Grammar

Grammar Series: Clause Types

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Last time we learned about the parts of a clause; here are the clause TYPES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJUy9lvZiEo LINKS Independent and dependent clauses, with practice (The Tongue Untied): http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?cat=49 Clauses: The Essential Building-Blocks (Capital Community College): http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm Types of clauses (LearningNerd): http://learningnerd.com/2006/09/08/english-grammar-types-of-clauses/ Complex sentences (Adrienne Mitchell): http://media.lanecc.edu/users/mitchella/WR080_online/softchalk_practices/complex_sentences/ Relative clauses (RMIT University): https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_WritingSkills/writing_tuts/sentences_LL/relative.html Relative clauses, including info on … Read more

Grammar Series: Clauses

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Next up in the grammar series: parts of a clause!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4PZ-_0i7uA In this video, we go over subjects and predicates and practice identifying the parts of clauses that include a variety of features, including direct and indirect objects, adverbials, participial phrases, and complements (though we didn’t have time to talk much about complements – … Read more

Grammar Series: Phrases

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Next up in the grammar series: phrases! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFU3BlueJ60 You might notice that I didn’t cover participial phrases (sometimes a.k.a. participle phrases) in this video. I thought about it, but a) it would have made this video a lot longer, and b) I’ll cover them when I talk about dangling participles in the editing series (coming soon!) If … Read more

Grammar Series: Conjunctions

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Parts of speech are now complete! Check out CONJUNCTIONS:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2fScTTuGk That’s not all for this series, however — coming next are phrases, clauses, and sentence types. And then, of course, we’ll look at other grammar topics, including common editing errors. FREE DOWNLOAD – PRACTICE Here are the excerpts used for practice near the end … Read more

Grammar Series: Prepositions

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Check out my PREPOSITIONS video – the latest installment in the ELA Academy grammar series: FREE DOWNLOAD – PRACTICE Here are the excerpts used for practice near the end of this video if you’d like to download it and mark it up: Practice: Identifying Prepositions And here is a list of some of the most common prepositions … Read more

Grammar Series: Adverbs

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Next in the grammar series: adverbs! FREE DOWNLOAD – PRACTICE Here are the excerpts used for practice near the end of this video if you’d like to download it and mark it up: Practice: Identifying Adverbs LINKS Lolly Lolly Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here (Schoolhouse Rock!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14fXm4FOMPM Adverbs (The Tongue Untied): http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?cat=45 What is an adverb? (Grammar … Read more

Grammar Series: Adjectives

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Next in the grammar series: adjectives! FREE DOWNLOAD – PRACTICE Here are the excerpts used for practice near the end of this video if you’d like to download it and mark it up: Practice: Identifying Adjectives LINKS Unpack Your Adjectives (Schoolhouse Rock!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs Adjectives (The Tongue Untied): http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?cat=41 What is an adjective? (Grammar Revolution): http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/what-is-an-adjective.html Adjectives (Ginger … Read more

Grammar Series: Verbs

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After taking a couple of weeks off for vacation and preparing for an English teachers’ conference, I’ve finally cranked out the VERBS video! FREE DOWNLOAD – PRACTICE: Here are the excerpts used for practice near the end of this video if you’d like to download it and mark it up: Practice: Identifying Verbs Need help memorizing … Read more

Grammar Series: Pronouns

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Here is the second video in my new grammar series – pronouns: FREE DOWNLOAD – PRACTICE Here are the excerpts used for practice near the end of this video if you’d like to download it and mark it up: Practice: Identifying Pronouns This is going to be a BIG series, moving from parts of speech to … Read more

Grammar Series: Nouns

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I’m excited to announce a new grammar series, starting with an overview of NOUNS! Check out the video here: FREE DOWNLOAD – PRACTICE Here are the excerpts used for practice near the end of this video if you’d like to download it and mark it up: Practice: Identifying Nouns MORE TO COME There are ten more … Read more

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