Everyday Grammar (日常语法)

2025-01-09 Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One

Many English learners have spent a lot of time studying the parts of speech: adjectives, nouns and verbs, for example. But…

10 months ago

2025-01-02 Questions, Answers about Holiday Activities

Imagine you are talking to an American. You are curious to know about what they did during the holidays of Christmas and…

11 months ago

2024-12-26 Grammar for Making New Year’s Resolutions

The New Year can come on different dates for different cultures. Most of the Western world, for example, celebrates it…

11 months ago

2024-12-19 Grammar and Christmas

Many Americans experience surprise (or disappointment) when they wake up on Christmas Day. They might be surprised or disappointed by a…

11 months ago

2024-12-12 Fun with Future Tenses

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we are going to talk about the future tenses. There…

11 months ago

2024-12-05 Simple Past and Present Perfect

Editors note: This is the third of a four-part series on verb tenses. Click here to see part one. See the…

11 months ago

2024-11-28 Are You Learning the Progressive Tenses?

Editors note: This is the second of a four-part series on verb tenses. Click here to see part one. See the…

12 months ago

2024-11-21 Thanksgiving and English Grammar

Every year around the Thanksgiving holiday, a strange ceremony happens in Washington, DC. The president stands outside the White House,…

1 year ago

2024-11-14 An Introduction to Verb Tenses

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we are going to give you a basic overview of the…

1 year ago

2024-11-07 You Want to Learn about Tag Questions, Don’t You?

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Have you ever been in a conversation and wanted to check your understanding?…

1 year ago