Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 3: Prepositional Phrases Again: Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has prepositional phrases.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Is My Participle a Verb or an Adjective?
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to determine whether a participle is a verb or an adjective.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Participial Phrases and Participles as Adjectives: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the topic of participial phrases and participles as adjectives. [4:34]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: What a Verb Is, and What Verbs Aren't
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian clarifies the function of verbs.
Yossarian the Grammarian
English Grammar. What Adjectives Are: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains what adjectives are and how to correctly use them in sentences.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Parsing a Sentence: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to analyze the different words' functions within a complex sentence.
Yossarian the Grammarian
English Grammar Lesson: Past Participles and Present Participles
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the differences among the following verb tenses: past tense verbs, present participle verbs, and past participle verbs. [4:28]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains what gerunds are. He also explains how gerunds function in a sentence. [5:16]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Grammar: Two Ways to Construe "Brian Boitano Is Skating"
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to interpret a sentence that uses present progressive verb tense and ambiguous wording.
Yossarian the Grammarian
What a Verb Is, and What Verbs Aren't: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains what verbs are and are not.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Modal Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the functions of modal verbs and auxiliary verbs.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 1: Verbs, Subjects, Adverbs: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has verbs, subjects, and adverbs.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 2: Prepositional Phrases: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has a prepositional phrase in it.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commonly Confused Words
This lesson focuses on a list of commonly confuses words such as as/like, less/fewer, further/farther, than/then, that/which, amount/number, etc. It explains the differences in the meanings of the words and how to use them correctly....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Suffixes
This tutorial focuses on suffixes using a screencast which provides an introduction to suffixes and then addresses a list of common suffixes, their definitions, how they work with words, and examples. It also tells how to find suffix...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Affixes to Determine Meaning
This lesson shows how to use affixes to determine the meaning of unknown words. It provides definitions of terms and demonstrates how to use similar words and word parts to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. [2:30]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Strong Verbs
A screencast lesson reviewing verbs and showing students how to identify week verbs and replace them with stronger verbs. [2:03]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verbs
This lesson introduces verbs and their role in a sentence. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast with the lesson's content. [7:10]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Affixes
This tutorial video focuses on affixes; it defines all the associated terms, explains how affixes affect the meaning of words, gives examples, and ends with a rap music clip about prefixes, suffixes, and root words. [6:10]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Aspect
Verb aspect allows a speaker to give even more information about when an event took place or is going to take place. The simple aspect of a verb is the same as its past, present, and future tenses, such as 'I walked,' 'I walk,' and 'I...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing: Shift in Verb, Tense, and Mood Basic Example
In this video [1:35] watch Sal work through a basic shift in verb, tense, and mood question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing: Shift in Verb, Tense, and Mood Harder Example
In this video [6:37] watch David work through an SAT Writing: Shift in verb tense and mood question.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Progressive Aspect
We use the progressive aspect to express that a verb action is ongoing, as in 'I am eating.'
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Word Roots to Determine Meaning
A screencast lesson explaining how to use word roots to determine the meaning of unknown vocabulary. [4:38]