Everyday Grammar

2015-10-24 Pow! Whizz! What Are Onomatopoeia?

The world is full of different sounds. Some sounds are pleasing to hear, like a bird's voice. Other sounds hurt…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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 may…

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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…

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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, and…

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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…

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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 the…

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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…

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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…

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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, must, and might. Modal…

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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 modals to…

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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…

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