University of California, Irvine

Verb Tenses and Passives

Tamy Chapman
Nicole Jacobs
Brad Gilpin

Instructors: Tamy Chapman

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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(1,953 reviews)

Intermediate level
Some related experience required
Flexible schedule
Approx. 24 hours
Learn at your own pace
98%
Most learners liked this course

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There are 4 modules in this course

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.

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7 videos11 readings6 assignments2 peer reviews

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.

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4 videos6 readings4 assignments1 peer review

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.

What's included

6 videos8 readings5 assignments1 peer review

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.

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5 videos10 readings5 assignments1 peer review

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Tamy Chapman
University of California, Irvine
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