Listening Comprehension Critical Listening Skill Builder 1 In this video, I will teach you a great method for developing your listening comprehension skills. I'll start by introducing the concept of critical listening and what it means to be a good listener, then I'll talk about how to actively listen in order to understand the content effectively. Listening is the most important skill for success in college and beyond. Critical listening skills are necessary for success in just about every profession. The Critical Listening Skills Builder Series takes you through an introduction to the purpose of critical listening, and will show you how to actively listen for the key elements. We will answer some comprehension questions and then I will show you were all of the key elements were in the news article. You will see how the tone can change when the speaker says these key elements and that will help you build your critical listening skills. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIVbNh1lXwo

Learn all about adjectives in this 8 lesson series on the parts of speech in the English language. Answer some questions for more practice and I will check them. Subscribe to get the next lessons. #adjectives #parts of speech #8partsofspeech #Englishgrammar What Are Adjectives? Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven. Adjectives Modify Nouns Most students learn that adjectives are words that modify (describe) nouns. Adjectives do not modify verbs or adverbs or other adjectives. Margot wore a beautiful hat to the pie-eating contest. Furry dogs may overheat in the summertime. My cake should have sixteen candles. In the sentences above, the adjectives are easy to spot because they come immediately before the nouns they modify. But adjectives can do more than just modify nouns. They can also act as a complement to linking verbs or the verb to be. A linking verb is a verb like to feel, to seem, or to taste that describes a state of being or a sensory experience. That cow sure is happy. It smells gross in the locker room. Driving is faster than walking. The technical term for an adjective used this way is predicate adjective. Uses of Adjectives Adjectives tell the reader how much—or how many—of something you’re talking about, which thing you want passed to you, or which kind of something you want. Please use three white flowers in the arrangement. Three and white are modifying flowers. Often, when adjectives are used together, you should separate them with a comma or conjunction. See “Coordinate Adjectives” below for more detail. I’m looking for a small, good-tempered dog to keep as a pet. My new dog is small and good-tempered. Degrees of Comparison Adjectives come in three forms: absolute, comparative, and superlative. Absolute adjectives describe something in its own right. A cool guy A messy desk A mischievous cat Garrulous squirrels Comparative adjectives, unsurprisingly, make a comparison between two or more things. For most one-syllable adjectives, the comparative is formed by adding the suffix -er (or just -r if the adjective already ends with an e). For two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, replace -y with -ier. For multi-syllable adjectives, add the word more. A cooler guy A messier desk A more mischievous cat More garrulous squirrels Superlative adjectives indicate that something has the highest degree of the quality in question. One-syllable adjectives become superlatives by adding the suffix -est (or just -st for adjectives that already end in e). Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y replace -y with -iest. Multi-syllable adjectives add the word most. When you use an ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3qOzq7T3kk