This is the second course in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation specialty. In this course, you will learn about a lot of different ways to join ideas to make more complex and interesting sentences. You'll learn about two types of conjunctions, many other types of connectives, and adverb clauses. You'll also learn about how to punctuate all of these expressions and the types of sentences they create. All of this is grammar you must know to have a high fluency in English.
Este curso forma parte de Programa Especializado - Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation
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Aprox. 22 horas para completar
Inglés (English)
Subtítulos: Francés (French), Portugués (de Brasil), Vietnamita, Ruso (Russian), Inglés (English), Español (Spanish)
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100 % en línea
Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.
Fechas límite flexibles
Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.
Nivel intermedio
Aprox. 22 horas para completar
Inglés (English)
Subtítulos: Francés (French), Portugués (de Brasil), Vietnamita, Ruso (Russian), Inglés (English), Español (Spanish)
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Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
5 horas para completar
Conjunctions and Punctuation
In this first week, you will learn about the different types of conjunctions in English. You'll learn the meaning of each one and how to use them in sentences. You'll also learn how to punctuate sentences with conjunctions correctly.
5 horas para completar
7 videos (Total 29 minutos), 3 lecturas, 6 cuestionarios
7 videos
Meet Your Teachers1m
Week 1 Introduction41s
Coordinate Conjunctions Lecture6m
Parallel Structure Lecture5m
Correlative Conjunctions Part 1 Lecture7m
Correlative Conjunctions Part 2 Lecture6m
3 lecturas
Conjunctions Practice40m
Parallel Structure Practice20m
Correlative Conjunctions Practice40m
4 ejercicios de práctica
Coordinate Conjunctions Practice Quiz30m
Parallel Structure Practice Quiz30m
Correlative Conjunctions Practice Quiz30m
Graded Quiz30m
7 horas para completar
Connectives and Punctuation
This week, you'll continue learning how to join ideas with correct grammar and punctuation. You'll learn about transition words and prepositional phrases and how to punctuate them correctly.
7 horas para completar
5 videos (Total 25 minutos), 4 lecturas, 6 cuestionarios
5 videos
Transitions: Meaning4m
Transitions: Punctuation and Placement6m
Prepositional Phrases6m
Avoiding Common Mistakes6m
4 lecturas
Transitions Practice40m
Transitions: Punctuation and Placement Practice40m
Prepositional Phrases Practice40m
Avoiding Common Mistakes Practice45m
5 ejercicios de práctica
Transition Meaning Practice Quiz30m
Transition Punctuation and Placement Practice Quiz30m
Prepositional Phrases Practice Quiz30m
Avoiding Common Mistakes Practice Quiz30m
Graded Quiz30m
5 horas para completar
Subordinating Conjunctions and Punctuation
This week, you'll start learning about writing complex sentences. Adding complex sentences to your skills will make your sentences have more variety. To learn about complex sentences, you'll find out what adverb clauses are and how to punctuate them in your sentences. Have fun!
5 horas para completar
4 videos (Total 19 minutos), 3 lecturas, 5 cuestionarios
4 videos
Introduction to Adverb Clauses6m
Adverb Clauses: Punctuation and Use6m
Avoiding Common Mistakes5m
3 lecturas
Introduction to Adverb Clauses Practice20m
Adverb Clause Practice45m
Avoiding Common Mistakes Practice40m
4 ejercicios de práctica
Adverb Clauses Practice Quiz30m
Adverb Clause Practice Quiz30m
Avoiding Common Mistakes Practice Quiz30m
Graded Quiz30m
5 horas para completar
Reduced Adverb Clauses and Punctuation
In the final week, you will learn a more advanced way to write complex sentences. You will do this by reducing the adverb clauses. Again, learning to do this will add variety to your speaking and writing. Enjoy the last week of the course!
5 horas para completar
5 videos (Total 26 minutos), 4 lecturas, 5 cuestionarios
5 videos
Introduction to Reduced Adverb Clauses5m
Adverbials Type 18m
Adverbials Type 26m
Adverbials Type 35m
4 lecturas
Adverbials Type 1 Practice40m
Adverbials Type 2 Practice20m
Adverbials Type 3 Practice40m
Learn More1m
4 ejercicios de práctica
Adverbials Type 1 Practice Quiz30m
Adverbials Type 2 Practice Quiz30m
Adverbials Type 3 Practice Quiz30m
Graded Quiz30m
Reseñas
Principales reseñas sobre CONJUNCTIONS, CONNECTIVES, AND ADVERB CLAUSES
por TG12 de may. de 2020
Very informative and helpful! I like it has a wide range of exercises that students can practice what they've learned. Emily and Jake also put in nice work to demonstrate the lessons with fun videos.
por HR9 de oct. de 2018
I have really learned some new things. I some one asks me for a better course to learn about conjunctions, connectives and adverb clause, I would recommend this course.\n\nBest regards\n\nHassan
por ER9 de sep. de 2019
I absolutely loved this course, the videos made by Jake and Emily make the topics as fun as easy to understand. They really gave a lot of tips for enhance my english writting skills. Thanks a lot!
por JJ14 de jul. de 2020
It is a very useful course esp when you want to learn editing and proofreading. I liked all the materials and lectures. The instructor is very lucid and clear. It is higly recommeded course.
Acerca de Programa especializado: Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation
This specialization follows our Learn English: Intermediate Grammar specialization and includes more advanced grammar concepts such as noun clauses and conditionals. You'll also learn how to blend verb tenses effectively and how to punctuate sentences correctly. This specialization is useful for non-native English speakers who want to improve their fluency or native speakers who want to improve their accuracy in using English for academic or professional purposes.
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