About this course: This is the first course in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation specialty. In this course, you will review the verb tenses that you learned in beginning English classes and learn about a few tenses you may not know very well. In all, you'll cover all 12 of the English verb tenses and passive verb forms. Most importantly, you'll learn how to blend these tenses, which is what native speakers frequently do. This course is vital to your becoming a more fluent English speaker. Please note that the free version of this class gives you access to all of the instructional videos and handouts. The peer feedback and quizzes are only available in the paid version.
Who is this class for: This class is useful for English language learners who have a high level of fluency but need more review and practice with grammar to make their English more native-like.
Created by: University of California, Irvine
Taught by: Tamy Chapman, Instructor, International Programs
University of California Irvine Division of Continuing Education
Taught by: Nicole Jacobs, Instructor, International Programs
University of California Irvine Extension
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 4 in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation Specialization |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Commitment | 4-5 hours/week for 4 weeks |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Simple, Progressive, and Perfect Verb Tenses Review
In the first week of this course, you will get to know your classmates and review the verb tenses of English that you have probably learned before. It's always important to review and make sure your foundation is solid before learning new grammar. Use this week to fill in any gaps you have in your understanding of nine verb tenses of English.
7 videos, 11 readings, 5 practice quizzes
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Pre-Course Survey
- Video: Introduction to the Course
- Взаимная оценка: Introduce Yourself
- Video: Meet Your Teachers
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Present Perfect Tense Review Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Present Perfect Review Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Present Perfect Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Present Tenses Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Present Tenses Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Present Tenses Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Past Tenses Review Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Past Tenses Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Past Tenses Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Future Tenses Review Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Future Tense Review Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Future Tenses Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Past Perfect and Future Perfect Review Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Past Perfect and Future Perfect Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Past Perfect and Future Perfect Practice
Graded: Verb Tense Review Assignment
Graded: Graded Quiz
WEEK 2
Perfect Progressive Tenses
This week, you'll learn about the final three verb tenses in English. Then you will be familiar with all 12 English verb tenses. These will combine the perfect tenses with the progressive tenses. Because you already know those tenses, learning these new ones should be fairly easy.
4 videos, 6 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Video: Week 2 Introduction
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Present Perfect Progressive Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Present Perfect Progressive Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Present Perfect Progressive Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Past Perfect Progressive Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Past Perfect Progressive Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Past Perfect Progressive Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Future Perfect Progressive Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Future Perfect Progressive Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Future Perfect Progressive Practice
Graded: Perfect Progressive Assignment
Graded: Graded Quiz
WEEK 3
Passives and Perfect Modals
In this week, you'll learn about some more complicated verbs. Passives and perfect modals will take what you already know about verb tenses and add some more layers to it. Studying these will improve your fluency in written and spoken English.
6 videos, 8 readings, 4 practice quizzes
- Video: Week 3 Introduction
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Making Guesses about the Past Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Making Guesses about the Past Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Making Guesses about the Past Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Expressing Regret about the Past Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Expressing Regret Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Expressing Regret Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: More Modals Part 1 Lecture
- Video: More Modals Part 2 Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: More Modals Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: More Modals Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Passive Verbs Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Passive Verbs Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Passive Voice Practice
Graded: Modals and Passives Assignment
Graded: Graded Quiz
WEEK 4
Blending Tenses
In the final week of the course, you'll learn about one of the most difficult but necessary aspects of verb tenses. You will learn how to blend or mix them to talk about the past, present, and future naturally. Learning to do this will help you become a more fluent speaker and writer of English.
5 videos, 10 readings, 4 practice quizzes
- Video: Week 4 Introduction
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Future Time Clauses Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Future Time Clauses Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Future Time Clauses Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Mixed Tenses Part 1 Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Mixed Tenses Part 1 Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Mixed Tenses Part 1 Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Mixed Tenses Part 2 Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Mixed Tenses Part 2 Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Mixed Tenses Part 2 Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Warm-up Activity
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Verb Tenses Review Lecture
- Тренировочный тест: Verb Tense Review Practice Quiz
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Verb Tense Review Practice
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Learn More
Graded: Final Mixed Verb Assignment
Graded: Graded Quiz
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Ratings and Reviews
I recommend this course to people who wants to improve their grammar from intermediate to advanced who wants to know the differences between each tense and how to use every tense perfectly and in it's right place. This course was very helpful to me and I want to thank the instructors for their effort.
It is very good course to learn and practice the advanced grammer.
Muito bom!
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Good course to refresh your knowledge. But if your English level is still a beginner I'd recommend the past course for intermediate level. Then you can find this course is awesome.