Curated Video
China, Silk Road - Jiaohe Ancient City
Among the earliest settlers of this area are the Indo-European speaking Tocharians,who had populated the Tarim and Turfan basins no later than 1800 BC. From the years 108 BC to 450 AD the city of Jiaohe was the capital of the Anterior...
Curated Video
China, Silk Road - Jiayuguan Pass
Among the passes on the Great Wall, Jiayuguan is the most intact surviving ancient military building. The pass is also known by the name the "First and Greatest Pass Under Heaven", which is not to be confused with the "First Pass Under...
Curated Video
Quantifying Proportional Relationships Using Graphs
Learn how to quantify and describe the relationship between two proportional measures using graphs. The teacher reviews concepts such as quantities, coordinates, proportional versus non-proportional relationships, and the importance of...
Oxford Online English
How to Answer Sentence Transformation Questions - Cambridge PET Writing Exam
In this lesson, you can learn how to answer sentence transformation questions in the Cambridge PET writing exam. Learn about the 10 most common topics for PET sentence transformation questions. You’ll see sample answers for each...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
How to Write | David Almond | INTERVIEW | Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen
David Almond interview with Michael Rosen Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen David Almond's novels for children and teenagers have all been hugely popular with readers young and old, and highly acclaimed by critics and reviewers....
Brian McLogan
What do you need to know to solve a system of equations using elimination
👉Learn how to solve a system (of equations) by elimination. A system of equations is a set of equations which are collectively satisfied by one solution of the variables. The elimination method of solving a system of equations involves...
Curated OER
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Passive and Active Voice
A screencast lesson defining active and passive voice, demonstrating how to construct a sentence in passive voice, and explaining when using passive voice is appropriate. [16:14]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Passive and Active Voice
An animated video lesson followed by notes and additional examples demonstrating how to write in the passive voice and when it would be appropriate to do so. [5:09]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Making Passive Voice Active
This screencast explains when and why to use active voice and passive voice in writing and how to change from one voice form to the other. It also includes links to additional web resources for changing voices. [3:08]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Active Voice and Passive Voice: English Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to distinguish between the active voice and the passive voice when writing sentences and paragraphs. He also shows how to edit errors that involve the active and passive...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Maintain an Active Voice in a Piece of Writing
Writers use active voice to make their writing strong, clear, and direct. Let's practice making sure that every sentence in our writing is in active voice. [8:23]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Passive Voice
This screencast [2:25] defines passive voice, offers reasons for its use, explains how to write using it, and provides examples throughout. It also offers links to more information about passive voice.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Emphasis: Using the Passive Voice: Lesson 2
The lesson discusses the passive voice. This lesson is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Emphasis: Using the Passive Voice." [3:53]