Everyday Grammar

2017-04-21 Noun Clauses in Everyday Speech

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Almost every American has seen or heard of the movie "Forrest Gump."…

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2017-04-14 The Many Ways to Say ‘Okay’

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine you are watching a film about love, such as "Before Sunrise."…

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2017-04-07 Using Discourse Markers in American English

Imagine you are watching an old American movie -- the crime film "Dirty Harry." You have heard that one part…

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2017-03-31 Take a Break with Commas

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine you are taking a trip in a foreign country. You are…

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2017-03-24 Infinitives in Everyday Speech

Imagine you are in an American city. While standing along the street, you hear someone asking for directions. "What's the…

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2017-03-17 Imprecise Noun Phrases in Conversation

Imagine you hear a group of American teenagers talking. One teenager has received a gift, and his friends are a…

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2017-03-10 Commonly Used Nouns

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine you hear a mother or father talking to a child. The…

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2017-03-03 ‘Providing’ More Assistance With Prepositions

English learners know that prepositions can be difficult to master. There are 94 one-word prepositions in English, and about 56 prepositions with…

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2017-02-24 Disagreements in Everyday Conversation, Part Two

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine you are at a business meeting in the United States. The…

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2017-02-17 Disagreements in Everyday Conversation

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine that you are walking down the street in an American city.…

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2017-02-10 Common Adverbs in Conversation: Amplifiers, Downtoners

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine you are at a business meeting. You have just presented a…

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2017-02-03 Adverb and Adjective Choices in Conversation

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine two American students are talking outside of their school. Let's listen…

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2017-01-27 You Can Use the Simple Past Tense to Make Polite Offers

Imagine you are at a café in the United States. The server walks toward you and asks the following question: Did you…

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2017-01-20 Learn 10 Separable Phrasal Verbs

Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. Today we return to a very common verb form in English…

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2017-01-13 Can You Catch These Native Speaker Mistakes?

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we will learn a few English words and phrases that…

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