English language arts (ELA) Ages 14-18 ● Media ready

Grammar overview

Grammar is the collection of rules and conventions of a language. Whether you're learning English for the first time or just looking to improve your speaking and writing skills, this course is your comprehensive guide to standard English grammar.

10 units 45 lessons 111 videos 2 on CDN

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Unit 2 Parts of speech: the noun

1 Welcome to grammar! Free 1 video(s) ● 2 Introduction to nouns Free 1 video(s) ● 3 Types of nouns Free 4 Irregular plural nouns: base plurals and irregular endings 🔒 Pro 5 Irregular plural nouns: mutant and foreign plurals 🔒 Pro 1 video(s) 4 Usage and style: Unit test 🔒 Pro

Unit 3 Parts of speech: the verb

1 Introduction to verbs 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 2 Verb tenses 🔒 Pro 4 video(s) 3 Linking and helping verbs 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 5 Irregular verbs 🔒 Pro 5 video(s) 6 Verb aspect: simple, progressive, and perfect 🔒 Pro 4 video(s) 7 Verb aspect and modal verbs 🔒 Pro 2 video(s)

Unit 4 Parts of speech: the pronoun

1 Introduction to pronouns 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 2 Possessive and reflexive pronouns 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 3 Relative pronouns 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 5 Subject, object, person, and number 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 6 Indefinite pronouns, pronoun vagueness, and emphatic pronouns 🔒 Pro 3 video(s)

Unit 5 Parts of speech: the modifier

1 Introduction to adjectives and articles 🔒 Pro 4 video(s) 2 Introduction to adverbs 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 3 Adjective order and commas with adjectives 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 4 Comparative, superlative, intensifiers, and adverbs of degree 🔒 Pro 3 video(s)

Unit 6 Parts of speech: the preposition and the conjunction

1 Introduction to prepositions 🔒 Pro 4 video(s) 2 Types of prepositions and phrases 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 3 Introduction to conjunctions 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 4 Correlative conjunctions and starting sentences 🔒 Pro 3 video(s)

Unit 7 Punctuation: end-of-sentence punctuation, the comma, and the apostrophe

1 Introduction to end-of-sentence punctuation and commas 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 2 Commas in space and time 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 3 More ways to use commas 🔒 Pro 4 video(s) 5 Apostrophes and contractions 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 6 Introduction to the possessive 🔒 Pro 7 "Its" versus "it's" 🔒 Pro 2 video(s)

Unit 8 Punctuation: the colon, semicolon, and more

1 Introduction to colons 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 2 Introduction to semicolons 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 4 Formatting styles 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 5 Hyphens, dashes, and ellipses 🔒 Pro 3 video(s)

Unit 9 Syntax: sentences and clauses

1 Introduction to sentences 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 2 Types of sentences 🔒 Pro 3 video(s) 3 Subjects and predicates 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 4 Phrases and clauses 🔒 Pro 3 video(s)

Unit 10 Syntax: conventions of standard English

1 Subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 2 Fragments and run-ons 🔒 Pro 2 video(s) 3 Dangling modifiers and parallel structure 🔒 Pro 2 video(s)

Unit 11 Usage and style

1 Frequently confused words 🔒 Pro 7 video(s) 2 Common expressions 🔒 Pro 3 Style! 🔒 Pro 4 video(s)