ACT Grammar - Top Punctuation Rules(HD) - Brightstorm ACT Prep

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Komentáře • 237

  • @Simplylemonade2016
    @Simplylemonade2016 Před 4 lety +90

    This made my score go up 5 points trust her

  • @ronansmith4737
    @ronansmith4737 Před 5 lety +61

    this gives me a 1998 college student vibe, and I can't explain why that's so appealing

  • @seafoam1074
    @seafoam1074 Před 5 lety +108

    I get super confused on singular and plural grammar rules and this really helped me out! Taking the ACT tomorrow, wish me luck 😭

  • @LeMeister
    @LeMeister Před 4 lety +23

    Jeez man, I’m learning more here than my actual English class

  • @iridescence7554
    @iridescence7554 Před 7 lety +235

    Tip: explain why the wrong answers are wrong. Would definitely clear some confusion with some students.

    • @sandeepkhanal5468
      @sandeepkhanal5468 Před 7 lety +2

      Jay Sweazy 29 is not that bad marks,is it?

    • @SomberSora
      @SomberSora Před 5 lety +1

      @@sandeepkhanal5468 Not at all, a 29 is easily enough for scholarships. I would push for a 30+ if possible, however.

    • @nikkieasley6204
      @nikkieasley6204 Před 4 lety +5

      sandeep khanal - no! The average is a 20-21 so a 29 is great!

  • @wesleeiden7391
    @wesleeiden7391 Před 5 lety +19

    I just finished taking the ACT after watching this video and this was extremely helpful!

  • @NickVetter
    @NickVetter Před 5 lety +71

    Wish my act english was as good as my math and science

    • @nikkieasley6204
      @nikkieasley6204 Před 4 lety +16

      I’m the opposite, I got a 33 on math and a 30 on science and then a 19 on English... a 19! 😳

    • @josephkennedy1954
      @josephkennedy1954 Před 4 lety +8

      No Name I don’t think you are the opposite

    • @SK-mr6ov
      @SK-mr6ov Před 4 lety +1

      No Name 😂 tf?

    • @bananakuma
      @bananakuma Před 3 lety +1

      @@josephkennedy1954 I think that was a joke, that his English is so bad

  • @ari7610
    @ari7610 Před 7 lety +435

    it says 2015 but she looks like she's from 2005

    • @juneslovely8174
      @juneslovely8174 Před 7 lety +17

      ariel she is from 2009 lol

    • @brimadison8930
      @brimadison8930 Před 6 lety +2

      ariel 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @tareknabih4249
      @tareknabih4249 Před 4 lety

      stfu u were a fucked kid in 2005 u don't know wat ur talking about

    • @Bruh-ty5ql
      @Bruh-ty5ql Před 4 lety +30

      @@tareknabih4249 calm down bud. we're here to review for a test

    • @OblakSan
      @OblakSan Před 4 lety +2

      @@Bruh-ty5ql 😂😂

  • @liviaroy6937
    @liviaroy6937 Před 3 lety +14

    this video helped me bring my english score up by 9 points, from a 14-23

  • @englishbyteswithsiribon2391

    This video is very useful to people like me who uses english as a second language. Thank you mam, your explanation is very clear and easy to understsnd. Very nice presentation. I am motivated to create my own channel because of you. Thank you very much.

  • @ty_cheerfun2465
    @ty_cheerfun2465 Před 7 lety +6

    This was really helpful! Thankyou so much :)

  • @Fearfullyandwonderfullycreated

    Thank you for this, it helps a lot.

  • @upthatvote4747
    @upthatvote4747 Před 3 lety

    I think this women is the best help I've had in months

  • @kittentothefaceinc
    @kittentothefaceinc Před 6 lety +1

    Great video! Commas and apostrophes were the things I was missing the most!

  • @nikkieasley6204
    @nikkieasley6204 Před 4 lety +1

    This video helped a lot, thanks!

  • @ansleygreer990
    @ansleygreer990 Před 3 lety +4

    I got a 35 after watching this!

  • @Carolina-cm6nu
    @Carolina-cm6nu Před 5 lety +57

    Well, maybe Josh DID plan to wear his duffle bag... we'll never know

  • @q7293
    @q7293 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank U so much, it is very clear and useful!!!

  • @LeMeister
    @LeMeister Před 4 lety +2

    Little tip for people that got confused on verb agreement stuff. Usually the subject has “the” before the subject, not counting the Matt and his friend sentence she showed.

  • @eastheart7792
    @eastheart7792 Před 7 lety +8

    Thankyou very helpful ;)

  • @oksanagermakovski8080
    @oksanagermakovski8080 Před 7 lety +7

    To Divine Rod: It's easy. Take a sentence and ask "who does what?" The "who" would be a subject. The "does what" is a predicate. The skyscraper rises over the river. Who/what does what? The skyscraper does something. The skyscraper is a subject. Does what? Rises. Rises is a predicate.A bit harder now. Over the river a skyscraper rises. We have two nouns. Which I c a subject? Who does what? The river does nothing. The skyscraper does - it rises. The skyscraper is a subject (again).Hope it helps unless you are talking about more confusing examples.

  • @carsonmarkley3540
    @carsonmarkley3540 Před 7 lety

    Thank you this was very helpful

  • @smolarekSZN
    @smolarekSZN Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you so much, aiming for nthn less than a 33 on the english section. i think i can get this if i keep watching ur videos

  • @jerrymann20
    @jerrymann20 Před 4 lety

    New teacher! Yay

  • @FF-fd9nx
    @FF-fd9nx Před 3 lety +2

    This was hella useful. I take the test october 24th

  • @samsamismail681
    @samsamismail681 Před 3 lety +1

    Lady you really helped me with English thank you ☺️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @marcusdavis6349
    @marcusdavis6349 Před 7 lety

    Great Video!!

  • @kfiyaaa
    @kfiyaaa Před 7 lety +3

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! :)

  • @blaircorbett2379
    @blaircorbett2379 Před 7 lety +65

    14:32 getting flirty with dem apostrophes

  • @tiagarner8923
    @tiagarner8923 Před 7 lety

    Thank you! I've always hated modifiers!

  • @sayhtoo689
    @sayhtoo689 Před 7 lety

    You were soo helpful

  • @campbellchristensen
    @campbellchristensen Před 3 lety

    amazing video!

  • @juliaketelhut7816
    @juliaketelhut7816 Před 7 lety

    This is worth watching

  • @hunnapugz1475
    @hunnapugz1475 Před 5 lety

    Thank’s for the tip

  • @haneefqaazee3988
    @haneefqaazee3988 Před 6 lety +7

    Excellent lesson! Thank you very much.

  • @teacherming561
    @teacherming561 Před 2 lety

    Nice video, thanks :)

  • @jagmeemees
    @jagmeemees Před 6 lety +138

    But who says Dana wasn't really sizzling on the grill? We don't know.

  • @LEO.MAKES.ANTHEMS
    @LEO.MAKES.ANTHEMS Před 5 lety +1

    Very helpful

  • @danielklinsmann8546
    @danielklinsmann8546 Před 7 lety

    Awesome video

  • @annika8855
    @annika8855 Před 2 lety +1

    When I get my score back from my ACT tomorrow, i'm going to come back and thank the lady with the headband.

  • @salmauseef6799
    @salmauseef6799 Před 3 lety

    THANK YOU

  • @kaleabeyohanes9692
    @kaleabeyohanes9692 Před 6 lety

    thank you very very much

  • @sergelinejean873
    @sergelinejean873 Před 2 lety

    Thank you

  • @youssefshrief4585
    @youssefshrief4585 Před 3 lety

    its perfect

  • @joeboei
    @joeboei Před 6 lety +73

    i care its your birthday

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 Před 4 lety

    Not bad. Nice. Thanks👍🏻

  • @SK-mr6ov
    @SK-mr6ov Před 4 lety

    Well done video

  • @saeedn8829
    @saeedn8829 Před 7 lety

    Thanks.

  • @asitkandpal4234
    @asitkandpal4234 Před 6 lety

    i wish i could hit 100k likes , excellent teaching , and now my confidence is sky high

  • @thelorcyfamily8763
    @thelorcyfamily8763 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you so much
    I’m about to take the ACT on Saturday

  • @nixpaFPS
    @nixpaFPS Před 4 lety +3

    This video is a decade old, but these tips seem on point, i just hope the grammar portion of the test has not changed much since then.

    • @Spritualkay.lovess
      @Spritualkay.lovess Před 3 lety

      It hasn’t. It’s the same. Same concepts, same test questions you’ll see.

    • @nixpaFPS
      @nixpaFPS Před 3 lety

      Konnie Suggs thanks

  • @shadowcoona
    @shadowcoona Před 7 lety

    Ty! ur bomb btw

  • @BarbaraMorozova
    @BarbaraMorozova Před 4 lety +2

    Awesome video....I thought my grammar was perfect until I watched this video. LOL

  • @mrAZcardinal
    @mrAZcardinal Před 4 lety +5

    Legend has it John is still wearing his duffle bag.

  • @anabautista5578
    @anabautista5578 Před 3 lety

    my score went up with her tips, trust her!!!

  • @coolhandluke1936
    @coolhandluke1936 Před 4 lety

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

  • @lilyosah2562
    @lilyosah2562 Před 6 lety +64

    Jesus I just came from an ACT video that a guy made and not a SINGLE comment was about his appearance, what's wrong with you guys?

    • @HandleDisliker
      @HandleDisliker Před 5 lety +3

      I think it's just because the "like-a-guy" group/mentality tends to be publicly shunned in the internet society, while "flirty" comments have been accepted due to the fact that a lot of females tend to like the attention flirting gives. Why that is, I don't know.

    • @sawyergowen9098
      @sawyergowen9098 Před 5 lety +5

      I know all these males are just so sexist it makes me sick

    • @ArchitGuptaTheSwaggyNoodle
      @ArchitGuptaTheSwaggyNoodle Před 5 lety +3

      @@sawyergowen9098 she cute tho

  • @noorelalem9203
    @noorelalem9203 Před 2 lety

    in 2022 an this video is really useful thank you

  • @SW-2010
    @SW-2010 Před 7 lety +2

    You know that's my DVD!

  • @sandeepkhanal5468
    @sandeepkhanal5468 Před 7 lety +22

    I'm trying hard for just 29..
    but I will
    #troy university
    #howard university
    😇😇😇😇

  • @bulldogmadhav5762
    @bulldogmadhav5762 Před 6 lety +14

    So with the sign it should say
    “Employees must wash their hands”
    Not “Employees must wash hands”

    • @topazi2198
      @topazi2198 Před 4 lety +1

      I mean, it's been shortened for conciseness. Ya gotta cut corners somehow, right?

    • @micah_lee
      @micah_lee Před 4 lety

      @@topazi2198 That doesn't mean you can't fix the grammar.

  • @felixonyango4218
    @felixonyango4218 Před 5 lety +2

    You are the best English teacher I never come a cross off.You are the best ,an you are beautiful too

  • @rokhsanayeasmin7489
    @rokhsanayeasmin7489 Před 4 lety +1

    I’m taking that tomorrow 😰😰
    Wish me luck.

  • @anubhav6525
    @anubhav6525 Před 6 lety +1

    You're the best English tutor

  • @yeahok9082
    @yeahok9082 Před 4 lety +1

    at 13:57 please someone tell me,,, cant his/her be replaced with their so it would still be correct?

    • @Spritualkay.lovess
      @Spritualkay.lovess Před 3 lety +1

      Someone is singular. His or her is singular. - Pronoun- noun agreement
      Their is plural. You need a plural subject/noun. - goes back to pronoun- noun agreement.
      Hoped that helped! 👌🏽

  • @sokhibabdurasulov3323
    @sokhibabdurasulov3323 Před 6 lety +2

    She looks just like young Sarah in Jumanjii movie.. I liked your lesson. :)

  • @rurutherussian
    @rurutherussian Před 8 lety +3

    I have trouble identifying the subjects of the sentences.

  • @ahmadbairat9553
    @ahmadbairat9553 Před 5 lety

    I like

  • @george2815
    @george2815 Před 4 lety +1

    Do you have a lisp?

  • @josephrikers1111
    @josephrikers1111 Před 3 lety

    Why does Sam’s dvd get an apostrophe ? Isn’t the apostrophe’s s standing in for is?
    In which to me wouldn’t make sense.

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 Před 5 lety

    The Bells' house.Before the fanboys with connected clauses. The dog ran always with its bone. It being the dog in this example.

  • @brunomucyo1145
    @brunomucyo1145 Před 5 lety +2

    this is very helpful.

  • @alexw6802
    @alexw6802 Před 4 lety +1

    Happy birthday, we care

  • @dolly4617
    @dolly4617 Před 8 lety +1

    Thank you. I'm enrolled in EGUMPP but need a better resource to learn so I found this helpful.

  • @MaureenMurphy_
    @MaureenMurphy_ Před 6 lety +6

    She’s pretty.

  • @elyselysie2862
    @elyselysie2862 Před 4 lety

    I wish you were my English teacher ! You explain things so well

  • @jessicahusband6555
    @jessicahusband6555 Před 2 lety

    Can you explain the “Someone lost their shoe” question?

  • @BlightedLando
    @BlightedLando Před 6 lety +3

    my nama jeff

  • @jorgecorrea7996
    @jorgecorrea7996 Před 6 lety

    19

  • @infoinlessthan5597
    @infoinlessthan5597 Před 4 lety

    Are these all the English punctuation & grammar rules

  • @billybobjoe826359387
    @billybobjoe826359387 Před 4 lety

    Helpful! She doesn't explain why too in-depth though....... I wish she would explain something just for ten more seconds

  • @Thetrurth
    @Thetrurth Před 5 lety

    It’s informative video for me. Please I have question which I am not finding any excuses for use comma with no coordinating in some example.
    These sentences I cited from email which I have received from yahoo news , so it must be corrected I guess. Please , can you tell me what the excuses here for not using any coordinating conjunction here ?
    1- A San Diego grand jury indicted the Hunters for allegedly using campaign accounts to pay for their children's private school tuition, lavish travel including restaurant meals that frequently cost hundreds of dollars.
    2-The indictment alleges the Hunters lied about how the money was spent, with the couple saying it went to charity or campaign events when prosecutors said it was really used for groceries, restaurant meals and clothing.
    3-Hunter appeared to blame his wife for the violations in an interview with Fox News last year, saying he gave Margaret power of attorney when he was deployed to Iraq as a marine in 2003, and that she oversaw his campaign finances.

  • @wolfep9858
    @wolfep9858 Před 5 lety

    Ok 'so I under'stand

  • @allisonhook6101
    @allisonhook6101 Před 5 lety +4

    I love how everyone in the comments are correcting each other's grammar 😂

  • @josaikinzunga8065
    @josaikinzunga8065 Před 4 lety

    I died when she said, Dana is sizzling

  • @davidjohnson4063
    @davidjohnson4063 Před 3 lety +3

    11:38 AHAAAAHAAA

  • @lilyferrara8177
    @lilyferrara8177 Před 3 lety

    someone help dana

  • @allisonhook6101
    @allisonhook6101 Před 5 lety

    I know you said that the act never uses a comma with the "and" situation.
    Ex I like beans, cheese, and, fruit too.
    I like beans, cheese, and fruit too.
    But the last time I took the act I found a problem like this. I don't understand which would be correct

    • @necromancer6405
      @necromancer6405 Před 5 lety

      Always go for the comma being there if you must choose.

    • @allisonhook6101
      @allisonhook6101 Před 5 lety

      @@necromancer6405 okay thank you! I'm taking the act today

  • @smolarekSZN
    @smolarekSZN Před 4 lety

    do well on ur ACT why does the year matter?

  • @mely1056
    @mely1056 Před 4 lety +1

    I’m stuck at a 26 for English and I’m really hoping for a 30

  • @kingabdul9353
    @kingabdul9353 Před 7 lety +1

    It's= it is, it has, it was

  • @Inktron
    @Inktron Před 4 lety +3

    13:43 just so y'all know this is now incorrect(as it's from 2015). The word "their" now has the added definition of "belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified sex." So the sentence would be grammatically correct.

  • @justinscott6049
    @justinscott6049 Před 5 lety +1

    Anything that comes after "of" can't be the subject. Not knowing this will make the subject verb agreement questions seem like a guessing game.

  • @goodbyekatein6977
    @goodbyekatein6977 Před 3 lety +1

    Taking the act tm 🚶‍♀️

  • @Groxseum
    @Groxseum Před 5 lety

    So here's why commas can mess you over here, *face zoom in* , you see you actually need to place them before FANBOYS, so then you have to *face zoom out* remember to use them.

  • @yukihalleck8727
    @yukihalleck8727 Před 4 lety +2

    I’m having a hard time understanding skyscraper example sentence. 😢

    • @cyber.cowboy
      @cyber.cowboy Před 3 lety

      the skyscrapers are what's rising, not the river. since there are multiple skyscrapers, the verb must be plural

  • @hamilton.brianr
    @hamilton.brianr Před 7 lety

    "their" is a singular gender neutral pronoun and so would be acceptable in at least the somebody shoe example. the second example I'm not sure, it may be acceptable but "its" would be a better option for the IRS.

  • @ShivamPatel-hl9ys
    @ShivamPatel-hl9ys Před 6 lety

    I'm perplexed on her face

  • @MazaTheFaza
    @MazaTheFaza Před 8 lety

    I'm confused about why the football stadium, which is singular is rises, but the skyscrapers (plural) is rise

    • @bh92x
      @bh92x Před 8 lety

      a verb usually end in a 's' if the noun is singular and vise versa.
      ex: How many people are coming? (people = plural so the verb should be are not is)
      ex2: Is John going to coming? (John = singular so the verb should be is not are)
      **Disclaimer: I am not a grammar teacher**

    • @pinpon163
      @pinpon163 Před 7 lety

      Spiculus In the english language, the third person (He,She,It) always causes the verb to end in S. For eg. she loveS me, Marc chooseS to help, It containS poison. It is just a rule, try to memorize it.

  • @jilliangreen7688
    @jilliangreen7688 Před 4 lety

    Did she try to wink at the end?