💬 25 high-frequency phrases and patterns Opening the review · Progress and scope · Risks and dependencies · Data and evidence · Decisions and actions ›

🎬 Scenario Dialogues

1 Design review: answering pushback on cost and risk In a design review the architect challenges the cost and risk of the proposed design, the tech lead explains the trade-off with data and a fallback, and they agree to validate on a small scope first. 👤 Architect × Tech lead · 8 lines › 2 Status review: scope creep and the delay In the monthly project review the project manager reports a two-week slip, the business side asks for one more feature, and they agree to cut the non-critical item and lock the go-live date. 👤 Project manager × Business owner · 8 lines › 🎬 View all dialogues

❓ FAQ

What does this deck cover?

English for Project Reviews contains 50 core words across 5 themes: Review process, Progress and scope, Risks and dependencies, Data and evidence, Decisions and actions. Learn one theme at a time.

In what order should I study?

Read the grouped word list once, review it with the flashcards for active recall, then practise the sentence patterns out loud on the listen page. Recognition first, production second.

How do I reuse the example sentences?

Every example is meant to be edited: replace the product, module or station name with your own, and it becomes a sentence you can actually say or write tomorrow.

How much content is here?

50 core words and 25 sentence patterns in this release. More will be added.

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