Mini-grammar: learning the past tense in English
About course
The Mini Grammar series of courses allows you to learn English in small portions. In each course, we take one grammatical topic and consider it precisely. In this course you will deal with past forms: Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous.
The course consists of four blocks. In each block:
- cases of use
- grammar tables
- assignments for each use case
We will work out the formulas of each tense as well as all cases of their use. And it's only 15 minutes!
- Level: Any level
- 24 уроки
- Teacher's language: English
- Interactive exercises
Course program
22 LESSONS
BLOCK 1
PAST SIMPLE
• LESSON 1
Habits / states in the past
• LESSON 2
Actions finished in the past
• LESSON 3
Past actions following each other
• LESSON 4
Past actions with no time reference
• LESSON 5
Hypothetical situations in present
BLOCK 2
PAST CONTINUOUS
• LESSON 6
Actions happening at a specific moment in the past
• LESSON 7
Interrupted actions
• LESSON 8
Past Continuous for temporary actions in the past
• LESSON 9
Irritating repeated actions in the past
• LESSON 10
Two simultaneous ations in the past
• LESSON 11
Backgroud information
• LESSON 12
Polite questions
• LESSON 13
Gradual changes in the past
BLOCK 3
PAST PERFECT
• LESSON 14
Actions which finished before some monent in the past
• LESSON 15
Changed states
• LESSON 16
Hypothetical situations in the past
• LESSON 17
Reported speech
• LESSON 18
Continuous and repeating states whoch finished before some time or moment in the past
BLOCK 4
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
• LESSON 19
Progress which finsihed before specific time in the past
• LESSON 20
Progress which finsihed before some event in the past
• LESSON 21
Reported speech
• LESSON 22
Hypothetical situations about the past
Who is this course for
For those who want to systematize all the forms of the past
The course is suitable for any level, as all information is clear and understandable
This course is a great find for teachers. This is a ready-made lesson for revising all forms of the past tense in English
If you mix up English tenses this course will definitely help you
What will you get after the course
You will cope with all Past forms, work out the formulas of Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, and Past Perfect Continuous, master all cases of their use - from the simplest to the peculiarities of the Advanced level.
- Level: Any level
- 24 уроки
- Teacher's language: English
- Interactive exercises
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