TED-Ed
How Misused Modifiers Can Hurt Your Writing
Misplaced modifiers are a common grammar error, but can your learners identify when a modifier can interfere with a reader's understanding? Watch a short and entertaining video from Ted Ed that illustrates misplaced modifiers, as well as...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Making of the Fittest: Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture
Got milk? Only two cultures have had it long enough to develop the tolerance of lactose as an adult. Learn how the responsible genes evolved along with the cultures that have been consuming milk. This rich film is supplied with a few...
PBS
Career Connections | Advertising Director
Being an advertising director requires more than the ability to craft ads for products and services. The president of an advertising, design, and marketing agency details what he believes are the skills essential to becoming an...
TED-Ed
How Many Verb Tenses Are There in English?
You don't need a time machine to travel through time—you just need the English language! Explore the 12 possible ways to describe something that happened, something that is still happening, or something that will happen with an engaging...
Learn English with Rebecca
Tenses Overview - Present, Past, Future, Simple, Continuous, Progressive, Perfect!
Clarify the difference between different verb tenses with a short, informative language arts video. The instructor guides learners through past, present, and future simple tenses; as well as the perfect, progressive, and perfect...
TV411
Dependent and Independent Clauses Join Forces
Young grammarians are often confused by clauses, especially the difference between dependent and independent clauses. Clarify the confusion with a color-coded worksheet that clearly defines and illustrates the differences and then gives...
Yossarian the Grammarian
When "Society" Should Be Replaced by "People": Grammar and Usage
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how decide between using the word "society" and the word "people" when writing or speaking.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Effective Word Choice
This video lesson focuses on effective word choice in writing; it discusses word order, usage, and the need to consider the audience. It explains the need to avoid redundancy and wordiness. It demonstrates how to do this using a student...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Subject Verb Agreement
Agreement is the art of making sure that sentence parts agree with one another; you want to make sure that your subjects and verbs match up.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Agreement
When you match up the subject of a sentence with a verb, it's called 'agreement'. Here's how it works!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
An antecedent is "the thing that came before". When you use a pronoun, it's standing in for a word you used previously-that's the antecedent. Join us as we demonstrate how to make sure that your pronouns and antecedents match up with one...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing: Subject Verb Agreement Basic Example
In this video [1:13] watch Sal work through a basic subject-verb agreement question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.