This is the second course in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation specialty. In this course, you will learn about a lot of different ways to join ideas to make more complex and interesting sentences. You'll learn about two types of conjunctions, many other types of connectives, and adverb clauses. You'll also learn about how to punctuate all of these expressions and the types of sentences they create. All of this is grammar you must know to have a high fluency in English.
This course is part of the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation Specialization
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Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation SpecializationUniversity of California, IrvineAbout this Course
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Approx. 22 hours to complete
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Subtitles: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, Russian, English, Spanish
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Intermediate Level
Approx. 22 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, Russian, English, Spanish
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University of California, Irvine
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
5 hours to complete
Conjunctions and Punctuation
In this first week, you will learn about the different types of conjunctions in English. You'll learn the meaning of each one and how to use them in sentences. You'll also learn how to punctuate sentences with conjunctions correctly.
5 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 29 min), 3 readings, 6 quizzes
7 videos
Meet Your Teachers1m
Week 1 Introduction41s
Coordinate Conjunctions Lecture6m
Parallel Structure Lecture5m
Correlative Conjunctions Part 1 Lecture7m
Correlative Conjunctions Part 2 Lecture6m
3 readings
Conjunctions Practice40m
Parallel Structure Practice20m
Correlative Conjunctions Practice40m
4 practice exercises
Coordinate Conjunctions Practice Quiz30m
Parallel Structure Practice Quiz30m
Correlative Conjunctions Practice Quiz30m
Graded Quiz30m
7 hours to complete
Connectives and Punctuation
This week, you'll continue learning how to join ideas with correct grammar and punctuation. You'll learn about transition words and prepositional phrases and how to punctuate them correctly.
7 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 25 min), 4 readings, 6 quizzes
5 videos
Transitions: Meaning4m
Transitions: Punctuation and Placement6m
Prepositional Phrases6m
Avoiding Common Mistakes6m
4 readings
Transitions Practice40m
Transitions: Punctuation and Placement Practice40m
Prepositional Phrases Practice40m
Avoiding Common Mistakes Practice45m
5 practice exercises
Transition Meaning Practice Quiz30m
Transition Punctuation and Placement Practice Quiz30m
Prepositional Phrases Practice Quiz30m
Avoiding Common Mistakes Practice Quiz30m
Graded Quiz30m
5 hours to complete
Subordinating Conjunctions and Punctuation
This week, you'll start learning about writing complex sentences. Adding complex sentences to your skills will make your sentences have more variety. To learn about complex sentences, you'll find out what adverb clauses are and how to punctuate them in your sentences. Have fun!
5 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 19 min), 3 readings, 5 quizzes
4 videos
Introduction to Adverb Clauses6m
Adverb Clauses: Punctuation and Use6m
Avoiding Common Mistakes5m
3 readings
Introduction to Adverb Clauses Practice20m
Adverb Clause Practice45m
Avoiding Common Mistakes Practice40m
4 practice exercises
Adverb Clauses Practice Quiz30m
Adverb Clause Practice Quiz30m
Avoiding Common Mistakes Practice Quiz30m
Graded Quiz30m
5 hours to complete
Reduced Adverb Clauses and Punctuation
In the final week, you will learn a more advanced way to write complex sentences. You will do this by reducing the adverb clauses. Again, learning to do this will add variety to your speaking and writing. Enjoy the last week of the course!
5 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 26 min), 4 readings, 5 quizzes
5 videos
Introduction to Reduced Adverb Clauses5m
Adverbials Type 18m
Adverbials Type 26m
Adverbials Type 35m
4 readings
Adverbials Type 1 Practice40m
Adverbials Type 2 Practice20m
Adverbials Type 3 Practice40m
Learn More1m
4 practice exercises
Adverbials Type 1 Practice Quiz30m
Adverbials Type 2 Practice Quiz30m
Adverbials Type 3 Practice Quiz30m
Graded Quiz30m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM CONJUNCTIONS, CONNECTIVES, AND ADVERB CLAUSES
by TGMay 12, 2020
Very informative and helpful! I like it has a wide range of exercises that students can practice what they've learned. Emily and Jake also put in nice work to demonstrate the lessons with fun videos.
by HROct 9, 2018
I have really learned some new things. I some one asks me for a better course to learn about conjunctions, connectives and adverb clause, I would recommend this course.\n\nBest regards\n\nHassan
by ERSep 9, 2019
I absolutely loved this course, the videos made by Jake and Emily make the topics as fun as easy to understand. They really gave a lot of tips for enhance my english writting skills. Thanks a lot!
by JJJul 14, 2020
It is a very useful course esp when you want to learn editing and proofreading. I liked all the materials and lectures. The instructor is very lucid and clear. It is higly recommeded course.
About the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation Specialization
This specialization follows our Learn English: Intermediate Grammar specialization and includes more advanced grammar concepts such as noun clauses and conditionals. You'll also learn how to blend verb tenses effectively and how to punctuate sentences correctly. This specialization is useful for non-native English speakers who want to improve their fluency or native speakers who want to improve their accuracy in using English for academic or professional purposes.
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