Part 1 introduces you to strong verbs, to be verbs, and active/passive voice.
Part 2 introduces you to when to use passive voice, strong/weak subjects (There is, It is), phrasal verbs/single verbs, and how to reduce nominalizations.
Part 3 introduces you to three common academic verb tenses: present, past, and present perfect.
Transcripts
DukeWrites Verbs 1
DukeWrites Verbs 2
DukeWrites Verbs 3
Module developed by Beth C. Long. Last updated May 2017.
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