How do you tell the difference between "compliment" and "complement", "desert" and "dessert"? We'll show you!
Compound-complex sentences are compound sentences with dependent or subordinate clauses added to them. Paige and Rosie explain how to spot and use them.
These prepositions are called compound prepositions, or multisyllabic prepositions. Like most prepositions, they have both literal and figurative meanings. David explains.
A concrete noun refers to a physical object in the real world, such as a dog, a ball, or an ice cream cone. An abstract noun refers to an idea or concept that does not exist in the real world and cannot be touched, like freedom, sadness, or permission.
Coordinating conjunctions connect parts of sentences to each other. David explains how.
Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to connect parts of sentences. David teaches you how they do it!
A modifying word or phrase “dangles” when it doesn’t apply to the word it’s supposed to modify. Learn how to spot and fix this problem!
Dashes are like little actors—they can behave like colons, pairs of commas, or parentheses. Learn how to use them in this video!
A' and 'an' are the indefinite articles of English; 'the' is the definite article. David explains what that means!
An independent clause is a sentence that has a subject and a verb and requires no extra information to understand. Dependent clauses, which start with subordinating conjunctions such as "while," "that," or "unless," give background information but cannot stand on their own as sentences.
An explanation of how and when to use the ellipsis.
Sometimes we use reflexive pronouns like "myself" and "ourselves" for emphasis in a sentence, like, "If you won't help me, then I'll do it myself!" KA's Grammar Fellow, David, explains this usage.
A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use pronouns like "he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive. In this video, Santha A. Kumar describes pronoun and its usage in the English language.
Study Zone is made up of levels. Each level has language topics (grammar,reading vocabulary, puzzles). Each topic has lessons. Lessons include exercises to help adult students improve their English. There are five levels available: Upper Beginner, Lower Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, and Advanced.
An exclamation is a sentence that expresses great emotion! David and Paige covered declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences; now they tackle a fourth type of sentence that ends in an exclamation mark. Find out more!
Learn how to form and use comparative and superlative modifiers.
A series of 21 video films the aim of which is for Swedish students of EFL to get a hold of the basics of English grammar.
A series of 21 video films the aim of which is for Swedish students of EFL to get a hold of the basics of English grammar.
Tutorial on count and non-count nouns with audio, video, examples, vocabulary lists, and quantity word usage.
Tutorial on count and non-count nouns. Continuation of Part One