Learn English with an experienced British native

What you'll learn

How to use tenses fluently

How to employ modal verbs, stative verbs, and dynamic verbs

How to use conditional forms

How to use articles (a, an, the)

How to use linking words

How and when to use gerunds, infinitives, and to + infinitive

How to use verbs with similar meanings (e.g. talk, speak, say, tell OR see, look, watch)

Requirements

No requirements, but if you are a complete beginner, try my 'beginner level' course first.

Description

Welcome to my English course for pre-intermediate students. This course is the 'sequel' to Master English Conversation Beginner Level. On this course, you will learn the difference between stative and dynamic verbs, which will help you master our difficult tense system. By the end of the course, you will have progressed to an intermediate level, because you will have studied the most important grammar topics at this level. I am a British teacher, with more than 20 years' experience, who enjoys using a variety of methods to teach students. I use a white board to explain how the grammar works, and I often use pictures to teach new vocabulary. Please speak to your monitor when you are doing this course, and your conversational skills will improve quickly. The course includes the following:Downloadable lectures on the most important grammar topics. (tenses, countability, prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs, adjectives, conditionals, gerunds, infinitives, comparatives, superlatives, articles, linking words, questions, and passive)A range of topics that will enhance your vocabulary (useful verbs, common verbs phrases, body, appearance, food and drink, daily routine, clothes, holidays, feelings)I speak slowly at the beginning of this course, although I get faster by the middle of the course, as I am confident you will understand me. After all, you are no longer a beginner! You are moving towards intermediate level.Repetition of the vocabulary in different lessons and quizzes, so that the new words and phrases are easier to memorizeQuizzes after each and every lecture. I have included a Sherlock Holmes story (Silver Blaze), because I want to demonstrate that your English skills are already sharp enough to fully comprehend some classics of English Literature. You will listen to me read the story, then complete the comprehension exercises. Ask questions on the Q and A section if you need clarification, and I respond within 24 hoursLearn how to avoid the most common mistakes (for example, the confusion between say and tell)New lectures uploaded every monthLifetime membership

Overview

Section 1: Present Tenses

Lecture 1 Present Simple V Present Continuous

Lecture 2 100 Useful Verbs - Part 1

Lecture 3 Verbs of Looking

Lecture 4 100 Useful Verbs - Part 2

Lecture 5 Food and Drink (+ much/little, many/few)

Lecture 6 Present Continuous and Clothes

Lecture 7 100 Useful Verbs - Part 3

Lecture 8 The Body and Descriptions

Lecture 9 SILVER BLAZE (Chapter 1)

Section 2: Past Tenses

Lecture 10 Holidays and Irregular Verbs

Lecture 11 100 Useful Verbs - Part 4

Lecture 12 Verbs of Talking

Lecture 13 Prepositions of Space and Time

Lecture 14 100 Useful Verbs - Part 5

Lecture 15 Past Simple V Past Continuous

Lecture 16 Common Verb Phrases (Part 1)

Lecture 17 Common Verb Phrases (Part 2)

Lecture 18 SILVER BLAZE (Chapter 2)

Section 3: Future Tenses, Modals, Conditionals

Lecture 19 Going to + present continuous (future plans)

Lecture 20 Will and won't (spontaneous promises, offers, suggestions, predictions)

Lecture 21 Other Modal Verbs

Lecture 22 First Conditional

Lecture 23 Second Conditional

Lecture 24 SILVER BLAZE - Chapter 3

Section 4: Perfect Tenses

Lecture 25 Present Perfect V Past Simple

Lecture 26 Comparisons and Superlatives

Lecture 27 Past Perfect V Past Simple V Past Continuous

Lecture 28 Third Conditional

Lecture 29 SILVER BLAZE (Chapter 4)

Section 5: Gerunds and Infinitives

Lecture 30 Gerunds and Infinitives

Lecture 31 Gerunds and Infinitives - Part 2

Lecture 32 QUESTIONS (subject/object + echo questions + question tags)

Lecture 33 Feelings and ___ed / ___ing adjectives

Lecture 34 SILVER BLAZE (Chapter 5)

Section 6: Passive

Lecture 35 Passive in Present, Past, and Future

Lecture 36 Articles

Lecture 37 Linking words

Lecture 38 SILVER BLAZE (Chapter 6)

Pre-intermediate students of English as a second language