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University of California, Irvine

Word Forms and Simple Present Tense

University of California, Irvine

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Course 2 of 3 in the Learn English: Beginning Grammar Specialization

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In this course, “Word Forms and Simple Present Tense,” you will learn about different word forms, like nouns, proper nouns, plural forms and singular forms. You will learn when to use the articles “a” and “an.” You will also learn about the BE verb in English, how to form it and when to use it. Then you will learn how to form other verbs in the simple present, including some spelling rules, and how to make negative forms.

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this course was useful and simple to understand for beginner and refresh the knowledge for advanced people. I give this course 4.7

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This course is so much easy. Anyone from other language who have a little bit knowledge of English, can easily complete this course. Matter of fact, all the examples are really understandable.

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Introduction & BE Verb

In this first week, we will look at word forms. You learn about different kinds of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Then you will learn about different kinds of nouns. You will learn about plural and singular nouns, how to make spelling changes, and when to use the articles “a” and “an.” You will also learn about verbs in the simple present. We will start with the BE verb. BE is very common. We use it all of the time.

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Rachel Fernandez
Karen Vallejo
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