A colon is used to give emphasis, present dialogue, introduce lists or text, and clarify composition titles. Emphasis—Capitalize the first word after the colon only if it is a proper noun or the start ...
Ask students to expand nouns, using words before and after the noun. Explore with students how noun phrases can be used when writing advertising text. This clip is suitable for teaching English at ...
Fisherman: Help! There's a beast. I'm trapped on the lake. My boat is stuck. Narrator: Nice use of your nouns there. Beast, lake and boat. How about we expand those noun phrases? Expanded noun ...