Curated Video
Complex Sentences
Complex Sentences explores complex sentences by writing complete sentences that contain one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses each.
Curated Video
Combining Sentences
Join us today as we learn how to combine simple sentences into longer, complex sentences. In this video, we review how to use dependent clauses, conjunctions, and appositives to help piece together short sentences into a looonngg, smooth...
Curated Video
Dependent Clauses
Dependent Clauses identifies and defines various types of clauses by reading sentences that contain noun, relative, and adverbial clauses.
Ereading Worksheets
Clauses | Parts of Speech App
Here is a video that is not short of detailed information on clauses. Delve deep into the workings of predicates, clauses, and dependent clauses, then have pupils show what they know with an interactive pop quiz. End the...
Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 9: Nominal Clause as Object of a Preposition
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has a nominal clause that functions as an object of a preposition. [3:23]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 7: The Nominal Clause as Subject
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has a nominal clause that functions as the subject of the sentence. [2:16]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Dependent Clauses: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the following dependent clause types: noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses. [8:16]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 8: Nominal Clause as Direct Object
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has a nominal clause as a direct object. [3:10]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Sentence Diagramming 11: The Subordinate Clause
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to diagram a sentence with a subordinate clause.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Complex Sentences
This video lesson focuses on complex sentences including defining them, identifying them, and providing examples including how to punctuate them. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Compound Complex Sentences
This video lesson focuses on defining, recognizing, and writing compound-complex sentences. It includes tips for identifying dependent clauses, and how to form and punctuate compound-complex sentences. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Adverb Clauses
This video lesson focuses on adverb clauses; it defines them, tells what questions they answer, discusses their need for subordinate conjunctions, their locations in sentences, and how to punctuate them correctly. [2:16]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Compound Complex Sentences
A video presentation that explains what constitutes a compound-complex sentence and provides examples [7:47]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Relative Clauses
A relative pronoun is a word like "that" or "which" or "who", so a relative clause is a clause that begins with a relative pronoun. In the sentence "The dragon who breathed blue fire has retired," "who breathed blue fire" is a relative...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Relative Pronouns
We use the relative pronouns to connect clauses together, like 'the man *who sold the world* is coming over for dinner.' David, KA's Grammar Fellow, explains.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Relative Adverbs
Relative adverbs connect chunks of sentences together. Find out how that works!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recognizing Fragments
A sentence fragment is a chunk of language that hasn't made it all the way to being a working sentence; it might be missing a verb, or there might not be a subject. Learn how to turn a fragment into a sentence in this video!
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comma Splices and Run Ons
This lesson goes over comma splices and run-ons and discusses how to recognize them.