Lesson 1: Review of Tenses, Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns, Verb Patterns
This lesson reviews key verb tenses, introduces reflexive verbs and pronouns, and explains common verb patterns in the English language.
About this lesson
In this lesson, you will deepen your understanding of perfect and continuous verb tenses. You will explore the concept of reflexive verbs and pronouns, learning how to use them correctly across a variety of contexts. In addition, we will examine essential verb patterns — such as those followed by an infinitive or a gerund — to sharpen your grammar skills and take your fluency to the next level.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use perfect and continuous verb tenses accurately.
- Identify and use reflexive verbs and pronouns correctly.
- Apply key verb patterns (verb + infinitive/gerund) in sentences.
- Construct complex sentences using the grammatical structures learned.
- Understand and use new academic and more advanced vocabulary items.
Lesson vocabulary
- Reflexive The pronoun 'himself' is reflexive.
- Consciously She consciously decided to improve her skills.
- Crucial Time management is crucial for success.
- Acquire It takes time to acquire new knowledge.
- Mastery Achieving mastery in a skill requires dedication.
- Undertake They decided to undertake a challenging project.
- Invariably His predictions invariably come true.
- Strive We must strive for excellence in everything we do.
- Elaborate They presented an elaborate plan for the new building.
- Perceive People often perceive me as shy at first.
- Facilitate Technology can facilitate learning processes.
- Intrinsic He has an intrinsic motivation to help others.
- Subsequently He graduated, and subsequently found a good job.
- Implement They struggled to implement the new policy.
- Coherent Her arguments were coherent and well-reasoned.
- Diligent A diligent student will always succeed.
- Nonetheless It was cold, but nonetheless, we enjoyed the walk.
- Profound The book had a profound impact on her.