Focus: Grammar in action

Learn about the two different types of verbs in English: action & state.

State verbs have a special rule that you must understand well to avoid confusion.

Step 1:

Watch the video lesson twice.

The second time, stop the video and make some notes to deepen your understanding of the topic.

Step 2:

When you've finished the video lesson, download the Exercise PDF below and do the exercises.

Make sure you write complete sentences.

Step 3:

When you've finished the exercises, download the ZIP file below.

Use the Answer key PDF to check and correct your answers.

Then, use the Audio file to practise and master these two tenses through two listening activities:

Activity 1: Listen & write (or type) each correct answer.

Activity 2: Listen & repeat each correct answer out loud several times without looking at the text.

Step 4:

When you feel you've fully mastered the material in this lesson, take the quiz.

You need to get a minimum score of 80% in each quiz to receive your Certificate of Completion, so repeat the quiz until you score above 80%. You can take each quiz up to 10 times.