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Lesson 1: Introduction to clauses, sentences, and connectors
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Lesson 2: Simple and compound sentences (and, but, or)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Introduction and lesson outline (1:45)
- Part 1 - Differences connectors overview (1:21)
- Part 2 - Coordinating conjunctions (but) (2:18)
- Part 3 - Subordinating conjunctions (whereas, while) (3:38)
- Part 4 - Sentence connectors (however, on the other hand) (3:44)
- Part 5 - Preposition connectors (unlike) (5:17)
- Quiz
- WRITING PRACTICE
Lesson 8: Connectors 4 - Similarities(and...too, also, both...and, just like)
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Lesson 9: Connectors 5 - purpose (in order to)
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Lesson 10: Error correction 1 (subject-verb agreement)
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"Sentences" helped me so much!
Before, I didn't understand how to use different connectors such as "despite", "even though", "nevertheless" and so on. Now it's super clear! And I can feel more confident when I do my IELTS test
(Ella, from South Korea)