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...

Here is a video that is not short of detailed information on clauses. Delve deep into the workings of predicates, clauses, and dependent clauses, then have pupils show what they know with an interactive pop quiz. End the...

A subordinate clause, or dependent clause, has a subject-verb combination but it cannot stand on its own because it is an incomplete thought that does not make sense. Yossarian the Grammarian explains that each clause can function like a...

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to determine if a clause is restrictive or nonrestrictive. He also shows where to place each comma after identifying the type of clause. [7:14]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the following dependent clause types: noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses. [8:16]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has a nominal clause as a direct object. [3:10]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to diagram a sentence with a subordinate clause.

This lesson discusses adverb clauses and the associated subordinating conjunctions. This tutorial lesson shares a short video and review questions over the lesson's content. [2:16]

A relative pronoun is a word like "that" or "which" or "who", so a relative clause is a clause that begins with a relative pronoun. In the sentence "The dragon who breathed blue fire has retired," "who breathed blue fire" is a relative...

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...

In this lesson, you will learn how to connect ideas in a text by using example, addition, contrast, and concession transitions. [5:50]

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.

This lesson introduces clauses and discusses how to recognize them.