In this lesson, we'll learn about the participial phrase and the gerund phrase. The participial functions as an adjective and the gerund functions as a noun. Participles and gerunds are types of verbals. A verbal is a verb form that can...

In this video, the teacher explains how writers use participial phrases to add detail and vary their sentence structure. The students are guided through examples and practice exercises to identify and create participial phrases that...

A group of words that may take the place of a part of speech is called a phrase. A phrase is a group of connected words, not containing a subject and a predicate. In other words, a phrase does not have a subject and verb. (If a group of...

First, Mr. P./Marc starts talking about the difference between a clause and a phrase. Then he proceeds by giving four different formulas to use when using participle phrases. On each formula he provides two examples. Before finishing...

In this video, the teacher explains the concept of noun phrases and how writers use them to make their writing more descriptive and specific. The teacher provides examples and practice exercises for adding modifiers to nouns to create...

This video is a helpful guide for writers to understand and fix misplaced and dangling modifiers in their sentences. The teacher explains the concept of modifiers and provides examples of how they can be misplaced or dangling. Viewers...

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...

Pupil outcome: I can use compound adjectives and analogies to create specific effects in my writing. Key learning points: - Compound adjectives are highly effective in your writing. - Compound adjectives are created by combining multiple...