Everyday Grammar

2015-07-11 Mastering Reported Speech

We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to…

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2015-07-04 Beating Problems with Adverbs

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we're going to talk about some common problems with adverbs. Basically,…

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2015-06-27 Words Come and Go in English

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week's Everyday Grammar is by a guest author, David Sullivan. He…

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2015-06-20 When Passive Is Better than Active

This Everyday Grammar is all about the passive voice. The passive is a verb form in which the subject receives…

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2015-06-13 Using the Right Article

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…

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2015-06-06 Advanced Conditionals

This week, we are going to talk about the past unreal conditional. Past unreal conditionals are often used to express…

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2015-05-30 Relative Pronouns

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…

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2015-05-23 Introducing Conditionals

In this week's episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to talk about conditionals. We use conditionals to show that something…

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2015-05-16 Problems with Pronouns and Gender

When I was on the train yesterday, I heard someone say this: "Someone left their bag on the train." Can you find…

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2015-05-09 Simple Past and Present Perfect

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.…

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2015-05-02 Double Negatives – Can’t Get None?

In this week's episode of Everyday Grammar, we're going to talk about two common types of double negatives. A double negative is…

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2015-04-24 In, On, and At

When English speakers talk about time and place, there are three little words that often come up: in, on, and at. These common…

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2015-04-18 Gerunds and Infinitives

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…

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2015-04-13 Put Prepositions in Their Place

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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2015-03-14 Can You Correct ‘Her and I?’

On March 5, Jazmine Hughes wrote in a New York Times blog, "Recently, at an IRL party — that is,…

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