2019-12-06 Do These Things to Improve Your Collocations
If you have been studying English even for a short time, chances are you have already heard or read hundreds…
2019-11-15 Cleft Sentences in Speaking, Writing
This is Everyday Grammar. Today, I want to begin by asking you to listen to two sentences and compare their…
2019-11-08 Appositives: Renaming Words and Other Terms
Imagine you want to improve your writing skills. Perhaps you would like to take an English test or use English…
2019-11-01 Past Ability: Could, Was Able To, Managed To
Imagine that you are interviewing for a job you really want. Most of the questions are in your native language,…
2019-10-25 Subject-Verb Agreement and the News
Imagine you are reading or listening to an American news story. Perhaps it is a health and lifestyle story. Diabetes…
2019-10-18 Subject – Verb Agreement
Have you ever noticed something strange about sentences involving prices or distances? Do you ever wonder why Americans use expressions…
2019-10-11 How to Say ‘I’m Not Surprised’
Do you ever hear a story and think to yourself, “I knew that” or “it’s not surprising to me?” This…
2019-10-04 The Progressive: Activities and Places
Imagine you want to talk about what someone is doing. Perhaps you want to add information about where that action…
2019-09-27 Verbs of Perception
Imagine that you want to describe an experience. You want to talk about how you perceived something – in other…
2019-09-13 Verbs That Change with Gerunds and Infinitives
In English, we sometimes follow a verb with another action. When we do this, we must use an infinitive or…
2019-08-16 Six Everyday Phrases for Making Guesses
Sometimes, we are asked to give an answer or opinion about something when we don’t have enough information or are…
2019-08-09 ‘Social’ Verbs and Prepositions
Talking, laughing, joking – these are some of the actions we do while we are with friends and family. In…
2019-08-02 Did You ‘Ask About’ Verbs and Prepositions?
Ice Cube is a famous rap music artist. The Lumineers are a famous folk rock group. While The Lumineers and…
2019-07-26 Using Past Forms to Describe Present, Future
Imagine that your cousin wants to ask his longtime girlfriend to marry him. And he needs you to help him…