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A Preposition Introduces a Prepositional Phrase
Li'l Pete may be at the front of a prepositional phrase, but without the phrase, he's just an adverb.
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An Adverb Modifies an Adjective
When an adjective is hungry, all it takes is for an adverb to share his sandwich to make the adjective not hungry.
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An Adverb Modifies a Verb
When a verb gets pulled over for speeding, Benny the adverb makes sure he drives slowly.
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A Noun Names a Person
In the hospital, it's the noun's job to name the newborn babies.
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A Noun Names an Idea
When you need to name an idea, it's time to bring in an abstract noun.
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Exclaim!
A music video starring Sergeant Exclamation Mark. He's got two volumes: loud and louder.
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Welcome to Grammaropolis
It's Grammaropolis, not gramma-opolis, in this musical introduction to the eight parts of speech (plus Slang, the enemy of proper grammar everywhere).
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Question Mark?
A music video starring Detective Question Mark. Have you not seen this one before?
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Lights! Camera!! Action Verb!!!
A music video starring Vinny the Action Verb and Lucy the Linking Verb. Vinny saves a noun from a burning building, but that's just too much action for Lucy.
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Noun Town
A music video starring Nelson the Noun. It's time to learn about the people, places, things, and ideas in Noun Town.
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Punctuation.?!
Meet the Punctuation Department in this musuical introduction to the twelve punctuation marks that keep your writing running smoothly.
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A Linking Verb Expresses a State of Being
When Lucy the linking verb takes her friend skydiving, she wants to know how he feels.
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"Quote Me!"
A music video starring Court Reporter Quotation Marks. She's eminently quotable and she's not afraid to let you know.
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Here’s a Semicolon Song; it’s Super Fast!
A music video starring Sheriff Semicolon, who just loves to wrangler together those related independent clauses.
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(Parentheses) & [Brackets]
A music video starring the Defense Attorneys Parentheses and Brackets. They're here to provide more context to things we think we already know.
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Schoolhouse Rock: Pronouns [Rufus Xavier Sarsparilla]
This site from Schoolhouse Rock provides a song called "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla" that will help you remember what pronouns are and how to use them. This song, from the popular 1970s cartoon series, Schoolhouse Rock, will be familiar to...