This course will teach you key grammar rules that C1 and C2 students of English often get wrong, but should use accurately if they wish to appear native when communicating.
You will benefit from this course by:
- Learning how to avoid errors with words and phrases at a higher level
- Developing more effective and accurate use of modal verbs
- Mastering complex choices between tenses
- Building expertise in how to use articles
- Growing in advanced knowledge of how to use many other grammatical features, such as issues with the passive form, advanced English phrases, inversion and cleft sentences
Included in the course:
Short lectures looking at language points in detail
Practice tasks on each grammar point covered
Summaries of all video lessons and tasks
What others say about the course:
"This course is amazing. Rupert Walsh's explanation skill is very helpful. I am eager to carry up my English levels through to C2 with these videos." (B.K., USA)
"The lecturer explains the course professionally and can properly convey the knowledge to the students." (M.A., Djibouti)
"The teacher explains every detail clearly and comprehensibly." (M.B., Macedonia)
"Rupert Walsh fascinates me with his clear and easy to understand lectures in English Grammar. His examples are taken from life, exercises online and per handout are good and underline what was taught. Thank you for making me understand the underlying rules for each topic he teaches. Very good and I do recommend this course now regularly among my friends and colleagues. THANK YOU." (N.N. USA)
"This is a wonderful course on Advanced Grammar featuring C1 and C2 learner levels. Clear and succinct explanations with in-depth analyses of various advanced grammar structures. The course is just amazing! Thanks a lot for providing this information to brush up on knowledge and use of grammar! Absolutely love it! Highly recommend it!" (R.H. Uzbekistan)
About Rupert, the tutor:
Rupert has taught English to all levels, ages and nationalities for the past 25 years. Through his guidance, thousands of students have achieved success with FCE, CAE, ESOL (in the UK), IELTS, Pre-Sessional English, BA (Hons) degrees, MA qualifications and teacher training certificates. During the past 14 years, he has taught in British universities and, from 2020 to 2022, he was Programme Leader for all English language courses provided by the University of Portsmouth (UK). His teaching qualifications are at the highest level that English teachers can achieve; they include the DELTA (Merit), MA in Applied Linguistics & TEFL (Distinction), and FHEA. He is also an experienced Business English tutor, having been a Financial Accountant before commencing his teaching career. He has presented at conferences around the world, and regularly publishes research on virtual language learning.
Why should you buy this course?
- You would like to achieve proficiency in English
- You would like to reach a C1 or C2 English level
- It is important to you to eliminate errors from your English grammar
- You want to learn from a highly qualified and experienced English tutor
- You would like a course that you can begin immediately and complete at your own speed
Course Curriculum
Find out what is on the course. Click "PREVIEW" to watch a sample of the lectures.
*Lectures come with accompanying text and practice tasks which you will be able to access once you have purchased the course.
Introduction
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Using Nouns
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- 1.1 Singular or plural choices with connectives, quantifiers and referring words (13:38)
- 1.2 Developing a complex noun (11:58)
- 1.3 Relative clauses: defining, non-defining and omission (15:47)
- 1.4 Irregular nouns (11:48)
- 1.5 Nominalisation (26:44)
- 1.6 Prepositions of Place (27:47)
- 1.7 Prepositions of Time (13:07)
Modal Verbs
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- 2.1 Will for formality, interactions, requests, conditionals and behaviour (10:56)
- 2.2 Will or Going To? Evidence, certainty and decision making (11:24)
- 2.3 Would as past of Will: Past in the future, habits and interactions (11:51)
- 2.4 Would for polite requests: The concept of "distancing" (8:30)
- 2.5 Would for imaginary or hypothetical situations (9:15)
- 2.6 Shall and Should for requests, advice and supposition (10:04)
- 2.7 Can and Could for deduction, possibility, ability and requests (15:35)
- 2.8 Past Modality (16:46)
Tenses
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- 3.1 Tenses overview: Advanced choices (12:58)
- 3.2 Choosing Past Perfect or Past Simple with common word choices (9:32)
- 3.3 Choosing Present Perfect or Past Simple with common word choices (15:21)
- 3.4 Choosing Present Perfect Simple or Continuous: Four choices (13:33)
- 3.5 Past Tenses: Proficiency Choices (14:49)
- 3.6 Past Simple or Continuous: Advanced Choices (10:00)
- 3.7 Perfect Tenses: Complex Choices (14:59)
- 3.8 Historical Present (5:28)
- 3.9 Future In The Past (7:11)
Articles
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- 4.1 Articles: General Rules (11:19)
- 4.2 Articles: "A" & "An" for generalising, introducing, repetition and collective nouns (10:06)
- 4.3 Articles: "The" for specifying, uniqueness, repetition and collective nouns (14:08)
- 4.4 Articles: "No Article" for generalising, introducing, uncountables, collectives and abstract nouns (11:47)
- 4.5 Articles in "Special Cases": Countries, land-based, water-based, structures, place names and transport (20:07)
Advanced Phrases
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The Passive
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Inversion
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The Causative
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Phrasal Verbs
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- 9.1 Phrasal Verbs with AWAY (7:25)
- 9.1 Practice Tasks (6:52)
- 9.2 Phrasal Verbs with ABOUT (3:39)
- 9.2 Practice Tasks (3:59)
- 9.3 Phrasal Verbs with OVER (6:56)
- 9.3 Practice Tasks (6:55)
- 9.4 Phrasal Verbs with IN (5:13)
- 9.4 Practice Tasks (8:16)
- 9.5 Phrasal Verbs with OFF (26:57)
- 9.5 Practice Tasks (8:33)
Closing Section
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