2015-07-04 Beating Problems with Adverbs
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we’re going to talk about some common problems with adverbs.…
2015-06-27 Words Come and Go in English
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week’s Everyday Grammar is by a guest author, David Sullivan. He…
2015-06-20 When Passive Is Better than Active
This Everyday Grammar is all about the passive voice. The passive is a verb form in which the subject receives…
2015-06-13 Using the Right Article
What word appears most often in English? It’s “the,” also known as the definite article. Its partner, the indefinite article…
2015-06-06 Advanced Conditionals
This week, we are going to talk about the past unreal conditional. Past unreal conditionals are often used to express…
2015-05-30 Relative Pronouns
In this week’s episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to discuss the relative pronouns who, that and which. A…
2015-05-23 Introducing Conditionals
In this week’s episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to talk about conditionals. We use conditionals to show that…
2015-05-16 Problems with Pronouns and Gender
When I was on the train yesterday, I heard someone say this: “Someone left their bag on the train.” Can…
2015-05-09 Simple Past and Present Perfect
In this week’s episode of Everyday Grammar we’re going to help you understand the difference between the simple past and…
2015-05-02 Double Negatives – Can’t Get None?
In this week’s episode of Everyday Grammar, we’re going to talk about two common types of double negatives. A double…
2015-04-24 In, On, and At
When English speakers talk about time and place, there are three little words that often come up: in, on, and…
2015-04-18 Gerunds and Infinitives
Welcome to another episode of Everyday Grammar on VOA Learning English. English learners have difficulty with gerunds and infinitives. A…
2015-04-13 Put Prepositions in Their Place
English learners know that prepositions can be difficult to master. There are 94 one-word prepositions in English, and about 56…
2015-03-14 Can You Correct ‘Her and I?’
On March 5, Jazmine Hughes wrote in a New York Times blog, “Recently, at an IRL party — that is,…
2018-03-30 Just in Case You Don’t Use ‘If’…
It is no surprise that many popular love songs use conditionals. Conditional sentences show that something is true only when…