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.
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| 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
- Reading: Pre-Course Survey
- Video: Introduction to the Course
- Peer Review: Introduce Yourself
- Video: Meet Your Teachers
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Present Perfect Tense Review Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Present Perfect Review Practice Quiz
- Reading: Present Perfect Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Present Tenses Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Present Tenses Practice Quiz
- Reading: Present Tenses Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Past Tenses Review Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Past Tenses Practice Quiz
- Reading: Past Tenses Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Future Tenses Review Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Future Tense Review Practice Quiz
- Reading: Future Tenses Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Past Perfect and Future Perfect Review Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Past Perfect and Future Perfect Practice Quiz
- Reading: 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
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Present Perfect Progressive Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Present Perfect Progressive Practice Quiz
- Reading: Present Perfect Progressive Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Past Perfect Progressive Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Past Perfect Progressive Practice Quiz
- Reading: Past Perfect Progressive Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Future Perfect Progressive Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Future Perfect Progressive Practice Quiz
- Reading: 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
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Making Guesses about the Past Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Making Guesses about the Past Practice Quiz
- Reading: Making Guesses about the Past Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Expressing Regret about the Past Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Expressing Regret Practice
- Reading: Expressing Regret Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: More Modals Part 1 Lecture
- Video: More Modals Part 2 Lecture
- Practice Quiz: More Modals Practice Quiz
- Reading: More Modals Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Passive Verbs Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Passive Verbs Quiz
- Reading: 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
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Future Time Clauses Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Future Time Clauses Practice Quiz
- Reading: Future Time Clauses Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Mixed Tenses Part 1 Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Mixed Tenses Part 1 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Mixed Tenses Part 1 Practice
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Mixed Tenses Part 2 Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Mixed Tenses Part 2 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Mixed Tenses Part 2 Practice
- Reading: Warm-up Activity
- Reading: Lecture Objectives
- Video: Verb Tenses Review Lecture
- Practice Quiz: Verb Tense Review Practice Quiz
- Reading: Verb Tense Review Practice
- Reading: Learn More
Graded: Final Mixed Verb Assignment
Graded: Graded Quiz
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I would highly recommend this course to anybody who would like to boost their English language skills. Even though we are pretty comfortable conversing with others in English, as often as not we miss some minor details that matters when it comes to writing in any kind of environment. Having completed understanding about grammar, I am pretty confident that I can do flawless speaking and writing. Speaking of Instructors, they were great and their teachings were very lucid. It couldn't be any better than this.