Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Errors Involving Participial Phrases: Part I
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to edit error in sentences that have participial phrases. [8:53]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Participial Phrases and Participles as Adjectives: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the topic of participial phrases and participles as adjectives. [4:34]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: More on Restrictive Elements, Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to punctuate restrictive clauses and phrases. He also show the viewer how to revise restrictive clauses for clarity. [7:24]
Yossarian the Grammarian
English Grammar Lesson: Past Participles and Present Participles
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the differences among the following verb tenses: past tense verbs, present participle verbs, and past participle verbs. [4:28]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains what gerunds are. He also explains how gerunds function in a sentence. [5:16]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Appositive and Punctuation: English Grammar, Language
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how punctuate appositive phrases. [8:05]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Infinitive Phrases: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian gives a lesson on the topic of infinitive phrases. He also explains the way to test an infinitive phrase to see if it is used with grammatical correctness in a sentence. [5:46]
Yossarian the Grammarian
The Nominal Phrase: English Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the topic of "nominal phrase" to students. [9:55]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Comma Splices, Independent Clauses, and Subordinate Clauses
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to avoid comma splices when working with independent and subordinate clauses. [6:42]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional phrases are word chunks that begin with a preposition.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Phrases and Clauses
A phrase is any collection of words that behaves like a part of speech, like a noun phrase ("my brother Stu"), an adjectival phrase ("in a different shade of blue"), or an adverbial phrase ("with elegance and tact"). A clause is any noun...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Clauses: Lesson 1
This video [2:18] introduces clauses and discusses how to recognize them. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Clauses." Incldues a short quiz.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Phrases: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces phrases and discusses how to recognize them. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Phrases."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Correcting Split Infinitives
This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct a split infinitive. [5:32]
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: How to Recognize a Phrase: No Nonsense Grammar
This video focuses on phrases, groups of related words that does not include both a subject and a verb. It only has one or the other.