In today’s lesson we are going to compare two verbals: the gerund and the infinitive. From previous lessons, you learned that a gerund is a verb form that acts like a noun. And an infinitive is also a verb form that can take the form of...

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,...

What happens if you want to express past real life situations? What if you want to express a habit that happened in the past or things that were true in the past? These are things or events that used to happen but do not happen any more....

Conditional Sentences have two clauses: the conditional clause and the results clause. The conditional clause is a subordinate adverbial clause usually known as the “IF” clause. The IF clause expresses the condition. The results clause...

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...

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...

Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives can be easily confused as both refer to possession. But their usage is quite different. Possessive pronouns are also called absolute possessive pronouns because they do not need to be used...

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...

A gerund is a type of verbal that has the form of a verb but acts as a noun. In fact, because a gerund looks identical to the present participle some grammarians refer to it as the gerund-participle. This is because both the gerund and...

The implied main idea is not clearly stated in any one sentence in the passage, but it is always there. You just can't take your finger and point at it or take a highlighter and highlight it. The implied main idea comes together in your...

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...

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...

This video is a lecture presentation on the process of genetic engineering. The presenter describes and discusses the steps involved in modifying the genome of a bacterium cell, and then evaluates some of the uses and...

How well do our assumptions about the global challenges of energy, environment and economic development fit the facts? That is a question with which Professor Michael Grubb, Chair of Energy and Climate Policy at the Cambridge...

The video is a lecture presentation discussing the consequences of osmosis. The presenter explains what osmosis is and how it works, with a focus on the movement of water molecules through partially permeable membranes. They also explain...

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Toward a New Global <br/>Financial Architecture

This is a lecture presentation on diffusion, where the process of diffusion of particles in liquids or gases is explained in terms of kinetic particle theory. The presentation incorporates a mixture of two liquids and a demonstration...

This video is a lecture presentation on physical digestion. The speaker discusses the process of breaking down food into smaller pieces without any chemical changes to the food molecules, which is known as physical digestion. The role of...

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The Living History of the Last 30 years: Economic Theory, Politics

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Economic theory has modeled itself on theoretical...

This is a lecture presentation on stars and galaxies. The presenter starts by describing the general structure of our solar system and the Milky Way, which is one of the billions of galaxies in the universe. They explain how astronomical...

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Netwo<br/>rks and Systemic Risks

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Political Economy: What Can Government Do? Wh<br/>at Will Government Do?

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The Consequences of Inequality a<br/>nd Wealth Distribution

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