This is a foundational course for ALL English courses, particularly writing and reading courses. This course offers a bold introduction to the building blocks of English grammar, in other words, the Nine Parts of Speech (i.e. articles, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections). 

Description

This is a foundational course for ALL English courses, particularly writing and reading courses. This course offers a bold introduction to the building blocks of English grammar, in other words, the Nine Parts of Speech (i.e. articles, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections).

You will learn:

• What they are and how to recognize them

• Basic rules for using them like native speakers

• How to identify and correct mistakes related to them

After you enrol in this course, you will have access to:

• 3 hours of pre-recorded lectures (with edited captions)

• Over 100 PowerPoint slides including simplified rules and easy examples

• 8 comprehensive error correction assignments targeting the most frequently made student mistakes

• 13 multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank quizzes

• 7 days a week online instructor support

• Beginner and intermediate ESL students
• Native English speakers with trouble writing academic prose

Course content

• Introduction
  • What's this course about?
  • Why do I need this course?
  • What will I learn from this course?
• Overview of Parts of Speech
  • The Nine Parts of Speech in Brief
  • Diagnostic Assessment A: Identifying Parts of Speech
  • Diagnostic Assessment B: Error Correction
• The Article
  • The Article
  • The Article: Indefinite & Definite
  • Common Student Errors
  • Explanation of Assignment Answers
  • Test Your Knowledge of Articles
• The Noun
  • Noun
  • The Basics of the Noun, Gender
  • Number: Singular & Plural
  • Forming the Regular Plural
  • Forming the Irregular Plural
  • Case: Nominative, Possessive, and Objective
  • Common Student Errors
  • Explanation of Assignment Answers
  • Test Your Knowledge of Nouns
• The Adjective
  • Adjective
  • The Basics of the Adjective
  • Degrees of Comparison: Comparative & Superlative
  • Numeral Adjectives
  • Common Student Errors
  • Explanation of Assignment Answers
  • Test Your Knowledge of Adjectives
• The Pronoun
  • Pronoun
  • Personal Pronouns
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Adjective Pronouns: Possessive, Distributive, and Indefinite
  • Adjective Pronouns: Reflexive
  • Common Student Errors
  • Explanation of Assignment Answers
  • Test Your Understanding of Pronouns
• The Verb
  • Verb
  • The Basics of the Verb, Number & Person
  • Test Your Understanding
  • The 5 Moods
  • Test Your Understanding
  • The 5 Forms
  • Irregular Verbs
  • Test Your Understanding
  • Tenses: Present Simple & Progressive
  • Test Your Understanding
  • Tenses: Past Simple & Progressive
  • Test Your Understanding
  • Tenses: Present Perfect
  • Tenses: Past Perfect
  • Tenses: Future Simple, Progressive, and Perfect
  • Common Student Errors
  • Explanation of Assignment Answers
  • Test Your Understanding
• The Adverb
  • Adverb
  • The Basics of the Adverb, 11 Categories
  • Common Student Errors
  • Explanation of Assignment Answers
  • Test Your Understanding
• The Preposition
  • Preposition
  • The Basics of the Preposition, Definition of Common Prepositions
  • Common Student Errors
  • Explanation of Assignment Answers
  • Test Your Understanding
• The Conjunction
  • Conjunction
  • The Basics of the Conjunction
  • Common Student Errors
  • Explanation of Assignment Answers
  • Test Your Understanding
• The Interjection
  • Interjection
  • The Categories of the Interjection