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Public Speaking Tip for Kids - Making Mistakes While Speaking
Our public speaking coach encourages us that it's okay to make mistakes; don't let that stop you! Go out on your way to public speaking knowing that it may not be perfect, but you are learning and you can still be effective.
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Participial Phrases and Participles as Adjectives
Participles can be part of a verb phrase (participial phrase) or act as an adjective. Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how the verb "to wear" functions differently in various sentences.
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What Adjectives Are
Review the definition of an adjective. Adjectives modify nouns, and Yossarian the Grammarian shows the three questions adjectives answer: Which one? What kind of? and How many?
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Transitive Verbs and Direct Objects
Yossarian the Grammarian shows us that transitive verbs have a direct object, while intransitive verbs do not. Sentences are written out to illustrate his point.
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Coordinating Conjunctions and Comma Splices
Use the mnemonic FANBOYS in order to avoid comma splices by connecting nouns and independent clauses with coordinating conjunctions. Yossarian the Grammarian gives sentence examples that included coordinating conjunctions.
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Bedtime Story - A Pipkin Of Pepper
What happens when not a grain of salt is left for pumpkin soup? The cat, duck, and squirrel head to the store in the city but the duck gets distracted by the pepper shop. In the end, the friends all make it back with both pepper and...
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Tips for Public Speaking
This video gives quick tips to know when presenting. It is a little outdated, but the tips are short and to the point.
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What a Verb Is, and What Verbs Aren't
How do you define a verb? A verb has a subject. It is not always accurate to just look for the action. Using a complex sentence written on a whiteboard, Yossarian the Grammarian points out the possible verbs that people see, and what the...
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Bedtime Story - Winnie The Witch
"Winnie the Witch" has a problem: her whole house is black and so is her cat Wilbur, which makes him hard to see! So, she uses magic to change him colors, but poor Wilbur knows he looks ridiculous. Because Winnie loves him, she turns him...
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The Nominal Phrase
A nominal phrase consists of two verbs that function as a noun, according to Yossarian the Grammarian. He explains various parts of speech in two sentence examples written on a whiteboard.
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Bedtime Story - Blot And Og's Monster Party
Pages from "Blot and Og's Monster Party" are shown while John Barrowman recites the story, complete with fun voices and crazy words! A great story about a bunch of friends coming together and having a better time than they could have...
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Public Speaking Tip for Kids - Closing Your Speech
When your audience leaves, you want to leave them with a strong impression. You can end with a summary or a call to action with practical steps. This is basically what our British speaker tells us, along with a few examples, in this...
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Copulative Verbs and Subjective Complements
Copulative verbs, also known as linking verbs, "link" subjective complements and the original noun, basically renaming the noun. The copulative verb acts like an equal sign. Follow Yossarian the Grammarian as he explains several sentence...
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Active Voice and Passive Voice
Identify the subject of the verb and the agent (whatever is doing the action), and you will be able to discern if your sentence is written in the active or passive voice. Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates by writing examples of each...
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Bedtime Story - Bumposaurus
John Barrowman recites "Bumposaurus" for your bedtime story. The moral, "It's ok to be different" comes across clearly in this story of a short-sighted dinosaur who simply needs glasses.
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Gerunds and Gerund Phrases
The gerund is described as just like the present participle by Yossarian the Grammarian. Look for the -ing ending to discover where the gerund is in the sentence.
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Morris the Midget Moose
Grandpa Beetle teaches the little beetles that being little isn't a problem by telling the story of Morris the Midget Moose. When Morris teams up with Balsam, a small-antlered moose, the two make an unbeatable team. The moral of the...
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Lambert The Sheepish Lion
Lambert the Sheepish Lion feels different and out of place among the other sheep; but that is because he's a lion. Little Lambert finally realizes his strength when a wolf comes to attack the flock. Though we may feel different, each of...
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Subordinate Clauses
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...
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The Tale of the Sun and the Moon
The lullaby "The Tale of the Sun and the Moon" is sung and animated in this short clip. In this song, the sun and moon sleep at different times and remain friends by writing letters.
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Ferdinand The Bull
Ferdinand the Bull is a short, classic, Disney cartoon about a friendly and complacent bull. Unfortunately, Ferdinand is chosen for the bullfights, even though he is the least aggressive bull. This only leads to frustration and...
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Halt! Whom Goes There? - Pronoun Case, Continued
Pronoun cases are continued, focusing on the times to use who or whom. As long as you know what part of speech each is functioning as, there is no longer any confusion. Yossarian the Grammarian adeptly explains this concept.
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Public Speaking Tip for Kids - Stop Saying ums and ahs
Reduce the frequency of your filler words with this tip. Watch a British speech presenter model and explain.
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Jonah & the Whale - Children's Bible Stories
The story of Jonah is read from the Bible while illustrated pictures are shown on the video. The first chapter of Jonah is read nearly word for word, and the rest of the story is summarized.
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