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The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 20: Adverb Phrases Video Summary “An adverb phrase is a group of words that does the work of an adverb. It begins with a preposition and ends with a noun. It modifies or describes a verb. An adverb phrase has no subject or predicate, and does not make a[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 19: Adjective Phrases Video Summary “An adjective phrase is a group of words that does the work of an adjective.” Marie is sitting in her cottage next to a painting capturing the same view of Eagle Rock, the rock pool, the coastal mountains, the gulf islands, and Discovery Passage[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 18: Phrases and Prepositions Video Summary “A phrase is a group of words that does the work of a single word or part of speech. Remember verb phrases? For example: ‘I am living here.’ AM LIVING is a verb phrase. There are also phrases that do the work of[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 17: Comparison Of Adverbs Video Summary “Like adjectives, many adverbs change their form to show a difference in the ideas being expressed.” It is a crisp autumn afternoon and Marie is humming the folk song “An English Country Garden” as she does some yard work. Armed with gardening shears[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 16: Kinds of Adverbs Video Summary “Now, let’s talk about kinds of adverbs.” While reluctantly working out on an exercise bike in her plant-filled loft, Marie makes up sample sentences that teach us how to differentiate between the eight kinds of adverbs: adverbs of time, adverbs of place, adverbs[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 15: Adverbs Video Summary “An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.” Utilizing the stairs that lead up to the loft in her cottage, Marie gives a demonstration to help us to recognize and understand the definition and applications of adverbs.[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 14: Comparison of Adjectives, Part Two Video Summary “Adjectives are compared in three ways.” Marie is standing before her picture window gazing out at a wild squabbling of the elements. The wind is riled up. The clouds are puffy and swollen from shedding so many frustrated tears. Furious breakers[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 13: Comparison of Adjectives, Part One Video Summary “Many adjectives change their forms to show a difference in the ideas being expressed.” With the help of three blue metal figures based on ancient cave paintings, Marie teaches us about the three degrees of adjectives: positive, comparative, and superlative. She[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 12: Adjectives Video Summary “Let’s discuss adjectives here. I’ve collected a few of my special treasures from students to use as examples. An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.” Marie is sitting on the sofa inside her cozy beach cottage, next to a[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 11: Transitive, Intransitive, and Copula Verbs Video Summary “Transitive, intransitive, and copula verbs. Now I know that sounds intimidating, but it’s not really.” With these reassuring words Marie embarks with us on a late afternoon walk along the edge of the seashore, inches from the wash of the breaking[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 10: Tense of Verbs Video Summary “Tense is the change in the form of verbs to show whether the time is past, present, or future.” Marie climbs up into the higher reaches of an enormous, weather-beaten, storm-tossed stump in order to point out features of her beloved beach landscape[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 9: Agreement of Verbs Video Summary “This log is interesting. This log is also interesting. Both logs are interesting. When I talked about one log, I used the verb ‘is.’ When I talked about both logs, I used the verb ‘are.’ This is called ‘agreement of verbs.'” Marie is[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 8: Verb Phrases Video Summary “The wind is blowing. ‘Is blowing’ is a verb of more than one word. A verb of more than one word is called a VERB PHRASE. A verb phrase is a main predicate of more than one word.” While walking against a powerful wind[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 6: Pronouns Video Summary “Jacque, Sherry, Bob, and I are here for dinner. Now I can shorten that sentence by using one pronoun as the subject: WE are here for dinner.” A candle-lit dinner party with her dear friends, Jacque, Sherry, and Bob, and her cats, Schuster and Chaimers,[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 5: Nouns Video Summary “Nouns are naming words.” While happily humming to herself, Marie shakes out a white linen table cloth and smooths it over her dining table in preparation for a dinner party with some dear old friends. “Setting the table,” she explains, “is a great time to[…]