Grover chases a mailbox in his attempt to demonstrate what the concept “next to” means. As part of a lesson on prepositional phrases, this video could be a great means of showing what this particular expression means. Children could even...

Once upon a time, SchoolHouse Rock used Rufus Xavier Sarsparilla to teach a lesson pronouns. Featuring an updated song, the third of four videos in a Language Arts playlist, uses a catchy hip-hop tune to teach about pronoun-antecedent...

Discover what an interjection is, and how to use it in a sentence, with a video that provides a detailed definition, captivating examples, an interactive pop quiz, and a review to check for understanding.

Get an in depth look into subordinating conjunctions with a video that thoroughly explains and demonstrates what they are and how to use them in a sentence. Following instruction, an interactive pop quiz and review is available to check...

Give grammar instruction a boost with a video showcasing adverbs! Gain insight into what adverbs are, how to write them, and how to correctly use the words good and well in a sentence. Following the detailed...

There is no way your class won't understand the differences between abstract and concrete nouns after watching this super cute video. They'll see first hand that love is abstract but hands are concrete, happiness is abstract while a ring...

Start by looking at the main action to discern what the direct object is. The indirect object does not receive the action, but is related to the direct object. Furthermore, the objective complement is displayed where the direct object...

Listen to a few sentences describing the actions of the person shown. The sentences are then written in the past-tense for you to see and identify the simple past-tense verbs. Regular and irregular verbs are then defined with sentences...

Discover how to use prepositions in order to talk about location and direction. Definitions of prepositions, prepositional phrases, noun phrases, and more are given. Separate prepositions are then discussed and used in sentences....

Continue learning about prepositions of location and direction in part two with Jennifer. Different prepositions are discussed with the same fill-in-the-blank format from part one. The video ends with questions where the viewer chooses...

Continue your look at restrictive and non-restrictive clauses and the use of commas with Yossarian the Grammarian. Non-restrictive means that no new information is being added to your sentence, therefore commas are necessary.

Practice forming questions and pronouncing them correctly in part four of Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense. Questions are formed based on the subject and the object from part three. Scrambled sentences are given to put in...

Yossarian the Grammarian describes the infinitive as either an adjective, adverb, or noun. A sentence is given for each example on the whiteboard, comparing the infinitive to other adjectives, adverbs, and nouns so that the function of...

Finish the series on prepositions of location and direction in this video. Direction and location are distinguished with a description and a vignette at the local playground. Viewers then see a statement and choose the correct...

In part two of "Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense," the reason to use simple past tense is explained more thoroughly. The same video from part one is shown with questions focusing on the reason the past tense is used....

Part three of Basic English Grammar concentrates on asking questions in the simple past tense. A review using a different scenario covers types of past tense verbs, asking learners to fill in the correct form of the verb in various...

Sing along with a short, animated video that defines, provides examples of different types of verbs, and models how they operate in a sentence.

Clarify what a preposition truly is. Prepositions come before some noun (object of the preposition) and together with that noun, to make prepositional phrases. The phrases work as adjectives or adverbs, more like a single word. Yossarian...

Lewis continues his look at persuasive strategies in writing, especially as they pertain to the IELTS essay. The focus narrows in even more on conjunctions and logic. Typical errors are shown.

Pronoun cases are continued, focusing on the times to use who or whom. As long as you know what part of speech each is functioning as, there is no longer any confusion. Yossarian the Grammarian adeptly explains this concept.

A subordinate clause, or dependent clause, has a subject-verb combination but it cannot stand on its own because it is an incomplete thought that does not make sense. Yossarian the Grammarian explains that each clause can function like a...

The gerund is described as just like the present participle by Yossarian the Grammarian. Look for the -ing ending to discover where the gerund is in the sentence.

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...

Copulative verbs, also known as linking verbs, "link" subjective complements and the original noun, basically renaming the noun. The copulative verb acts like an equal sign. Follow Yossarian the Grammarian as he explains several sentence...