
Master English sentence patterns through real examples to express yourself flexibly with native usage. Embrace a playful, immersion-focused approach that prioritizes feel over rules for daily communication.
Explore sentence transformations by playing with a basic sentence, adding detail through adjectives, frequency, which and who clauses, and tense shifts to expand meaning and discovery.
This lecture guides learners through transforming sentences to practice English sentence patterns, exploring subject-verb agreement, tense forms, quantifiers, relative clauses, and adding detail to express precise meaning.
discover nuanced sentence transformations that shift focus and tone, using past participle fronting, dependent and relative clauses, and show-dont-tell techniques to clarify and enrich writing.
Learn how to soften commands and turn them into polite requests using please, if you don't mind, and context-driven timing.
Learn to make polite requests by turning imperatives into gentle phrases with would, could, might, or I wish, and consider context and tone.
Explore different types of questions, focusing on yes/no (closed) questions and interrogative sentences, and learn practical ways to form them using be, do, and have.
Explore how to form yes-or-no questions in English by flipping the subject and auxiliary verb for be, do, and have forms, with examples of affirmative and negative answers.
Explore how how questions, including open questions, inquire about means, method, degree, and quality, with examples of forming and answering them, including the use of by for transportation.
Learn to form degree and amount questions with how long, how far, how much, how many, and how old. Distinguish countable from uncountable nouns and master the standard question structure.
Learn how questions for quality inquire about well-being and things, and flip your answer to match the question, using examples like how are you and things are good.
Learn the special who questions by identifying the subject and main verb, using the same sentence structure as declaratives, with or without the subject’s name, and forming clear interrogatives.
Learn how to form where and when questions with the standard wh word, auxiliary, subject, and main verb structure, using can/could, and replacing phrases with it for flexible, real-world examples.
Explore how to use question words to form declarative sentences, analyze noun phrases, replace subjects with it or that, and practice turning questions into statements.
Master tag questions by using auxiliary verbs and the opposite verb in the statement, and tune pronunciation with rising or falling intonation for confirmation or emphasis.
Learn how to use there is to describe places and existence with present tense nuance, expand details with adjectives, convey vibe and subjective impressions, and offer directions for storytelling.
Explore using there is and there are to describe existence and quantity with plural and uncountable nouns, and practice past tense there was and there were in storytelling.
Explore how to describe with the five senses—see, feel, hear, smell, and taste—and how 'I can see' broadens description beyond literal sight, including non-literal uses.
Learn how to describe scenes, opinions, and emotions using senses like see, hear, and feel, including literal observations and non-literal expressions like feels like and I can see your point.
Learn how you'll see functions as a clear marker in instructions and directions, signal future events, and convey emotion, with examples from kitchen cues to driving directions and class plans.
Learn to describe imagined scenes using picturing and imagining, usually in the present continuous, with details and hypotheticals that use would and how much.
Learn to instruct using imagine and picture to guide visualization, build a shared vision, and clarify meaning by adding or removing details.
Use reference points such as 'reminds me of' and 'makes me think of' to describe experiences. They connect people, clarify subjective senses, and invite shared interpretation.
Explore how infinitives use to plus the simple form of the verb, remain unchanged, and function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs after other verbs, with contrasts to gerunds.
Explore how infinitives and gerunds function after verbs and adjectives, using examples like to sleep and to walk, and embrace learning by example rather than rules.
Learn when to use gerunds versus infinitives after common verbs, and distinguish direct objects from indirect objects with examples like 'I need help doing this' and 'I need to know'.
You’re stuck. You want to express yourself perfectly in English, but it never comes out quite right. You can’t find the right sentence. When you speak or write English, what you’re thinking doesn’t come out as you'd like it to. Is this a familiar feeling? Are you tired of feeling this way?
Solution: This course!
Over the last 10+ years, I’ve helped hundreds of thousands of students get over this problem, to become more natural English communicators. Unlike a lot of other teachers, I don’t focus on long dry explanations of grammar rules. I focus on real English usage. I teach English by example. Why? Because that’s how native English speakers learn English!
In this course, I’m going to give you a completely new understanding of English grammar by taking you on a journey through sentence patterns, which will cover CEFR grammar levels from A1 to C2 (specifically focusing on intermediate and higher levels). Research shows that the best way to really master a language is to master the patterns that make up that language. By focusing on English sentence patterns, you’ll be learning how the English language is put together: the parts, the building blocks. That’s going to give you all the tools you need to put sentences together more easily.
By the end of the course, if you put in the work, you won’t have that frustrating feeling anymore. You’ll feel confident to express exactly what you want to express in English, no matter what it is. You’ll have all the tools you need. You’ll know all the English sentence patterns!
Some of the things you will learn in this course include:
English sentence patterns for giving commands, and making requests
Steps for building all different types of English questions
Common English grammar used for describing things, including points of reference and sentence beginnings
Helpful connectors for linking parts of sentences together, for better English syntax
Common usage examples for when to use ‘to’ or ‘ing’ verbs
Effective exercises for practicing new patterns, and mastering new grammar
Typical sentence beginnings for any common situation (great for syntax!)
Using verbs effectively when speaking and writing
Much more!
Sound good?
If you are serious about getting really good at English, your next step is simple: Sign up for this course!