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University of California, Irvine

Verb Tenses and Passives

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.

Status: Language Competency
Status: English Language
IntermediateCourse22 hours

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HR

5.0Reviewed Aug 6, 2020

This particular course helps me a lot to realize the difference of all tenses and specially the past tense application. Many many thanks to all my respectable teachers.

AJ

5.0Reviewed May 17, 2021

The course was full of exercises and the videos were educational and entertaining at the same time.Thank you for all the efforts that were put to this course.

EN

5.0Reviewed Oct 4, 2021

I really enjoyed taking this course because it's so interesting. Taking it was like a reminder to me of what I previously learned from high school. Thanks to the creator(s).

PT

5.0Reviewed Jun 7, 2021

I​ have learned a lot grammar in this course. It is really help me. I was too bad in grammar, now I got to know which I confused before.Teacher Jake and Emily, Thank you so much.

JB

5.0Reviewed Oct 22, 2020

The course provides good explanations and examples for each topic. Moreover, the activities help us practice how to use the grammar points, and they are fun to do.

AG

5.0Reviewed Oct 24, 2020

Un cours tres interessant. J'ai beaucoup appris ces temps ci grace aux riches enseignements dispenses par des professionnels qui ont l'amour de leur metier. Merci a toute l'equipe

NC

5.0Reviewed Mar 10, 2017

Really usefull if you have some english knowledge, but you are not absolutely sure if you are using the correct tense. Videos are really fun! I love the teachers!!

MH

5.0Reviewed Jan 31, 2021

Nice comprehensive course for folks to review verb forms and use. The videos were cheesy and fun... nice addition to liven the course up a bit. Nom bagels!

AM

5.0Reviewed Aug 31, 2021

I'm so happy, this course helped me a lot improving my grammar skills during the Pandemic, it also has short videos that are enjoyable to watch and easy to understand. Thank you UCI

NB

5.0Reviewed Feb 14, 2021

I am endlessly grateful for this course. I’ve learned so much. And let me tell you something, I’ve enjoyed the videos from our teachers better than any Netflix movie I had been binge watching.

ED

5.0Reviewed Dec 11, 2020

I had been learning tenses at several courses just before I found this one. I found it extremely useful and so interactive! Moreover, the teachers are so creative and so lovely unusual!

BL

5.0Reviewed Aug 26, 2019

The course content designed by UCI is very creative. The conversations on video clips are very funny. Thanks to Jake and Emily, who have been working at UCI to assist this program.

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