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Adjective phrase

An adjective phrase is explained.

(1:21)

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Articles

Here is an explanation of the articles: "a," "an," and "the."

(4:46)

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Conditionals

"If" questions and statements are called conditionals.

(9:30)

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Gerunds

Words ending in "ing" are called gerunds.

(6:56)

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Homonyms

Homonyms are explained and used in sentences.

(1:21)

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Idioms

The meaning of many useful idioms are explained.

(5:00)

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Is-is repetition

It isn't necessary to say the word "is" twice in a row.

(2:02)

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Misspellings: "Everyday" vs. "every day"

The words "every day" is often misspelled as one word, "everyday."

(1:37)

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Misspellings: Food

Common food is shown misspelled, then corrected.

(2:25)

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Misspellings: possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns, such as "yours," "mine," and ours, are often given an unnecessary apostrophe.

(1:04)

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Parts of speech: Adverbs

What is an adverb? It's explained here.

(3:38)

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Parts of speech: Prepositions - location & direction

Prepositions which deal with location and direction and studied.

(8:25)

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Parts of speech: Pronouns

Various types of pronouns are explained.

(5:43)

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Parts of speech: Verbs - "to be"

The verb, "to be," is conjugated.

(3:27)

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Parts of speech: Verbs - overview of tenses

Twelve verb tenses are mentioned but only three are explained.

(6:54)

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Parts of speech: Verbs - the passive voice

Here, verbs' passive voice is explained.

(5:04)

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Punctuation: Apostrophes for contractions

Contractions are the combinations of two words, and they use an apostrophe where a missing letter goes.

(1:50)

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Punctuation: Apostrophes for possessives

An explanation of apostrophes used in possessives is given.

(8:11)

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Punctuation: Capitalization

When should letters be capitalized? Find out here.

(3:19)

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Punctuation: Comma

Commas are explained and used in sentences here.

(5:05)

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Punctuation: Ellipses

A slang term for ellipses are "blah blah blah."

(3:43)

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Punctuation: Exclamation point

Exclamation points are used for emphasis!

(3:12)

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Punctuation: Hyphen

The hyphen is explained and differentiated from the slash and dash.

(6:35)

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Punctuation: Hyphen & dash

This video clip shows when to use a hypen and dash in punctuation.

(3:31)

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Punctuation: Italics

This video clip explains when to use italics.

(2:48)

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Punctuation: Quotation marks

An explanation of quotation marks is given.

(4:34)

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Punctuation: Semi-colon

When should you use a semi-colon?

(1:19)

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Punctuation: Slash

Though rarely used, the slash has its uses as a punctuation mark.

(2:51)

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Quantities: "Some," "many," "a lot" and "any"

The amounts, "some," "any," "much," and "many" are described.

(1:51)

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Run-on sentences

Run-on sentences are explained (and discouraged).

(1:57)

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Sentence fragments

Sentence fragments are highlighted in this clip.

(6:34)

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Sentence structure

Subjects (noun), verb and object make up basic sentence structure.

(5:33)

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Verbs: an overview

Verbs are explained and conjugated.

(3:41)

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Verbs: Future tense

Using "will" and "going to" signifies the future tense.

(9:23)

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Verbs: Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs are given in their present and past tenses.

(4:37)

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Verbs: Past tense

The simple past tense of verbs is discussed.

(10:48)

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Verbs: Present perfect tense

Verbs in the present perfect tense are described.

(6:16)

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Verbs: Present tense

The present tense of a regular verb, "to learn," is explained.

(1:22)

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Writing: Basic essays

Writing a basic essay is the subject of this video.

(7:52)