Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Sigrid looks at the regular and irregular verbs in part one of her rendition of The Ugly Duckling. As you listen, you can pause whenever necessary in order to practice the pronunciation of the conjugated verbs.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA New York
We have a look inside the story of The Ugly Duckling to see how the verbs work. First on the list is the past continuous tense.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
Relative pronouns such as “who,” “which,” or “what” can link two “relative clauses.” Gina and Olivier review what we have learned and give us some final tips on studying English sentence structure.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
This video will show you, in simple terms, the difference between an independent (or "main") clause and a dependent (or "subordinate") clause. It's important to remember than a dependent clause depends on the independent clause, and does not make sense on its own.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Lots of English words can serve as nouns, verbs, or adjectives depending on the context. Sometimes even the pronunciation changes. Let's look at the slogan "Black Lives Matter" in both a grammatical and historical context.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
A sentence can be formed from multiple independent clauses, and could in theory go on forever! But is this really a good idea? Olivier and Gina offer us some helpful guidelines.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
We keep seeing the "Black Lives Matter" slogan all around — what's it all about? Well, it's a long story. Here's part of the story in a nutshell.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
What a time to be learning English! Things are happening quickly in the United States and history is being made right now, so don't miss out on the words and expressions you need to know.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
In this video, we learn how words called “conjunctions” are used to join two ideas to make one complex sentence. These parts are known as "clauses" and can be either independent or dependent.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
Using adjectives and adverbs, we can add detail and information to a basic sentence.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
By adding a complement, we can form a complete sentence that is both grammatically correct and communicates meaning.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
Some verbs don't require an object, while others do. In this video, we learn when a sentence is complete, and when we need to add more words.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
In this lesson, you can learn about sentence structure in English.
You’ll learn how to construct all kinds of sentences in English, from the simplest possible sentences, to long, complex sentences that contain many different ideas.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
Minoo and Rachel demonstrate how the same word can be pronounced totally differently in American English and British English. As you listen, consider what tendencies you have when it comes to pronunciation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
What is the rule of thirds? In the video, find out exactly what it is, how to use it, and how it can improve your films and photography.
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