This is the first course in the Learn English: Intermediate Grammar specialization. In this course, you will learn about important intermediate verb tenses, including present perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect, and past perfect progressive. You will also learn about common modal verbs used in English. This course is designed for learners who have a basic understanding of English grammar but who want to learn more and improve their skills for everyday speaking or writing, as well as for academics. It will be a fun class with lots of entertaining and informative video lectures.
Perfect Tenses and Modals
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Perfect Tenses and Modals
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This course helped me how I could build new words and before this course, i was not able to create more sentences but now I feel that I could make more stories.
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Thank you so much for helping me learn about perfect tenses and modals. It really helps me alot and surely its the best way to enhance our knowledge.Thank you to coursera!
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Reviewed on Apr 6, 2020
This course is a very useful course from which I had corrected all of my mistakes in perfect tenses and modals.I also got a very good experience by doing this course.
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