Rebekah Hendershot makes learning English Grammar fun for both the native speaker improving their writing or for English learners working on the basics. Rebekah begins with explanations of grammar concepts, then dives into detail with examples from pop culture and classic literature, before ending lessons with hands-on examples in useful contexts. Rebekah utilizes her Master's of Professional Writing from the University of Southern California as well as her experience teaching and editing under her own company from 2006. Her course covers everything from the parts of speech, tenses, troublesome verbs, parallelism, and idioms.
| I. Parts of Speech |
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Nouns |
12:48 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:06 | |
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What is a Noun? |
0:31 | |
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| Where it Comes From |
0:34 | |
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| Definition |
0:41 | |
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| Think Johnstown |
0:46 | |
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Find the Nouns Practice |
1:04 | |
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Find the Nouns Answers |
1:29 | |
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Singular and Plural Nouns |
1:58 | |
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| Singular Nouns |
2:05 | |
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| Plural Nouns |
2:09 | |
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Singular and Plural Nouns Examples |
2:26 | |
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| Ends in S Sound |
2:36 | |
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Collective Nouns |
2:54 | |
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| Definition |
2:56 | |
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| Treated as Singular Nouns |
3:07 | |
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Collective Nouns Examples |
3:20 | |
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns |
3:46 | |
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| Concrete Nouns |
3:50 | |
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| Abstract Nouns |
4:07 | |
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| Concrete Nouns Examples |
4:20 | |
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| Abstract Nouns Examples |
4:42 | |
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Proper and Common Nouns |
5:14 | |
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| Proper Nouns |
5:17 | |
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| Common Nouns |
5:25 | |
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| Capitalization |
5:41 | |
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Proper and Common Nouns Examples |
6:06 | |
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Count and Non-Count Nouns |
6:30 | |
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| Count Nouns |
6:34 | |
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| Non-Count Nouns |
6:47 | |
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| Examples |
7:13 | |
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Find the Nouns Practice |
7:44 | |
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Find the Nouns Answers |
8:25 | |
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Find the Nouns Practice 1 |
10:34 | |
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Find the Nouns Answers 2 |
11:12 | |
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Pronouns |
13:32 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:06 | |
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What is a Pronoun? |
0:33 | |
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| Takes Place Of Nouns |
0:48 | |
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Personal Pronouns |
1:13 | |
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| Singular |
1:24 | |
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| Plural |
1:33 | |
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Find the Personal Pronouns Practice |
1:43 | |
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Find the Personal Pronouns Answers |
1:59 | |
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Possessive Pronouns |
2:33 | |
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| Function |
2:37 | |
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Find the Possessive Pronouns Practice |
3:01 | |
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Find the Possessive Pronouns Answers |
3:16 | |
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Reflexive Pronouns |
3:41 | |
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| Function |
3:46 | |
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Find the Reflexive Pronouns Practice |
4:05 | |
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Find the Reflexive Pronouns Answers |
4:24 | |
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Relative Pronouns |
4:50 | |
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| Function |
4:52 | |
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Wait! What's a Clause? |
5:04 | |
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| Clause |
5:09 | |
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| Independent Clause |
5:23 | |
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| Subordinate Clause |
5:31 | |
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Find the Relative Pronouns Practice |
5:40 | |
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Find the Relative Pronouns Answers |
6:00 | |
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Demonstrative Pronouns |
7:11 | |
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| Function |
7:17 | |
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Find the Demonstrative Pronouns Practice |
7:34 | |
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Find the Demonstrative Pronouns Answers |
7:45 | |
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Indefinite Pronouns |
8:14 | |
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| Function |
8:21 | |
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Find the Indefinite Pronouns Practice |
8:48 | |
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Find the Indefinite Pronouns Answers |
9:13 | |
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Interrogative Pronouns |
9:49 | |
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| Function |
9:54 | |
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Find the Interrogative Pronouns Practice |
10:06 | |
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Find the Interrogative Pronouns Answers |
10:24 | |
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Telling Pronouns from Adjectives |
10:45 | |
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| How to Tell Apart |
10:59 | |
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| Examples |
11:26 | |
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Find the Pronouns Practice |
12:05 | |
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Find the Pronouns Answers |
12:31 | |
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Verbs |
11:46 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:06 | |
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What is a Verb? |
0:41 | |
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| Definition |
0:55 | |
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Kinds of Verbs |
1:28 | |
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| Action Verbs |
1:32 | |
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| Linking Verbs |
1:39 | |
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| Helping Verbs |
2:08 | |
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How Verbs Vary: Person |
2:47 | |
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| Person and Number |
2:58 | |
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Follow the Verbs! Practice |
4:03 | |
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Follow the Verbs! Practice |
4:28 | |
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How Verbs Vary: Basic Verb Forms |
4:49 | |
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| Base Form |
4:57 | |
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| Present Participle Form |
5:40 | |
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| Past Participle Form |
6:08 | |
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How Verbs Vary: Tense |
6:43 | |
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| Examples |
7:13 | |
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| Perfect Tense |
7:49 | |
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| Progressive Tense |
8:26 | |
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Find the Verbs Practice |
9:19 | |
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Find the Verbs Answers |
10:01 | |
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Adjectives |
18:33 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
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What is an Adjective? |
0:47 | |
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| Definition |
0:52 | |
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| Placement in Sentence |
1:04 | |
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| Importance |
1:26 | |
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Adjectives That Describe |
1:36 | |
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| Examples |
1:56 | |
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Adjectives That Count |
3:18 | |
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| Examples |
3:28 | |
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Adjectives That Specify |
4:00 | |
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| What They Point Out |
4:08 | |
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| Examples |
4:25 | |
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Anything Can Be An Adjective |
5:01 | |
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| What Can Be An Adjective |
5:10 | |
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| Examples |
5:20 | |
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Adjective or Noun? Practice |
6:16 | |
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Adjective or Noun? Answers |
7:00 | |
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Adjectives vs. Adverbs |
7:56 | |
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| What Adjectives Modify |
8:00 | |
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| What Adverbs Modify |
8:24 | |
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Adjective or Adverb? Practice |
8:54 | |
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Adjective or Adverb? Answers |
9:33 | |
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Linking Verbs and Adjectives |
11:05 | |
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| What Are Linking Verbs |
11:13 | |
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| Examples |
11:32 | |
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Using Adjectives Correctly |
12:35 | |
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| Adjectives Must Always Modify Nouns or Pronouns |
12:39 | |
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| Examples |
12:54 | |
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Exercise: Find the Adjectives |
14:11 | |
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Exercise Answers: Find the Adjectives |
14:47 | |
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Exercise 2: Find the Adjectives |
16:30 | |
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Exercise 2 Answers: Find the Adjectives |
17:09 | |
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Adverbs |
9:26 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:06 | |
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What is an Adverb? |
0:22 | |
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| Definition |
0:25 | |
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| Often Describes |
0:36 | |
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Adverbs vs Adjectives |
0:51 | |
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| Distinction |
1:19 | |
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Adverb or Adjective? Practice |
1:42 | |
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Adverb or Adjective? Answers |
2:21 | |
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Using Adverbs Correctly |
3:52 | |
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| Common Mistakes |
4:08 | |
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Find the Adverbs Practice |
5:15 | |
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Find the Adverbs Answers |
6:01 | |
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Find the Adverbs Practice 2 |
7:24 | |
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Find the Adverbs Answers 2 |
7:56 | |
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Prepositions |
11:31 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
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What is a Preposition? |
0:21 | |
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| Definition |
0:26 | |
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| Prepositional Phrases |
0:42 | |
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Examples of Prepositions |
1:03 | |
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Anything You Can Do to a Log |
1:45 | |
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Prepositional Phrases |
2:56 | |
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| Begin with a Preposition |
3:02 | |
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Find the Prepositional Phrases Practice |
3:27 | |
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Find the Prepositional Phrases Answers |
3:43 | |
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Find the Prepositions Practice |
4:39 | |
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Find the Prepositions Answers |
5:02 | |
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Using Prepositions Correctly |
6:53 | |
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| Always Use in Prepositional Phrases |
6:57 | |
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Find the Prepositions 2 Practice |
7:40 | |
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Find the Prepositions 2 Answers |
8:09 | |
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Find the Prepositions 3 Practice |
9:42 | |
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Find the Prepositions 3 Answers |
10:15 | |
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Conjunctions |
19:51 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
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What is a Conjunction? |
0:29 | |
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| Definition |
0:31 | |
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| 4 Kinds of Conjunctions |
0:46 | |
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Coordinating Conjunctions |
0:55 | |
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| Definition |
1:06 | |
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| List of Coordinating Conjunctions |
1:39 | |
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| Practice |
1:52 | |
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| Answers |
2:22 | |
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Correlative Conjunctions |
3:50 | |
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| Definition |
3:52 | |
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| List of Correlative Conjunction Examples |
4:12 | |
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| Practice |
4:31 | |
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| Answers |
4:57 | |
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Subordinating Conjunctions |
5:47 | |
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| Definition |
5:50 | |
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| How They're Different |
5:55 | |
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| List of Subordinating Conjunctions Examples |
6:16 | |
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| Practice |
6:47 | |
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| Answers |
7:15 | |
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Conjunctive Adverbs |
9:41 | |
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| Definition |
9:46 | |
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| List of Commonly Used Conjunctive Adverbs |
10:15 | |
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| Practice |
10:48 | |
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| Answers |
11:13 | |
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Conjunctive Adverbs vs. Subordinating Conjunctions |
12:44 | |
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| Example |
12:51 | |
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Find and Identify the Conjunctions Practice |
13:37 | |
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Find and Identify the Conjunctions Answers |
14:08 | |
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Using Conjunctions Correctly |
15:18 | |
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| Use Coordinating Conjunctions |
15:22 | |
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| Use Correlative Conjunctions |
15:29 | |
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| Use Subordinating Conjunctions |
15:37 | |
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| Use Conjunctive Adverbs |
15:46 | |
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Use the Right Conjunction Practice |
15:55 | |
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Use the Right Conjunction Answers |
16:26 | |
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Find and Identify the Conjunctions Practice |
17:39 | |
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Find and Identify the Conjunctions Answers |
18:02 | |
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Find and Identify the Conjunctions 2 Practice |
18:56 | |
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Find and Identify the Conjunctions 2 Answers |
19:15 | |
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Interjections |
7:42 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
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What is an Interjection? |
0:25 | |
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| Definition |
0:27 | |
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| Examples |
0:46 | |
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Punctuating Interjections |
0:52 | |
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| Followed by Exclamation Point |
1:02 | |
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| Beginning of Sentence |
1:13 | |
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| Classic Literature |
1:28 | |
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| Example |
2:01 | |
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Common Interjections |
2:27 | |
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Find the Interjections Practice |
2:56 | |
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Find the Interjections Answers |
3:17 | |
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Using Interjections Correctly |
3:51 | |
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| Punctuation to Use |
4:06 | |
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| Use Sparingly |
4:37 | |
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Choose Your Interjections Practice |
4:47 | |
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Choose Your Interjections Answers |
5:14 | |
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Who Says It? Practice |
5:45 | |
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Who Says It? Answers |
6:10 | |
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Find the Interjections Practice |
6:35 | |
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Find the Interjections Answers |
6:57 | |
| II. Verb Forms and Tenses |
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Basic Verb Forms |
11:41 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:09 | |
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What is a Verb? |
0:40 | |
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| Definition |
0:43 | |
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| Five Major Kinds of Verb |
1:03 | |
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Action Verbs |
1:33 | |
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| Examples |
1:40 | |
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Linking Verbs |
1:57 | |
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| Replace with Equal Sign |
2:07 | |
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| Examples |
2:15 | |
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| Complement |
2:49 | |
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Helping Verbs |
3:02 | |
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| Examples |
3:20 | |
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Transitive Verbs |
3:45 | |
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| Definition |
3:59 | |
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| Examples |
4:18 | |
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Intransitive Verbs |
4:54 | |
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| Examples |
5:02 | |
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Basic Verb Forms |
5:20 | |
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| 3 Basic Forms |
5:38 | |
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The Base Form |
6:06 | |
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| Examples |
6:35 | |
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The Present Participle Form |
6:51 | |
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| Created by Adding -ing |
6:57 | |
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| If it Ends in E |
7:16 | |
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| If the Last Syllable of the Base For Has a Short Vowel Sound |
7:36 | |
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The Past Participle Form |
8:06 | |
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| Created By |
8:09 | |
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| Complications |
8:26 | |
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Write the Verb Forms |
8:52 | |
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| Fill in the Blanks |
9:15 | |
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Using Basic Verb Forms |
10:05 | |
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Find the Verbs Practice |
10:29 | |
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Find the Verbs Answers |
10:53 | |
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Simple Tenses |
12:12 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
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What is a Verb Tense? |
0:33 | |
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| Definition |
0:42 | |
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| 3 Simple Tenses |
0:51 | |
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Review of Basic Verb Forms |
1:12 | |
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| Definition |
1:21 | |
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| Present Participle Form |
1:39 | |
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| Past Participle Form |
1:48 | |
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Single Present Tense |
2:01 | |
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| Third-Person Singular |
2:16 | |
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| Examples |
2:29 | |
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Simple Past Tense |
3:11 | |
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| Form Past Tense |
3:20 | |
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| Examples |
3:34 | |
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Irregular Past Tense and Past Participle |
4:00 | |
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| Most Irregular Verb |
4:25 | |
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Irregular Verbs with Same Past & Past Participle Forms |
5:09 | |
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Irregular Verbs with Different Past & Past Participle Forms |
5:40 | |
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Irregular Verbs with Same Base |
6:03 | |
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Learning Irregular Verbs |
6:34 | |
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| Best Way to Learn Irregular Verbs |
6:44 | |
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Simple Future Tense |
7:04 | |
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| You It for 2 Kinds of Actions |
7:13 | |
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Using Simple Tenses |
8:01 | |
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| Use it For |
8:05 | |
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| Examples |
8:15 | |
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| Use Simple Past Tense |
8:36 | |
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| Examples |
8:42 | |
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| Using Simple Future Tense |
9:06 | |
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| Examples |
9:15 | |
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Using Simple Tenses Practice |
9:29 | |
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Using Simple Tenses Answers |
9:55 | |
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Using Simple Tenses Practice 2 |
10:37 | |
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Using Simple Tenses Answers 2 |
11:08 | |
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Perfect Tenses |
11:21 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:09 | |
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What is a Perfect Tense? |
0:30 | |
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| Definition |
0:33 | |
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| Form |
0:50 | |
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Present Perfect Tense |
1:04 | |
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| To Form the Present Perfect Tense |
1:07 | |
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| When to Use |
1:20 | |
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| Examples |
1:28 | |
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Past Perfect Tense |
2:06 | |
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| When to Use |
2:14 | |
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| Examples |
2:37 | |
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Future Perfect Tense |
3:08 | |
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| When to Use |
3:18 | |
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| Examples |
3:33 | |
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Irregular Perfect Tenses |
4:18 | |
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| Examples |
4:32 | |
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Using Perfect Tenses Practice |
5:08 | |
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Using Perfect Tenses Answers |
5:44 | |
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Using Perfect Tenses Correctly |
6:59 | |
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| Present Perfect Tense |
7:06 | |
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| Past Perfect Tense |
7:20 | |
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| Future Perfect Tense |
7:40 | |
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Using Perfect Tenses Practice 2 |
7:55 | |
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Using Perfect Tenses Answers 2 |
8:28 | |
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Using Perfect Tenses Practice 3 |
9:24 | |
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Using Perfect Tenses Answers 3 |
10:00 | |
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Progressive Tenses |
12:00 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:06 | |
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What is a Progressive Tense? |
0:36 | |
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| What It Describes |
0:40 | |
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| Formed |
0:55 | |
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| Present participle Form |
1:05 | |
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Present Progressive Tense |
1:12 | |
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| Form the Present Progressive Tense |
1:15 | |
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| Use and Examples |
1:30 | |
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Past Progressive Tense |
2:02 | |
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| Formed |
2:06 | |
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| Examples |
2:29 | |
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Future Progressive Tense |
3:03 | |
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| Form the Future Perfect Tense |
3:05 | |
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| When to Use |
3:12 | |
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| Examples |
3:19 | |
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Perfect Progressive Tenses |
3:45 | |
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| Verb in Perfect Progressive Tense Describes |
3:53 | |
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| Form |
4:13 | |
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| Examples |
4:24 | |
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Past Perfect Progressive Tense |
5:05 | |
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| Formed |
5:08 | |
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| Use |
5:17 | |
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| Examples |
5:25 | |
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Future Perfect Progressive Tense |
6:02 | |
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| Form |
6:04 | |
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| Use |
6:11 | |
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| Examples |
6:17 | |
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Using Progressive Tenses Practice |
6:53 | |
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Using Progressive Tenses Answers |
7:27 | |
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Using Perfect Progressive Tenses Practice |
8:31 | |
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Using Perfect Progressive Tenses Answers |
9:08 | |
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Use the Correct Tense Practice |
10:12 | |
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Use the Correct Tense Answers |
10:44 | |
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Conditional Tenses & Subjunctive Mood |
10:28 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:09 | |
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What are Conditional Tenses? |
0:27 | |
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| Definition |
0:31 | |
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| Two Parts |
0:43 | |
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Conditional Tenses |
1:13 | |
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| If Your Statement States a Conditional Fact |
1:14 | |
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| Examples |
1:26 | |
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| If Your Statement Makes a Prediction |
1:46 | |
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| Examples |
2:02 | |
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| If Your Sentence Speculates About Something Unlikely to Happen |
2:21 | |
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| Examples |
2:39 | |
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| If Your Sentence Speculates About Something That Didn't Happen |
3:21 | |
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| Examples |
3:44 | |
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| If Your Sentence Speculates About Somethings That's Contrary to Fact |
4:11 | |
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| Examples |
4:37 | |
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The Subjunctive Mood |
5:09 | |
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| Moods are Different From Tenses |
5:16 | |
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| When Subjunctive Mood is Used |
5:32 | |
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| Use to Describe Somethings Wished For |
5:57 | |
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| Use to Describe Somethings Requested |
6:06 | |
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| Use to Describe Somethings Contrary to Fact |
6:18 | |
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Use the Correct Tense Practice |
6:33 | |
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Use the Correct Tense Answers |
7:08 | |
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Use the Correct Tense Practice 2 |
8:15 | |
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Use the Correct Tense Answers 2 |
8:56 | |
| III. Sentence Parts and Patterns |
| |
Subjects |
15:08 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:09 | |
| | |
What is a Sentence? |
0:43 | |
| | |
| Series of Words |
0:48 | |
| | |
| Exceptions |
1:01 | |
| | |
What is a Subject? |
1:09 | |
| | |
| Definition |
1:10 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:24 | |
| | |
| Usually Comes Before the Verb |
1:48 | |
| | |
| Exception 1 |
1:56 | |
| | |
| Exception 2 |
2:25 | |
| | |
| Exception 3 |
2:57 | |
| | |
The Simple Subject |
3:14 | |
| | |
| Definition |
3:18 | |
| | |
| Examples |
3:28 | |
| | |
| Can Be a Single Word, Phrase or Clause |
4:29 | |
| | |
| Examples |
4:44 | |
| | |
The Complete Subject |
5:29 | |
| | |
| Definition |
5:32 | |
| | |
| Examples |
5:39 | |
| | |
Find the Subjects Practice |
5:50 | |
| | |
Find the Subjects Answers |
6:09 | |
| | |
The Understood Subject |
6:54 | |
| | |
| Imperative Sentence |
7:00 | |
| | |
| Examples |
7:18 | |
| | |
The Single Subject |
7:55 | |
| | |
| Definition |
7:59 | |
| | |
| Examples |
8:08 | |
| | |
The Compound Subject |
8:46 | |
| | |
| Definition |
8:47 | |
| | |
| Examples |
8:54 | |
| | |
| When It's Joined by 'and' |
9:34 | |
| | |
| When It's Joined by 'or' |
9:46 | |
| | |
Finding the Subject |
10:27 | |
| | |
| Usually Find Near the Beginning of the Sentence |
1:30 | |
| | |
| Sometimes it Comes Before the Subject |
10:58 | |
| | |
| Never Part of a Prepositional Phrase |
11:23 | |
| | |
| Examples |
11:30 | |
| | |
Find the Subject Practice |
11:52 | |
| | |
Find the Subject Answers |
12:17 | |
| | |
Find the Subject Practice |
13:14 | |
| | |
Find the Subject Answers |
13:47 | |
| |
Predicates |
13:02 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
| | |
What is a Predicate? |
0:25 | |
| | |
| Definition |
0:28 | |
| | |
| Objects, Modifiers, and Complements |
0:40 | |
| | |
The Single Predicate |
1:16 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:36 | |
| | |
The Compound Predicate |
2:35 | |
| | |
| Examples |
2:48 | |
| | |
Predicates and Sentence Patterns |
3:24 | |
| | |
| Pattern 1: Subject-Verb |
3:41 | |
| | |
| Pattern 2: Subject-Linking Verb-Complement |
3:58 | |
| | |
| Pattern 3: Subject-Verb-Direct Object |
4:23 | |
| | |
| Pattern 4: Subject-Verb-Indirect Object |
4:51 | |
| | |
Linking Verbs and Complements |
5:16 | |
| | |
| Linking Verbs |
5:19 | |
| | |
| Complements |
5:25 | |
| | |
| Examples |
5:40 | |
| | |
| To Be |
5:59 | |
| | |
| Descriptive Verbs |
6:08 | |
| | |
| Examples |
6:23 | |
| | |
| If the Predicate Does Not Have a Subject Complement |
7:04 | |
| | |
| Examples |
7:13 | |
| | |
Find the Predicates Practice |
8:22 | |
| | |
Find the Predicates Answers |
8:44 | |
| | |
Find the Predicates Practice 2 |
9:45 | |
| | |
Find the Predicates Answers 2 |
10:14 | |
| | |
Find the Predicates Practice 3 |
11:13 | |
| | |
Find the Predicates Answers 3 |
11:44 | |
| |
Objects |
11:49 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Objectives |
0:07 | |
| | |
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs |
0:24 | |
| | |
| Transitive Verb |
0:28 | |
| | |
| Intransitive Verb |
0:57 | |
| | |
What is an Object? |
1:18 | |
| | |
| Definition |
1:20 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:36 | |
| | |
The Direct Object |
2:22 | |
| | |
| Definition |
2:26 | |
| | |
| Examples |
2:29 | |
| | |
The Indirect Object |
2:50 | |
| | |
| Examples |
2:55 | |
| | |
Object of a Verb vs. Object or a Preposition |
4:24 | |
| | |
| Examples |
4:38 | |
| | |
Find the Objects Practice |
5:40 | |
| | |
Find the Objects Answers |
6:04 | |
| | |
Find the Objects Practice 2 |
8:05 | |
| | |
Find the Objects Answers 2 |
8:24 | |
| | |
Find the Objects Practice 3 |
9:48 | |
| | |
Find the Objects Answers 3 |
10:11 | |
| |
Sentence Types |
9:18 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Objectives |
0:06 | |
| | |
What is a Sentence? |
0:24 | |
| | |
| Definition |
0:27 | |
| | |
| Basic Order for Sentences |
0:38 | |
| | |
| Four Common Subject-Predicate Patterns |
0:50 | |
| | |
The Simple Sentence |
1:10 | |
| | |
| Definition |
1:11 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:56 | |
| | |
The Compound Sentence |
2:11 | |
| | |
| Definition |
2:15 | |
| | |
| Example |
2:33 | |
| | |
The Complex Sentence |
2:59 | |
| | |
| Definition |
3:02 | |
| | |
| Example |
3:12 | |
| | |
The Compound-Complex Sentence |
3:47 | |
| | |
| Definition |
3:51 | |
| | |
| Example |
4:03 | |
| | |
What Kind of Sentence? Practice |
4:44 | |
| | |
What Kind of Sentence? Answers |
5:03 | |
| | |
What Kind of Sentence? Practice 2 |
6:08 | |
| | |
What Kind of Sentence? Answers 2 |
6:26 | |
| | |
What Kind of Sentence? Practice 3 |
7:29 | |
| | |
What Kind of Sentence? Answers 3 |
7:50 | |
| IV. Trouble with Verbs |
| |
Helping Verbs |
8:42 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
| | |
What is a Helping Verb? |
0:32 | |
| | |
| Indicate the Tense of the Base Verb |
0:34 | |
| | |
| Two Kinds of Helping Verbs |
0:56 | |
| | |
Helping Verbs: Tenses |
1:03 | |
| | |
| To Have, To Do, and To Be |
1:07 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:16 | |
| | |
Helping Verbs: Modals |
2:02 | |
| | |
| Modals Defined |
2:04 | |
| | |
| Examples |
2:23 | |
| | |
How to Use Helping Verbs |
2:46 | |
| | |
| Use the Base Form After Modal Helping Verbs |
3:02 | |
| | |
| Use the Base Form After Forms of Do |
3:09 | |
| | |
| Use the Present Participle Form After Forms of Be |
3:18 | |
| | |
| Use the Past Participle After Forms of Have |
3:29 | |
| | |
| Be Should be Preceded by a Modal |
3:40 | |
| | |
| Been Must be Preceded by Have, Has or Had |
4:12 | |
| | |
What Modals Mean |
4:30 | |
| | |
| Will/ Would/ Could |
4:37 | |
| | |
| Can/ Could |
4:55 | |
| | |
| May/ Might, Can/ Could |
5:08 | |
| | |
| May/ Might |
5:22 | |
| | |
| Should (recommendation) |
5:41 | |
| | |
| Should (expectation) |
5:54 | |
| | |
| Must, Have To, Ought To, Need To |
6:02 | |
| | |
Use the Correct Helping Verb Practice |
6:18 | |
| | |
Use the Correct Helping Verb Answers |
6:45 | |
| | |
Use the Correct Helping Verb Practice 2 |
7:21 | |
| | |
Use the Correct Helping Verb Answers 2 |
7:42 | |
| |
Infinitives & Gerunds |
12:50 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Objectives |
0:07 | |
| | |
What is a Gerund? |
0:30 | |
| | |
| Definition |
0:33 | |
| | |
| Functions as a Noun |
0:46 | |
| | |
| Example |
1:23 | |
| | |
Using Gerunds |
1:59 | |
| | |
| Used as Subjects |
2:02 | |
| | |
| Used as Complements |
2:14 | |
| | |
| Used as Objects |
2:54 | |
| | |
| Use Gerunds After Certain Verbs |
3:52 | |
| | |
| Examples |
4:19 | |
| | |
What is An Infinitive? |
5:09 | |
| | |
| Definition |
5:15 | |
| | |
| 'To' Can Also Be a Preposition |
5:38 | |
| | |
Using Infinitives |
6:15 | |
| | |
| List of Verbs You See Infinitives After |
6:23 | |
| | |
| Examples |
6:39 | |
| | |
| Use After These Verbs When Verb is Followed By a Noun or Pronoun |
6:57 | |
| | |
| Examples |
7:31 | |
| | |
Infinitive or Gerund |
8:23 | |
| | |
| Describing an Activity |
8:31 | |
| | |
| Examples |
9:00 | |
| | |
Infinitive or Gerund? Practice |
9:24 | |
| | |
Infinitive or Gerund? Answers |
9:55 | |
| | |
Infinitive or Gerund? Practice 2 |
10:55 | |
| | |
Infinitive or Gerund? Answers 2 |
11:21 | |
| |
Troublesome Verbs |
10:28 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:08 | |
| | |
Pop Quiz! |
0:41 | |
| | |
| Answer |
0:52 | |
| | |
Three Pairs of Troublesome Verbs |
1:01 | |
| | |
| Transitive and Intransitive |
1:15 | |
| | |
Lay vs. Lie |
2:07 | |
| | |
| Lie |
2:09 | |
| | |
| Lay |
2:18 | |
| | |
| Trick to Remember |
2:46 | |
| | |
Sit vs. Set |
3:28 | |
| | |
| Sit |
3:33 | |
| | |
| Set |
3:52 | |
| | |
| Exception |
4:05 | |
| | |
Rise vs. Raise |
4:23 | |
| | |
| Rise |
4:28 | |
| | |
| Raise |
4:42 | |
| | |
Forms of Troublesome Verbs |
5:12 | |
| | |
Choose the Right Verb Practice |
6:45 | |
| | |
Choose the Right Verb Answers |
7:10 | |
| | |
Choose the Right Verb Practice 2 |
7:42 | |
| | |
Choose the Right Verb Answers 2 |
8:20 | |
| | |
Choose the Right Verb Practice 3 |
9:22 | |
| | |
Choose the Right Verb Answers 3 |
9:43 | |
| |
Consistent Tense, Mood & Voice |
15:09 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:08 | |
| | |
Consistent Tense |
0:57 | |
| | |
| Common Mistake |
1:00 | |
| | |
| Example |
1:26 | |
| | |
| Should It Be In the Past Tense? |
1:43 | |
| | |
| Should It Be In the Present Tense? |
2:17 | |
| | |
| Consistency is a Matter of Avoiding Unnecessary Shifts |
3:01 | |
| | |
| Example |
3:14 | |
| | |
Consistent Tense Practice |
4:19 | |
| | |
Consistent Tense Answers |
4:41 | |
| | |
Consistent Mood |
5:31 | |
| | |
| Indicative Mood |
5:44 | |
| | |
| Imperative Mood |
6:20 | |
| | |
| Subjunctive Mood |
6:59 | |
| | |
Consistent Mood Example |
7:24 | |
| | |
| Answers |
8:00 | |
| | |
Consistent Mood in Indicative Mood |
8:26 | |
| | |
Consistent Mood in Imperative Mood |
8:47 | |
| | |
Consistent Mood: Sometimes Shift is Necessary |
9:16 | |
| | |
| Example |
9:26 | |
| | |
Consistent Voice |
10:17 | |
| | |
| Active Voice |
10:23 | |
| | |
| Passive Voice |
10:36 | |
| | |
| Active Voice is More Direct and Engaging Than Passive. |
11:08 | |
| | |
| Passive Voice is Correct When You Want to Minimize the Significance of the Agent |
11:35 | |
| | |
| Passive Voice is Correct When You Want to Emphasize the Recipient of Action |
11:53 | |
| | |
| Passive Voice is Correct When The Agent of Caution is Unknown |
12:23 | |
| | |
| Never Allow Voice to Shift Without a Reason |
12:53 | |
| | |
Consistent Voice Practice |
13:47 | |
| | |
Consistent Voice Answers |
14:16 | |
| |
Subject-Verb Agreement |
18:11 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
| | |
Basic Subject-Verb Agreement |
0:51 | |
| | |
| Number & Person |
0:55 | |
| | |
| Rule for Single Subject |
1:19 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:26 | |
| | |
| Compound Subject Rule 1 |
1:47 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:57 | |
| | |
| Compound Subject Rule 2 |
3:07 | |
| | |
| Examples |
3:20 | |
| | |
Basic Subject-Verb Agreement Practice |
3:42 | |
| | |
Basic Subject-Verb Agreement Answers |
4:00 | |
| | |
Distractions |
4:24 | |
| | |
| Interrupters |
4:37 | |
| | |
| Examples |
4:48 | |
| | |
| Inverted Sentences |
5:08 | |
| | |
| Examples |
5:33 | |
| | |
Tricky Subjects |
5:59 | |
| | |
| Collective Nouns |
6:05 | |
| | |
| Examples |
6:30 | |
| | |
| Exception: Collective Nouns as Plural Form |
6:51 | |
| | |
| Examples |
7:23 | |
| | |
| Singular |
7:29 | |
| | |
| Single Entities |
8:14 | |
| | |
| Examples |
8:44 | |
| | |
| Verb is Plural |
9:39 | |
| | |
| Examples |
9:57 | |
| | |
| Indefinite Pronouns |
10:11 | |
| | |
| List of Third-Person Singular Subjects |
10:25 | |
| | |
| Examples |
10:47 | |
| | |
| Both, Few, Many, and Several are Always Plural |
11:05 | |
| | |
| All, My, None, and Some Can be Singular or Plural |
11:43 | |
| | |
| Relative Pronouns |
12:38 | |
| | |
| Examples |
13:10 | |
| | |
Subject-Verb Agreement Practice |
13:31 | |
| | |
Subject-Verb Agreement Answers |
13:59 | |
| | |
Subject-Verb Agreement Practice 2 |
14:57 | |
| | |
Subject-Verb Agreement Answers 2 |
15:21 | |
| | |
Subject-Verb Agreement Practice 3 |
16:24 | |
| | |
Subject-Verb Agreement Answers 3 |
16:55 | |
| V. Common Grammar Problems |
| |
Pronoun Agreement and Reference |
19:09 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
| | |
Kinds of Pronouns |
0:47 | |
| | |
| List of Pronouns |
0:54 | |
| | |
| Possessive Pronouns |
1:41 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:48 | |
| | |
Pronoun Agreement |
2:21 | |
| | |
| Antecedent |
2:45 | |
| | |
| Examples |
2:51 | |
| | |
Pronoun Agreement Practice |
3:15 | |
| | |
Pronoun Agreement Answers |
3:33 | |
| | |
Pronoun Agreement Practice 2 |
4:05 | |
| | |
Pronoun Agreement Answers 2 |
4:32 | |
| | |
Compound Antecedents |
5:20 | |
| | |
| Examples |
5:30 | |
| | |
| Compound Antecedent Connected by And |
5:47 | |
| | |
| Examples |
5:59 | |
| | |
| Compound Antecedent Connected by Or or Nor and Both Are Singular |
6:21 | |
| | |
| Examples |
6:51 | |
| | |
| Female and Male Antecedent |
6:59 | |
| | |
| Compound Antecedent is Connected by Or or Nor |
8:04 | |
| | |
| Examples |
8:16 | |
| | |
Pronoun Agreement |
8:39 | |
| | |
| Examples |
8:59 | |
| | |
Collective and Other Singular Nouns |
9:43 | |
| | |
| Definition |
9:47 | |
| | |
| Examples |
10:31 | |
| | |
Collective and Other Singular Nouns Practice |
11:04 | |
| | |
Collective and Other Singular Nouns Answers |
11:22 | |
| | |
Indefinite Pronouns |
11:47 | |
| | |
| List of Indefinite Pronouns |
11:56 | |
| | |
| Cannot Pick a Pronoun Unless You Know It's the Same Gender |
12:22 | |
| | |
Generic Nouns |
13:03 | |
| | |
| Incorrect |
13:11 | |
| | |
| Correct |
13:36 | |
| | |
Use the Right Pronoun Practice |
14:02 | |
| | |
Use the Right Pronoun Answers |
14:24 | |
| | |
Unclear References |
15:19 | |
| | |
| Ambiguous References |
15:24 | |
| | |
| How to Fix It |
15:42 | |
| | |
| Vague References |
15:55 | |
| | |
| How to Fix It |
16:16 | |
| | |
| Overly Broad References |
16:32 | |
| | |
| How to Fix It |
17:02 | |
| | |
Use the Right Pronoun Practice 2 |
17:22 | |
| | |
Use the Right Pronoun Answers 2 |
17:48 | |
| |
Pronoun Case & Relative Pronouns |
14:48 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:11 | |
| | |
Relative Pronouns |
1:08 | |
| | |
| Use Who/ Whom/ Whose |
1:26 | |
| | |
| Use Which/ That |
1:34 | |
| | |
Pronouns Case |
2:17 | |
| | |
| Subjective Case |
2:28 | |
| | |
| Objective Case |
3:04 | |
| | |
| Possessive Case |
3:55 | |
| | |
| Use Subjective Case |
4:17 | |
| | |
Comparative Statements Practice |
5:31 | |
| | |
Comparative Statements Answers |
5:45 | |
| | |
Modifiers |
6:34 | |
| | |
| Examples |
6:44 | |
| | |
Modifiers Practice |
7:49 | |
| | |
Modifiers Answers |
8:10 | |
| | |
We vs. Us |
8:58 | |
| | |
| Examples |
9:18 | |
| | |
Who vs. Whom |
10:08 | |
| | |
| Rule |
10:16 | |
| | |
| Examples |
10:26 | |
| | |
Practice |
11:31 | |
| | |
Practice Answers |
12:04 | |
| | |
Practice 2 |
13:18 | |
| | |
Practice 2 Answers |
13:43 | |
| |
Modifiers & Their Placement |
19:13 |
| | |
Intro |
0:00 | |
| | |
Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
| | |
Adjective and Adverbs |
0:45 | |
| | |
| Adjectives |
0:50 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:01 | |
| | |
| Adverbs |
1:19 | |
| | |
| Examples |
1:36 | |
| | |
Say What You Mean! |
1:54 | |
| | |
Good and Bad, Well and Badly |
2:39 | |
| | |
| Good and Bad |
2:43 | |
| | |
| Well and Badly |
2:57 | |
| | |
| Well = Adjective |
3:18 | |
| | |
Good and Bad, Well and Badly Practice |
3:50 | |
| | |
Good and Bad, Well and Badly Answers and split infinitives. |
4:08 | |
| | |
Comparisons |
4:36 | |
| | |
| Three Forms |
4:40 | |
| | |
| Use Comparative to Compare Two Things |
4:59 | |
| | |
| Examples |
5:23 | |
| | |
| Use Superlative to Compare Three Things |
5:54 | |
| | |
| Examples |
6:27 | |
| | |
| Two Sets of Words That Have Irregular Forms |
6:41 | |
| | |
Comparisons Practice |
6:59 | |
| | |
Double Comparisons and Double Negatives |
7:35 | |
| | |
| Comparative and Superlative Take Only One Form |
7:39 | |
| | |
| Examples |
7:55 | |
| | |
| One Negative to Express a Negative Meaning |
8:13 | |
| | |
| Examples |
8:27 | |
| | |
| Hardly, Barely, and Scarcely |
8:50 | |
| | |
| Examples |
9:09 | |
| | |
Double Comparisons and Double Negatives Practice |
9:19 | |
| | |
Double Comparisons and Double Negatives Answers |
9:36 | |
| | |
Modifier Placement |
9:59 | |
| | |
| Misplaced Modifier |
10:08 | |
| | |
| Examples |
10:18 | |
| | |
| More Exanples |
10:48 | |
| | |
Dangling Modifiers |
11:23 | |
| | |
| Definition |
11:26 | |
| | |
| Example |
11:44 | |
| | |
| Fix a Dangling Modifier |
12:08 | |
| | |
| Examples |
12:20 | |
| | |
Dangling Modifiers Practice |
12:43 | |
| | |
Dangling Modifiers Answers |
13:01 | |
| | |
Limiting Modifiers |
13:52 | |
| | |
| Includes This List of Adverbs |
13:57 | |
| | |
| Examples |
14:07 | |
| | |
| Changing the Placement |
14:25 | |
| | |
Interrupting Modifiers |
15:25 | |
| | |
| Examples |
15:45 | |
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| Who, That, and Which Clauses |
16:05 | |
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| Examples |
16:21 | |
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Split Infinitives |
16:52 | |
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| Examples |
17:23 | |
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Modifiers Practice |
17:43 | |
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Modifiers Answers |
18:10 | |
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Articles |
17:49 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:06 | |
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What is an Article? |
0:42 | |
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| Indefinite Articles |
0:56 | |
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| Definite Article |
1:08 | |
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| Examples |
1:19 | |
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Indefinite Articles: A & An |
1:39 | |
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| Examples |
1:48 | |
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| When to Use 'A' and 'An' |
1:59 | |
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| It's About the Next Sound You Pronounce, Not Letter |
2:46 | |
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| Use 'An' for a Singular Noun Beginning with a Vowel |
3:27 | |
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| For Acronyms, Go By the Sound |
3:34 | |
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| Words Beginning with the Letter H |
4:08 | |
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| When the Noun is Preceded by an Adjective |
4:55 | |
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Definite Article: The |
5:27 | |
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| When Is 'The' Used |
5:34 | |
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| Examples |
5:48 | |
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Count and Noncount Nouns |
6:23 | |
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| Count Nouns |
6:30 | |
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| Noncount Nouns |
6:39 | |
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| 'The' Can be Used with Both |
6:56 | |
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| Examples |
7:12 | |
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| 'A' and 'An' Can Only Be Used with Count Nouns |
7:34 | |
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| Examples |
7:42 | |
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Geography |
7:56 | |
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| Do Not Use 'The' Before the Names of Most Countries |
8:08 | |
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| Exceptions |
8:26 | |
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| Do Not Use 'The' Before the Names of Cities, Towns or States |
8:39 | |
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| Do Not Use 'The' Before the Names of Streets |
8:49 | |
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| Do Not Use 'The' Before the Names of Lakes and Bays |
9:02 | |
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| Do Not Use 'The' Before the Names of Mountains |
9:10 | |
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| Do Not Use 'The' Before the Names of Continents and Islands |
9:37 | |
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| Do Use 'The' Before the Names of Rivers, Oceans, and Seas |
9:56 | |
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| Do Use 'The' Before Groups of Lakes and Points no the Globe |
10:08 | |
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| Do Use 'The' Before Geographical Areas |
10:25 | |
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When to Use Articles |
10:47 | |
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| Languages and Nationalities Don't Take Articles |
11:12 | |
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| Sports Don't Take Articles |
11:49 | |
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| Name of Academic Subjects Don't Take Articles |
12:05 | |
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| A Noun May Need One When Used as an Adjective |
12:21 | |
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Practice |
12:58 | |
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Practice Answers |
13:35 | |
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Practice 2 |
14:24 | |
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Practice Answers 2 |
14:59 | |
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Practice 3 |
16:21 | |
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Practice Answers 3 |
16:48 | |
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Commonly Confused Words |
11:29 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:08 | |
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Affect / Effect |
0:40 | |
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| Affect |
0:43 | |
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| Effect |
1:10 | |
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Fewer/ Less |
1:40 | |
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| Fewer |
1:51 | |
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| Less |
1:59 | |
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Imply/ Infer |
2:19 | |
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| Imply |
2:29 | |
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| Infer |
2:39 | |
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It's/ Its |
3:10 | |
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| It's |
3:14 | |
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| Its |
3:21 | |
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Lie/ Lay |
4:04 | |
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| Lie |
4:09 | |
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| Lay |
4:12 | |
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Than/ Then |
4:49 | |
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| Than |
4:54 | |
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| Then |
4:58 | |
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That/ Which |
5:35 | |
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| That |
5:40 | |
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| Which |
5:50 | |
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Their/ There/ They're |
7:18 | |
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| Their |
7:25 | |
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| There |
7:31 | |
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| They're |
7:36 | |
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Who/ Whom |
8:11 | |
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| Who |
8:28 | |
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| Whom |
8:35 | |
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Your/ You're |
9:53 | |
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| Your |
10:04 | |
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| You're |
10:12 | |
| VI. Common Sentence Problems |
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Sentence Fragments |
15:43 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
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Sentence Boundaries |
0:38 | |
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| Fragments and Run-Ons |
0:51 | |
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Phrases and Clauses |
1:11 | |
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| Phrase |
1:19 | |
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| Clause |
2:00 | |
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| Independent Clause |
2:09 | |
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| Dependent Clause |
2:30 | |
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Practice: Phrases and Clauses |
3:20 | |
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Practice Answers: Phrases and Clauses |
3:49 | |
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Phrases and Clauses |
4:48 | |
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| Sentence |
4:56 | |
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| Multiple Independent and Dependent Clause |
5:12 | |
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Sentence Fragments |
5:48 | |
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| Examples |
6:02 | |
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| Subordinate Clause |
6:21 | |
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| How to Fix the Subordinate Clause to Independent Clause |
7:01 | |
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| Participial Phrases |
7:56 | |
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| Fix Participial Phrases |
8:43 | |
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| Fragment Missing Subject and Verb |
9:21 | |
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| How to Fix This |
9:59 | |
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| Use Fragments For Effect |
10:19 | |
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Sentence Fragments Practice |
11:48 | |
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Sentence Fragments Answers |
12:08 | |
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Practice |
12:47 | |
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Practice Answers |
13:27 | |
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Run-On Sentences |
12:13 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
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Sentence Boundaries |
0:29 | |
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| Fragments and Run-Ons |
0:45 | |
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Phrases and Clauses |
1:02 | |
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| Phrase |
1:10 | |
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| Clause |
1:39 | |
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| Independent Clause |
1:50 | |
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Run-On Sentences |
2:31 | |
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| Run-On |
2:54 | |
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| Fused Sentence |
3:25 | |
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| Comma Splice |
4:07 | |
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Run-On Sentences Practice |
4:43 | |
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Run-On Sentences Answers |
5:10 | |
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Run-On Sentences |
5:52 | |
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| Separate Clauses with a Period |
6:00 | |
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| Separate Clauses with a Comma and Coordinating Conjunction |
6:29 | |
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| Separate Clauses with a Semicolon |
7:04 | |
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| Separate Clauses with a Colon or a Dash |
8:09 | |
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| Turn One Clause Into a Subordinate Clause or Modifier |
9:04 | |
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Practice |
10:08 | |
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Practice Answers |
10:41 | |
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Parallelism |
8:33 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:07 | |
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What is Parallelism? |
0:28 | |
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| Definition |
0:31 | |
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| Examples |
0:56 | |
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When to Use Parallel Structure |
1:33 | |
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| Items in a List |
1:39 | |
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| Items in Pairs |
2:07 | |
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| Items Being Compared |
2:52 | |
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| Repeat Signal Words |
3:27 | |
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Correcting Faulty Parallelism |
4:21 | |
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| One Item is Faulty |
4:28 | |
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| Two Items with Different Structures |
5:01 | |
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Practice |
5:56 | |
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Practice Answer |
6:15 | |
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Practice 2 |
6:35 | |
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Practice 2 Answer |
6:52 | |
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Practice 3 |
7:19 | |
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Practice 3 Answer |
7:40 | |
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Active vs. Passive Voice |
9:54 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:08 | |
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What is Active Voice? |
0:29 | |
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| Active Voice Definition |
0:32 | |
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What is Passive Voice? |
1:04 | |
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| Passive Voice Definition |
1:05 | |
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Active or Passive? Practice |
1:45 | |
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Active or Passive? Answers |
2:05 | |
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When to Use the Active Voice |
2:41 | |
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| Example |
2:58 | |
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When to Use the Passive Voice |
3:18 | |
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| Minimize the Significance of the Agent |
3:23 | |
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| Emphasize the Recipient of the Action |
4:05 | |
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| The Agent of Action is Unknown or Cannot Be Revealed |
4:50 | |
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Practice |
5:52 | |
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Practice Answers |
6:14 | |
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Practice 2 |
6:57 | |
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Practice 2 Answers |
7:31 | |
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Practice 3 |
8:21 | |
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Practice 3 Answers |
8:42 | |
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Idioms |
11:18 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:06 | |
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What is an Idiom? |
0:33 | |
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| Idiom |
0:45 | |
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| Metaphor |
0:55 | |
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| Examples |
0:58 | |
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Source of Idioms |
1:39 | |
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| Old Tradition |
1:50 | |
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| Daily Life Experiences |
2:47 | |
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| References to Literature or Other Works of Art |
3:41 | |
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How to Use Idioms |
4:41 | |
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| Examples |
5:00 | |
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| Make Your Own |
5:18 | |
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How to Learn Idioms |
5:42 | |
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Practice |
6:43 | |
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Practice Answers |
7:01 | |
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Practice Answers |
7:57 | |
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Practice 2 |
8:52 | |
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Practice 2 Answers |
9:11 | |
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Practice 3 |
9:24 | |
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Practice 3 Answers |
9:38 | |
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Practice 4 |
10:10 | |
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Practice 4 Answers |
10:29 | |