685 – 4 Conditional Patterns

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Here are some of the example sentences from this episode. To see all of them and to get the details of this English lesson, you need to listen to the podcast or join my Podcast Learner’s Group for the transcript, live group lessons, and more. If the temperature reaches 100°C, water boils. If I am late for work again, the …

684 – Something, Anything, Nothing

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I have something for you to learn. There is nothing else more important than this podcast. Ok, maybe that’s not something smart to say, but anything else may not work. What? In this English lesson, let’s look at 5 different grammar patterns you can use with something, anything, and nothing. Oh yeah, and these patterns also work well with someone, …

683 – 3 Ways to Use ING Adjectives

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I saw a magician last night. He was amazing. In fact, he was amazing the audience from the moment he stepped on to the stage. What an amazing magician. In this English lesson Podcast, we’ll look at 3 ways to use present participle adjectives, also known as ING adjectives. Here are some of the example sentences from this episode. To …

682 – Past Perfect Tense

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I came late today because I had forgotten my train ticket at home. So I went back home and by the time I got there, it had started raining. What a morning. If I had known it was going to rain, I would have stayed home. This lesson is all about the past perfect tense. Here are some of the …

679 – Am vs. Do In Simple Present Tense

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This is a pen. You probably learned a sentence like that back in the day, right? Well, the be verb, you know, am, is are, and the verb do can be confusing sometimes, especially in a negative sentence. Let’s study together Here are some of the example sentences from this episode. To see all of them and to get the …

674 – 3 Ways To Use Should With Conditionals

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Should is a pretty versatile word in the world of English grammar. I’ve talked about using should in a few other episodes of the Happy English podcast, and today I’d like to talk about how we use should with conditionals. Some of this has a formal sound, which means these three patterns are likely to show up on English exams, …

670 – Past Modal Would Have

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS 👉 Get TOEIC Mastery HERE, my new Preparation course for the TOEIC exam. “TOEIC@ is a registered trademark of ETS. This product is not endorsed or approved by ETS.” Here are some of the example sentences from this episode. To see all of them and to get the details …

669 – Past Modal Could Have

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Today, I’m going to start a series of podcasts to help you with some of the tricky grammar points that come up on the TOEIC exam. I hope this will come in handy for you if you are taking the exam, and even if not, I’m sure you can use this grammar in your everyday English conversations. In this lesson, …

657 – 6 Ways To Use TO

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Did you know that you go to a place and maybe that place is next to another place. To your surprise, you may have already known that. Well, today, I have 6 ways we use the preposition TO. Let’s study together. Here are the example sentences from this episode. …

633 – Using THE

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Joe plays piano. He plays the piano? She is the tallest girl. She’s tallest? Recently, A lot of people have asked me about using the. that’s a great topic so, let’s study together. Here are the example sentences from this episode. To get the details of this English lesson, …