2023-04-20 Grammar and Cars
Imagine you are in a car. Perhaps another person is driving. What kinds of sentences are you likely to hear or use? In today’s Everyday Grammar, we will show you…
2023-04-13 Pronouncing Years in American English
Have you ever wondered how to read years in English? In today’s Everyday Grammar, we take a closer look at some ways to pronounce years in American English. The most…
2023-04-06 Feedback: Writing About Your Living Space
In a recent Everyday Grammar report, we explored how to describe your living space. We asked our readers and listeners to write us a message about their living space. In…
2023-03-30 Puns and The Last of Us
The popular television series, The Last of Us, is based on a video game series with the same name. In it, teenager Ellie and middle-aged man Joel are survivors of…
2023-03-23 Where Do You Live? Part 2
Imagine a teacher says the following to you during an English speaking test: Tell me about where you live. Can you describe your living space? Today’s report will explore ways…
2023-03-16 Reviewing Your Poetry
In the past few weeks, we asked readers and listeners to write structured poems using either parts of speech or syllables. Many of you wrote in with cinquains, haiku, and…
2023-03-09 Poetry and Syllables
Last week, we looked at two kinds of poems, the cinquain and the diamante or diamond poem. We explored parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs with poems. Many…
2023-03-02 Parts of Speech and Poetry
Have you ever written a poem in English? Some of you have written to us in recent weeks asking us about writing and sharing poems. When I was a teacher…
2023-02-09 Happily Ever After: Settings, Actions, and Lessons in Fairy Tales
Recently, we discussed traditional stories called fairy tales. These stories are passed down through the generations. We learned that these tales take place at an inexact time in the past:…
2023-01-19 Talking about Art
Imagine a person asks you about your favorite piece of art. How do you answer? In today’s Everyday Grammar, we will explore how you can talk about art and the…
2023-01-12 Once Upon a Time…
Have you ever read stories like Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, or the Frog Prince? These stories are called fairy tales. Although you might not have read them in English,…
2023-01-05 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 New Year’s. How can you ask about these…
2022-12-29 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 on January 1st. But one thing many cultures have in…
2022-12-22 Grammar and Christmas
Many Americans experience surprise (or disappointment) when they wake up on Christmas Day. They might be surprised or disappointed by a family member’s actions. They might be happy or unhappy…
2022-12-15 Grammar for Exercise, Part 2
Last week, we looked at common phrasal verbs and gerunds linked to exercising and health. For this week’s Everyday Grammar report, we will continue to explore exercise vocabulary. We will…