In this lesson, Mr. P. will talk about the four verb patterns used in the English language. Verb plus -ing verb, verb plus bare infinitive, verb plus full infinitive, and verb plus -ing verb or full infinitive. He will provide a...

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...

This video is about verb patterns. In this mini lesson, Mr. P./Marc will explain four types of verb patterns: Verb + gerund, verb + infinitive, verb + to + gerund, and verb + base of a verb (without either an infinitive or a gerund). As...

Both infinitives and gerunds can act as nouns, and for this reason, it can be confusing to know whether we need to use the infinitive or the gerund in a sentence. In this video, we'll explore six invaluable tips to help ESL...

Verbs can either be transitive or intransitive. Transitive verbs must have a direct object to complete the thought. Intransitive verbs do not have a direct object.

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,...

A linking verb is a type of auxiliary verb that does not show any action. It simply links, or joins, the subject of a sentence to the subject complement (a word that identifies or describes the subject). The forms of the verbs to be, to...

All the words in the English language can be organised into groups according to the role they play in a sentence. We call these groups ‘parts of speech’.Knowing how words function helps us to construct sentences. Words are generally...

Are you on the dating scene, or discussing the exciting details of your friend's dating antics? Here are 20 dating verbs you will need when discussing dating in English.

A present continuous tense lesson. Grammar made easy. I would encourage you to write a few examples in the comments section using the present continuous tense, this is one way to help the rules to stay in your memory.



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In this lesson, Mr. P./Marc explains seven different ways you could use the verb have. Some of them being; have/has got to - have/has better, using have as a full verb, modal auxiliary and auxiliary.

He provides simple examples to...

Adjectives modify nouns and noun phrases. Adverbs modify other adverbs, adjectives or verbs. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain the difference with easy examples. At the end of the lesson there will be an exercise for students to...

Mr. P. starts off by explaining the timeline and the location of the Future Simple on it. Then, he will illustrate the three different types of sentences with examples. Following that, he will explain how and when we use the Future...

This video lesson explains what reflexive pronouns are and when they are used. The lesson includes activities to follow along with to test your understanding.

Subject-verb agreement is for the most part fairly straight forward, but can be tricky when you have compound subjects joined by nor and or, collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, singular nouns that end in s, the pronoun none, inverted...

Let's explore common adverbs of frequency. This English grammar lesson will help you to accurately talk about what you do in your day-to-day life. Do let me know in the comments section if you have any questions about this, and feel...

Direct objects follow action verbs and they receive the action of the verb. Indirect objects instead, tell to or for who and to or for what the action of the verb is done. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain direct and indirect objects...

We use the Past Simple Tense for actions that happened at a certain point in the past. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain how to use the past simple and will talk about the regular and irregular past verbs. He will also focus on the...

Phrasal verbs are difficult to learn and to use. In this video lesson, Mr. P. will try to make this topic of english grammar easier for students. He will explain how a phrasal verb is made of and how to use them. He will talk about...

There are groups of regular and irregular verbs that can be learnt together in order to better remember them. In this lesson, Mr. P. will go over each group of regular and irregular verbs past and past participles. At the end of the...

Mr. P. will discuss how to use the second conditional by first reviewing the two tenses involved. He will then proceed with the explanation using two formulas to build the topic in discussion. He will then list examples and finally, he...

Mr. P. will begin the lesson by giving a description of modal/auxiliary verbs. He will then delve into the three different ways to use may and might. He will end the lesson by giving an exercise to complete. This lesson is designed for...

Expletive constructions are phrases or sentences that begin with “There are,” “There is,” “It is,” “It was", "Here comes", etc. The verb “to be” is also part of many of these uninspired sentences. In this lesson, Mr. P. will give an easy...

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...