In this second segment, Jessica continues her talk about colors, all the while giving us a first-hand demonstration. Watch and enjoy!

In this first of two segments entitled 'Painting', Jessica teaches us the colors. Enjoy!

Lydia teaches us how to tell time in English. Listen closely!

Lydia teaches us the weekdays, the seasons and the months in English. Listen closely!

Jessica takes us on a walk through Prospect Park. She stops several times to point out and describe various objects along the way.

In this grammar lesson, the function and proper use of prepositions is demonstrated. How many different prepositions can you find?

Caralie demonstrates the use of 12 useful, everyday verbs. Do you know them all?

Actor Caralie Balcom from New York teaches us letters and numbers and sings the alphabet song at the top of the Empire State Building.

In the United States, there are rights that allow all people who are accused of something to defend themselves: "the rule of law" and "due process of law." Right now, these rights are being challenged, and so it's important to know what they're all about.

It's time to mix and match the formulas we've talked about. Sigrid mixes and matches them to talk about stuff she can't or doesn't want to do herself. She invites you to do the same.

This segment lays out the building blocks of a passive causative construction. We also compare and contrast causative constructions with other similar constructions. Sigrid uses the expression "to mix and match," which means putting different things together in different ways.

Sigrid introduces passive causative constructions, which combine causal verbs and the passive voice. We use them all the time in everyday conversation when we focus on the object rather than the subject.

Now that you have an idea about what causal verbs and causal constructions are, let's give them some context. We're still using the verbs "have," "let," "get," and "make," and the theme is housepainting.

Let's look "under the hood," and see how to build causative constructions using "have," "let," "get," and "make."

What are causatives? Causal verbs are used to cause things to happen. They're used in causative constructions. Although there are various specific verbs in this category, we commonly use four ordinary verbs for this: ("have," "let," "get," and "make"). Let's make some sense of them.