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.”…
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.“…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…