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Apostrophes to Show Possession: Possessives
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Syntactic Properties of Phrasal Verbs | Lesson 1 of 3
In today’s lesson, we’ll look at phrasal verbs from a grammatical perspective. You’ll learn about the syntactic features of phrasal verbs, particles as adverbs or prepositions, and the difference between phrasal verbs,...
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Double Words: Had Had--Past Perfect Tense
Have you ever encountered the words “had had” in a sentence and thought you were seeing double? Well, rest assured that your eyesight is all right and what you were seeing was a perfectly correct grammatical construction called the past...
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Causative Verbs ~ Advanced English Grammar Lesson
Today, you’ll learn how we define true causative verbs The causative verb structure of the sentence The Causative verb structure of the sentence. (Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative) Using modals with the causative structure The...
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ADVANCED LESSON: How to Reduce the Adjective Clause: Relative Clause Reduction
An adjective clause, also known as an adjectival, or relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. In effect, this clause functions as one part of speech: the adjective. Why would you want or need to reduce the...
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ADVANCED LESSON PART 2: How to Reduce the Adverb Clause
In today’s video we’ll continue with our lesson on Reduced Adverb or Adverbial Clauses. This is an advanced lesson so students will need to be familiar with the present and past participle as well as the perfect aspect of verbs. This...
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INFINITIVES: Everything You Need To Know
An infinitive is a verb that is not bound by time. An infinitive is a base verb, or a verb in its basic form. This is called the bare infinitive. But when you think of the infinitive you probably think of the verb form called the full...
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What is a Noun? Definition, Examples & Practice (Parts of Speech)
In this video, I talk all about nouns. I give the definition, examples, and even a chance for practice. This video will help you master the concept of nouns in English grammar.
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Adverbs vs. Adjectives: Common Mistakes, Examples and Practice
Do you know the difference between adjectives and adverbs? Adverbs and adjectives can actually change the meaning of a sentence and are an important part of speech in English grammar to learn. Check out this video as I explain and give...
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Basic Grammar: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
English grammar lesson for beginners on three basic parts of speech. Two interactive practice activities: sorting and odd-one-out.
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ESL - Parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, etc.)
In this mini lesson, the student will learn about the eight parts of speech. Mr. P. will introduce nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, adverbs, conjunctions, and interjections with easy examples. This lesson is designed for...
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Indefinite Pronoun None: None Is or None Are | Subject-Verb Agreement
In this lesson, we review the controversial pronoun NONE. Some believe that NONE is always singular and takes a singular verb, but this is not always the case. Examples are given.
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Cut the Drama, and Use a Comma
A music video starring Chief Comma. She's got a lot of rules, and you'd better follow them all.
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The Colon: The Great Organizer
A music video starring Deputy Colon. She loves keep things in order with her list-making talent!
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Noun Clauses: Advanced English Grammar | A Noun Clause is a Part of Speech Classed as a Noun
A subordinate or dependent clause that acts as a noun is called a noun (or substantive) clause. When a simple noun is not enough to represent a person, place, thing, or idea, we use a noun clause.
A noun clause usually begins with...
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An Action Verb Expresses Action (Intransitive)
It's intransitive action day, so Vinny the action verb can't have a friend over. He has to play by himself.
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An Interjection Expresses Emotion
Izzy the interjection spends her day preparing to express the exact right amount of emotion.
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Adjective Clauses: An Adjective Clause is a Part of Speech Classed as an Adjective
An adjective clause, also known as an adjectival, or relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. In effect, this clause functions as one part of speech: the adjective. Adjective clauses will always begin with...
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An Action Verb Expresses Action (Transitive)
On transitive action day, the last thing Vinny wants to do is to clean his room.
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An Adverb Modifies Another Adverb
If two adverbs are baking, is there such a thing as too much sugar?
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A Noun Names a Place
Nelson the noun shares pictures of all the places he visited on his vacation.
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Verb Mood: Indicative, Imperative, and Subjunctive | Properties of Verbs
Mood is a property of verbs that shows the mood, or attitude, of the speaker. Mood is used to denote whether the speaker is stating or asserting a fact, asking a question, expressing a condition, or giving a command. In today's lesson,...
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A Merit Badge is Just Like a Cat
A music video staring Li'l Pete the Preposition. He's a grammar scout, and he'll help you locate objects in place and time, if that's what you need.