2016-07-08 The Power of Parallelism
Parallelism is the repetition of similar grammatical forms. It is a powerful tool in public speaking and writing. You may…
2016-08-05 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.…
2016-07-29 Grab Onto Phrasal Verbs
Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. Today we look at a very common verb form in English…
2016-07-22 You Want to Learn About Tag Questions, Don’t You?
Have you ever been in a conversation and wanted to check your understanding? That is the time to use a…
2016-07-15 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…
2016-07-01 Could Have, Would Have, and Should Have
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we will take a look at the modal verbs could have,…
2016-06-17 May, Might, Must – Modals of Certainty
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week’s Everyday Grammar looks at how to use the modals may,…
2016-06-03 You Really Should Learn Modals!
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to show you how to give advice…
2016-05-27 Demonstrating How to Use Demonstratives
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Have you ever wondered about the differences between the words this, that,…
2016-05-20 Are You How You Talk?
We judge people by the way they speak and the grammar they use. Listen to several Americans from different regions…
2016-05-13 Who Makes Grammar Rules?
If you learned about grammar in school, you were probably taught to think about “correct” and “incorrect” ways of using…
2016-05-06 Commonly Confused Words Part 3: Homophones
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we are looking at more commonly confused words in the…
2016-04-29 Commonly Confused Words: Part Two
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we continue explaining commonly confused words in the English language.…
2016-04-22 Commonly Confused Words: Part One
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Ashley: Before we get started today, Adam, I wanted to ask you…