We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to…
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we're going to talk about some common problems with adverbs. Basically,…
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week's Everyday Grammar is by a guest author, David Sullivan. He…
This Everyday Grammar is all about the passive voice. The passive is a verb form in which the subject receives…
What word appears most often in English? It's "the," also known as the definite article. Its partner, the indefinite article "a",is also among…
This week, we are going to talk about the past unreal conditional. Past unreal conditionals are often used to express…
In this week's episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to discuss the relative pronouns who, that and which. A relative pronoun relates to the noun…
In this week's episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to talk about conditionals. We use conditionals to show that something…
When I was on the train yesterday, I heard someone say this: "Someone left their bag on the train." Can you find…
In this week's episode of Everyday Grammar we're going to help you understand the difference between the simple past and the present perfect.…
In this week's episode of Everyday Grammar, we're going to talk about two common types of double negatives. A double negative is…
When English speakers talk about time and place, there are three little words that often come up: in, on, and at. These common…
Welcome to another episode of Everyday Grammar on VOA Learning English. English learners have difficulty with gerunds and infinitives. A gerund is the –ing form…
English learners know that prepositions can be difficult to master. There are 94 one-word prepositions in English, and about 56 prepositions with…
On March 5, Jazmine Hughes wrote in a New York Times blog, "Recently, at an IRL party — that is,…