Basic Grammar Lesson 19: Adjective Phrases

This lesson is part of the series: Basic English Grammar Course, Package 1: Basic Grammar and Punctuation

Basic English Grammar Lesson 19: Adjective Phrases

"An adjective phrase is a group of words that does the work of an adjective." Marie explains the composition of an adjective phrase. Then, combining art appreciation with grammar she uses the rock pool, the snow capped mountains, and the eagle perched upon Eagle Rock depicted in the painting to inspire sample sentences that help teach us the finer points about adjective phrases.

Workbook exercises and answer key are provided with this lesson.

Featured Music:
Bach - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

This lesson is excerpted from the Basic Cozy English Grammar course. The full course was created by and is available from Splashes from the River. You can check out this and other courses from Splashes at www.splashesfromtheriver.com.

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Marie Sophia Rackham was born in 1934 and raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She earned degrees in English and Geography from the University of British Columbia, and spent thirteen years studying piano with the Royal Conservatory of Music.

She worked as a public school teacher for thirty-four years, teaching at all levels from kindergarten to grade twelve; and taught piano and theory privately in her own studio for fourteen years.

Over her many years of teaching language arts, Marie developed her own curriculum for teaching basic grammar and punctuation, which was eventually published through the local Teacher's Resource Center and made available to all the schools in...

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07/22/2009

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