Introduction and lesson outline

"SENTENCES" - Course 1 - FULL COURSE (A2, B1)

Lesson 1: Introduction to clauses, sentences, and connectors

Lesson 2: Simple and compound sentences (and, but, or)

Introduction and lesson outline (1:43)
Part 1 - What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence? (1:22)
Part 2 - What is a clause? (0:36)
Part 3 - What are compound subjects and compound predicates? (1:14)
Part 4 - When do we use "and" / "or" / "but" ? (1:02)
Part 5 - Making compound sentences (1:08)
Part 6 - What are the FANBOYS? (1:07)
Part 7 - Example compound sentences (2:19)
WRITING PRACTICE - simple and compound sentences (and, or, but) (8:54)

Lesson 3: Compound sentences (so, yet, for, nor)

Introduction and lesson outline (1:23)
Part 1 - What is a compound sentence? (2:36)
Part 2 - When do we use "so", "for", "yet", and "nor" ? (1:40)
Part 3 - FANBOYS review (4:17)
Part 4 - How do we use "nor"? (3:00)
Quiz - so, yet, for, nor (3:34)
WRITING PRACTICE - Compound sentences (so, yet, for, nor) (5:54)
Lesson 3 KEY SNAP SHOTS

Lesson 4 - Complex sentences (before/after/when/as soon as)

Introduction and lesson outline (1:40)
Part 1 - Simple vs Compound vs Complex sentences (3:26)
Part 2 - Complex sentences! (3:15)
Part 3 - Introduction to subordinating conjunctions (1:17)
Part 4 - Making complex sentences (before/after) (4:53)
Part 5 - Making complex sentences (when/as soon as) (2:35)
Part 6 - What's strange about before/after/when/as soon as? (2:28)
Quiz (before, after) (2:53)
WRITING PRACTICE (before, after, when, as soon as) (7:26)
Lesson 4 KEY SNAPSHOTS

Lesson 5: Connectors 1 - "cause" and "effect": for, so, because, as, since, as a result, consequently, because of, due to

Introduction and lesson outline (2:19)
Part 1 - Introduction to 4 connector structures (2:38)
Part 2 - What is "cause" and "effect"? (reason and result) (3:54)
Part 3 - Introduction to "cause" and "effect" connectors (2:29)
Part 4 - Coordinating conjunctions - for, so (2:51)
Part 5 - Subordinating conjunctions - because, since, as (5:54)
Part 6 - Sentence connectors - therefore, as a result, consequently, so (4:03)
Part 7 - Prepositions - due to, because of (4:22)
Quiz (cause and effect connectors) (4:14)
WRITING PRACTICE!

Lesson 6: Connectors 2 - surprising facts (yet, but, although, even though, however, nevertheless, despite, in spite of)

Introduction and lesson outline (2:12)
Part 1 - 4 connector structures review (3:00)
Part 2 - What are "surprising facts"? (5:14)
Part 3 - Introduction to "surprising fact" connectors (1:25)
Part 4 - Coordinating conjunctions (yet, but) (2:52)
Part 5 - Subordinating conjunctions (although, even though) (6:03)
Part 6 - Sentence connectors (however, nevertheless) (3:37)
Part 7 - Prepositions (despite, in spite of) (5:42)
Quiz
WRITING PRACTICE

Lesson 7: Connectors 3 - differences (whereas, while, but, however, on the other hand, unlike)

Lesson 8: Connectors 4 - Similarities(and...too, also, both...and, just like)

Lesson 9: Connectors 5 - purpose (in order to)

Lesson 10: Error correction 1 (subject-verb agreement)

Discussion