True possessive pronouns can stand alone. They replace both the noun and its possessive adjective or determiner. These pronouns are very handy in introductions and conversations about favorites.

Sigrid talks to us while preparing some simple vegetables for dinner on her terrace in Italy. Fresh green beans, also known as "string beans," are the centerpiece of the meal.

Annette talks about the Wild West, and takes us to a famous gold mining town in South Dakota that was an important part of United States history.

Sigrid takes us through the different persons using dependent possessive pronouns, also called possessive adjectives or possessive determiners. These little words are important when talking about names, your possessions, family and friends, characteristics, jobs, favorite things and just about everything else.

Annette shows us Salt Lake City's very modern and light-filled public library and takes us up to the roof for a surprise.

Sigrid talks about the difference between possessive nouns and other possessive words such as possessive determiners or articles like "my" and "your."

Sigrid reviews the object pronouns: "me," "you," "him," "her," "it," "us," "you," and "them."

Annette shows us how to make a healthy and delicious spread that goes wonderfully on fruit slices. It's also a snap to prepare.

Sigrid reviews the subject pronouns "I," "you," "he," "she," "it," "we," "you," and "they."

Nouns are usually the first words we learn. The good news is that with nouns, we don't have to worry about gender in English. We do, however, have to be aware of gerunds that act like nouns but look like verbs, and countable or uncountable nouns.

Here's a quick summary of the different kinds of words we have in the English language and what they are used for.

Dates are usually expressed with ordinal numbers. Sometimes, though, what we write is different from what we say.

Annette provides some biographical notes on Maya Angelou and then recites her poem “Caged Bird." The poem followed Angelou's memoir volume, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Ordinal numbers help us put things in order or in a sequence. Sigrid teaches us the suffixes we use to turn cardinal numbers into ordinal ones.

Annette recites a poem to help students with English pronunciation and its maddening inconsistencies.