2015-10-17 Introducing Phrasal Verbs
Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. Today we look at a very common verb form in English…
2015-10-10 When Nouns Act Like Adjectives
Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. The English language has an interesting way of classifying words. We…
2015-10-03 Comparatives and Superlatives
Adjectives describe and add information about the people or things we see every day. Sometimes, though, we want to know…
2015-09-26 Do/Does You Understand Subject-Verb Agreement?
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to talk about problems with subject-verb agreement.…
2015-09-19 Unusual Plurals
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, goes the Dr. Seuss children’s story. Why isn’t it two fishes? You…
2015-09-11 Tag Questions Are Easy, Aren’t They?
Have you ever been in a conversation and wanted to check your understanding? That is the time to use a…
2015-09-05 Three Reasons to Learn Relative Adverbs
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. In an earlier program, we talked about the relative pronouns who, that,…
2015-08-29 Fun with Future Tenses
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we are going to talk about the future tenses. There…
2015-08-22 We Suggest That You Learn the Subjunctive
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today, we’re going to talk about using the subjunctive. English speakers use…
2015-08-15 The Sounds of Grammar with Betty Azar
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we have a special guest host. Betty Azar is the most…
2015-08-08 Are Causatives Making You Crazy?
This week’s Everyday Grammar looks at the grammatical forms called causatives. Basically, causatives express how one actor causes another actor…
2015-08-01 May, Might, Must – Modals of Certainty and Hope
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week’s Everyday Grammar looks at how to use the modals may,…
2015-07-25 Can I, Could I, May I?
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we will give you some tips on how to use…
2015-07-18 You Had Better Learn Modals!
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to show you how to give advice…
2015-07-11 Mastering Reported Speech
We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to…