Curated Video
Action Verbs
Mr. Griot explains that a verb is an action word in a sentence and shows examples of verbs in sentences.
Wonderscape
Verbs: Bringing Actions to Life in Sentences
Uncover the role of verbs, the action words in sentences, as this video explains how they complement nouns to form complete thoughts. Examples like "Haley eats the cupcake" and "Marcus runs" illustrate how verbs represent actions or...
SciShow
A Deadly Mistake That Led to Safer Medicine | Elixir Sulfanilamide
In the 1930s, a mistake that cost over a hundred lives helped usher in a new era of safer medicine.
The Learning Depot
What are Linking Verbs? | Auxiliary Verbs
A linking verb is a type of auxiliary verb that does not show any action. It simply links, or joins, the subject of a sentence to the subject complement (a word that identifies or describes the subject). The forms of the verbs to be, to...
Curated Video
Subject-Verb Agreement: Making Verbs Agree with Their Subjects
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of subject-verb agreement in writing. The teacher provides examples and guides students through identifying subjects and verbs in sentences. Students are given practice exercises to...
Curated Video
Verbs of Being
Mr. Griot introduces the verb of being and shows examples in sentences.
Curated Video
Helping Verbs and Main Verbs
Mr. Griot provides information and examples of helping verbs and main verbs. He models how to identify verb phrases and helping verbs in sentences.
Curated Video
For the Love of Grammar
Mr. Griot defines and gives examples of nouns, verbs, and articles. He also explains the difference between sentence fragments and complete sentences.
Curated Video
Writing Simple Sentences: Subject, Verb, and Complete Thought
This video provides a clear and concise explanation of how to write a simple sentence. It breaks down the process into three steps: identifying the subject, finding the verb, and ensuring it is a complete thought. Through examples and...
The Learning Depot
Introduction to Verbs
This video is Part 2 on Parts of Speech. In this video, verbs are explained with examples given. Learn about auxiliary verbs, linking verbs, verb phrases, and verbs that assert action or condition. #partsofspeech #Englishgrammar...
SWPictures
Health Marketing Experiment: Tackling HIV with Condoms in Cambodia
This video discusses a health marketing experiment in Cambodia aimed at increasing condom use to tackle HIV. The NGO Population Services International repackaged two condom brands to appeal to different customer groups and subsidize...
Advocate of Wordz
Blank & Free Verse - Poetry Defined
Blank and Free Verse are sometimes confused as being interchangeable, but they aren't! Also, we sometimes believe we're writing in Free Verse, but we're actually denying ourselves credit we deserve.
Wonderscape
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Learn how to form and use regular and irregular verbs in the present and past tense. Rules are presented with numerous examples to reinforce key concepts. A comprehensive list of irregular verbs are covered to ensure familiarity with...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Light: Electromagnetic Energy
Students will learn about the different frequencies along the electromagnetic spectrum. Vivid animation is used to explore the visible spectrum of light and the colors it allows us to see everyday. The video also investigates various...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Akash Patel - Teaching in the Global Pandemic
Akash Patel began his teaching career in very small rural communities in Oklahoma where people had never seen or met “a brown Indian guy who spoke five languages and had traveled to over 50 countries”. He used his travel experiences to...
Oxford Online English
Active Listening in English - Improve English Communication Skills
In this lesson, you can learn about active listening to help improve your English listening and speaking skills. What is active listening? You’ll find out in detail in the rest of this lesson. You’ll see why listening is not just a...
NativLang
The verb & its arguments: verbs as functions, nouns as arguments (Lesson 1 of 4)
How do verbs work in a sentence? In this first lesson, you will learn about the central role played by verbs. We move away from looking at verbs as simple "action words", and see them as core "function words" that take noun & pronoun...
Rock 'N Learn
Earth Science : Types of Rock
Earth Science for Kids is the fun way to learn important facts about earth science and prepare for tests. Take a fascinating journey to the Super Science Station to learn about types of rock.
Wonderscape
Exploring Adverbs in English Grammar
Discover the role of adverbs in enhancing our understanding of verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs in sentences. Learn how adverbs provide details on how, when, where, and to what extent actions occur, making language more vivid and...
The Learning Depot
What is a Gerund? How Can a Noun be Derived from a Verb?
A gerund is a type of verbal that has the form of a verb but acts as a noun. In fact, because a gerund looks identical to the present participle some grammarians refer to it as the gerund-participle. This is because both the gerund and...
Curated Video
Using Past Perfect Verbs to Describe Completed Actions in the Past
This video is a lesson on using past perfect verbs to describe completed actions in the past. The teacher explains the concept of past perfect tense and provides examples to help students understand how to use it in their writing. The...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Global Health Journalism - the Pulitzer Center
This week we return to bring you en episode on the importance of journalism in Global Health, featuring discussion with Emily Baumgaertner of the Pulitzer Center, and a talk with esteemed reporter and health-related journalist, Joanne...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Using Active vs. Passive Voice when Storytelling
The best storytellers speak in an active voice rather than a passive voice. Get some real-time practice and examples that show you how to turn passive sentences into active sentences and watch your stories transport your listeners.