
Explore the parts of speech in English grammar basics, covering nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections across three units.
Learn nouns, words that identify a person, place, thing, or idea, and master singular and plural forms, possessive nouns with apostrophe s, capitalization of proper nouns.
explain pronouns and their role in replacing nouns and antecedents to avoid repetition, classify personal pronouns by person and number, and cover possessive forms plus the its versus it's distinction.
Explore how adjectives modify nouns, pronouns, and even verbs in participle forms, with comparisons, articles, and proper adjectives from places like Rome, Italy, and Taiwan.
Explore how prepositions show relationships between a noun or pronoun and another word, with examples like on, during, and under, and distinguish them from adverbs.
Explore how conjunctions join words or groups of words and clauses, including coordinating conjunctions such as fanboys, correlative conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions like when, because, before, and after.
Master complements in English grammar by identifying direct and indirect objects, object complements, and subject complements, with clear rules and examples from the lecture caption.
Explore subject-verb agreement, including singular and plural forms, be, have, and do variations, and rules for intervening phrases, compound subjects, and indefinite pronouns.
Explore verbals and verbal phrases, including participles, gerunds, and infinitives, and how they function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs with example phrases.
Identify common mistakes with modifying phrases including misplaced, dangling, participle and prepositional phrases, and learn to place modifiers as close as possible to the word they modify.
Explore clauses and sentence structure by examining simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, with examples of main clauses, subjects, and predicates.
Explore the present, past, and future perfect tenses, using have or has plus the past participle to express actions begun or completed at indefinite times or before another future action.
Learn to use pronouns correctly by identifying common mistakes and practicing strategies to avoid and correct them.
Explore how pronouns and appositive nouns relate to subjects and objects. Learn to choose nominative forms for appositive subjects and objective forms for objects using practical examples.
Welcome to English Grammar Basics, where you will grow your command of the English language by building up your understanding of grammar and usage.
My name is Jason Link, and I’m a published writer and a former English instructor. I have taught students from all over the world and have had the opportunity to teach in the US and outside the US. For over five years, I lived in Nicaragua and during that time, I taught English and writing to students from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, many of whom did not have English as their first language. I’m privileged to share all of this teaching experience with you in this course.
English Grammar Basics is a course for writers, speakers, and students who want to:
strengthen their communication in the English language
improve their grammar and usage in their speaking and writing
catch and correct those pesky grammar mistakes that are all too common.
Throughout this course, I will share with you straightforward explanations on how English grammar works. But it’s not enough to simply hear about these key concepts; you need to put them into practice. This is why each lesson is followed by a quiz so that you can see that you have retained what you learned.
This course moves in a very logical sequence. We start with basic concepts and build up from there to more complex concepts.
In this course we will go over:
parts of speech
parts of the sentence
phrases
clauses and sentence structure
verb tenses
using pronouns correctly
By the end of this course, you will have a strong command of English grammar and usage. You will develop a new confidence in your speaking and writing.
Are you a writer who wants a better command of English grammar and usage? This course is for you.
Are you an ESL or ELL student who wants a better understanding of how English grammar works? This course is for you.
Are you a student studying for an English test or writing a very important paper for a class? This course is for you.
Are you a lifelong learner who simply wants to brush up on your grammar? This course is for you.
Thank you for your interest in English Grammar Basics. If you’re ready to learn more and sign up for the course, click the enroll button and dive into the lessons. You can also check out the lessons that are free to preview.
See you on the inside!