This course is part of the Learn English: Beginning Grammar Specialization

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In this course, “Simple Past Tense,” you will learn how to form and use the simple past. You will see that there are a lot of irregular verbs in the simple past, but there are some patterns you can use to help you remember. You will learn about spelling changes when you add an “-ed” ending, as well as how to form negatives and questions in the past. You will also learn about object pronouns and some other forms of adjectives to describe and make comparisons.

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Approx. 8 hours to complete

English

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Rachel Fernandez

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Simple Past with Regular & Irregular Verbs

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 24 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Simple Past Negative & Object Pronouns

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 17 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Simple Past Question Forms

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 12 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

More Useful Grammar Forms

In this last week, we will look at some other grammar points to help you express yourself in English. You will learn how to use “this,” “that,” “these,” and “those.” We will also look at how to change adjectives to make comparisons. Finally, you will learn about infinitives. Infinitives are an unchanged form of a verb with the word “to.” We use them with verbs like ”need,” “want,” and “like.”

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 19 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM SIMPLE PAST TENSE

by PPMar 20, 2023

i am going to share my experiences . i am very glad to join coursera. The teacher is amazing ,her videos are the best .i can easily understand .thank u so much teacher and also Coursera

by SPOct 19, 2021

After finishing 3 courses which part of the Specialization, I learned a lot of vocabulary and grammar tenses. Would recommend to others who is learning English as a second language.

by PJun 13, 2022

This course helped me to review English topics, especially Basic grammar. Thanks a lot!

by MIJul 22, 2022

Very simple and easy to understand. Really took some points for my class.

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