
If you are starting this Upper-Intermediate Course means that you are supposed to know almost all verb tenses in English and their differences in use.
You have seen them all in the lessons from previous courses, so if you don´t remember them please go back to there where you will find all the videos explaining all Simple tenses, all Continuous tenses, and all Perfect tenses.
You need to remember why you would use a verb tense instead of the other, based on the theory and use of each verb and their "Hint words" to help you decide.
Please make sure you completely understand when to use each of the verb tenses you have done.
Test your grammar with guided solutions and exercises, answering questions in five seconds, then review answers and explanations. Cover zero conditional and first conditionals, tenses, passive voice, and present perfect.
Practice the present perfect continuous with guided exercises and explanations, mastering have been / has been + ing forms and their usage.
Master past perfect continuous usage by comparing two past actions and emphasizing duration, with guided solutions and explanations for sentences like had been waiting and we had been dancing.
In the previous lesson you have seen when to use both, a Present Perfect Simple tense and a Continuous tense.
Download the pdf to check the differences in use from these two verb tenses.
Remember that we have three methods to identify which verb to use.
Explore attitudes toward gambling and money management as the speaker weighs lottery odds, the urge to play, and the advice to save for school.
Analyze a party where guests bring anything they want, not following a list, which leads to repetition and limited variety, but offers more for us.
Please pay attention to the video and try to answer the quiz correctly.
Please pay attention to the video and try to answer the quiz correctly.
Please download the text to read it in the pdf.
Click on "View Resources" to download the text in pdf format.
Watch a dramatic car chase on TV, hear the driver claim he's going 80 miles per hour and that the chase is dangerous, and see the police closing in.
Explore how the internet lets you travel virtually around the world, as the speaker compares online experiences to standing on the Great Wall and feeling like you are really there.
In this section you have to try to pronounce the same way our teachers do in the audio.
You can first download the pdf with the sentences to read and copy the pronunciation from our teachers.
Apply the wasv formula to form questions across tenses using interrogative pronouns, the auxiliary, subject, and verb in correct order, with examples like where do you live.
Explore the future continuous tense, formed with be + verb in ing and will be, to describe actions at a specific future moment, with examples and ASV question formation.
Practice future continuous sentences with guided solutions, selecting the correct form such as will be working, will be arriving, and will be watching at specific future times.
Practice identifying and forming the future continuous tense with guided solutions, explanations, and quick, timed questions that contrast future continuous and future simple forms.
Practice future perfect usage with guided solutions, complete timed drills, and master expressing two future actions using will have plus the past participle.
Click on the video to review all the different tenses we can use for the future. Once seen, practice doing the exercises at the bottom.
Listen to popular Beatles songs to practice listening skills, identify favorite tracks, and sing along to reinforce comprehension and enjoyment.
Practice listening for movie choices and crowd concerns as a divorced man and his young son discuss seeing the pursuit of happiness, a true story film with a happy ending.
Watch people outside Starbucks and observe how dogs sniff each other when they meet, to practice listening and everyday conversation in upper-intermediate English.
Follow a televised donor known as father dollar bill as he gives away $15,000 to the homeless, including $100 to people in wheelchairs and $1 to others.
Please pay attention to the video and try to answer the quiz correctly.
Please pay attention to the video and try to answer the quiz correctly.
Practice choosing correct answers in a guided exercise, mastering the ed vs ing adjective distinction, and understanding how excited, exciting, embarrassed, embarrassing, bored, and boring work.
Practice a timed exercise with guided solutions to master -ed and -ing adjective endings, using examples like shocked, disappointed, pleasing, and annoying, with immediate explanations.
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This course contains the equivalent grammar and vocabulary to:
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: (COURSE CONTENT)
In this course you will gain an extensive grammar knowledge needed for the official exams as well as practising lots of vocabulary, listenings, readings, pronunciation, translations, dictations, spellings .
You will learn the how to create and the differences in use between most verb tenses such as Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous, between Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous, or between all the different verb tenses we can use for the future, like Future Simple, Be going to, Present Continuous, Present Simple,Future Continuous, Future Perfect or to be about to.
You will know the differences and when to use an adjective ending in +ed or +ing, as well as how to create a Passive form in any verb tense, the Passive with Reporting verbs, or the Passive with two objects.
You will also find videos explaining how to create a modal verb structure for the past, and the Third Conditional structure.
In the last section you will learn one of the most difficult grammar lessons, that is when we can ommit a Relative clause or when we can´t, and the differences between a Defining and a Non-defining Relative Clause and their implications.
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After finishing this four courses you will be able to have a proficient level in English, being capable of understanding advanced readings, and understanding English TV perfectly, as well as having an advanced conversation in English.
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