
Explore the simple present tense, its two main functions for general truths and personal routines, and key time expressions like always, usually, often, sometimes, and every other day, with examples.
Present continuous tense describes actions happening now and personal close future plans, with examples like my roommate is watching TV now and I am seeing a movie tonight.
Learn about state verbs in English grammar, understand why they take present simple, not present continuous, and identify common examples and exceptions like think and sense verbs.
Master simple past tense to express one-time events, long past actions, and past habits, using time markers like yesterday, last, and for, and noting the meaning of used to.
Master the past continuous tense and its structure with was and were. Learn its use for ongoing past actions, interrupted actions, simultaneous past actions with while, and time-specific past points.
Explore the present perfect tense function for states started in the past and still continuing, using have/has plus past participle, with since and for signaling start points and durations.
Learn how the present perfect tense expresses life experiences, using ever and never, numbers and ordinals, and expressions like thus far, so far, and up to now to mark experience.
Explore present perfect tense functions three to five: actions completed recently with just, time still true, and effects still visible.
Master the present perfect tense and its time expressions—since, ever since, since then, to date, recently, and lately—and learn its five functions, from life experiences to actions with lasting effects.
Learn the present perfect continuous tense, its structure 'have/has been + verb-ing', its use for ongoing actions started in the past, with since/for, and its personal and professional life usage.
The course aims to teach all major grammar topics from pre-intermediate to upper-intermediate levels (A2-B2 levels). Most important features of this course are as follows:
The instructor uses a simple and easy-to-follow language.
The instructor really TEACHES the grammar points in detail, and does not simply read the notes and go over the materials.
The course concentrates only on important grammar points. The instructor is really careful to include only significant details. He skips points that are either too easy or too unnecessarily detailed.
All the course materials, including course notes, exercises, and other support materials are presented in .pdf format, so that the learners can follow the course easily by taking their own notes.
Grammar points are presented through original and fun-to-read examples. The instructor has carefully avoided boring and commonly-used examples.
The course offers extremely rich, highest quality support materials. This will help you practice the points that you have learnt in great detail.
Grammar points are presented through really fun movie clips, songs, poems, and many other fun elements. This will help you have fun while learning and also become more knowledgeable in American and British pop culture, in particular.
All in all, this course offers you a unique learning experience with highest quality possible. Come and experience it yourself!