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, …

629 – Verbs Followed By TO Followed By a Gerund

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Have you gotten around to studying this week? Are you devoted to improving your speaking skills? Have you gotten used to studying everyday? I hope you look forward to hearing this podcast each week. Let’s study together. Here are the example sentences from this episode. To get the details …

597 – Ability and Possibility

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS In this lesson, we’re going to talk about all of the different ways we can talk about ability and possibility using can, could, and be able to. There’s a lot to learn here, so let’s get going! Here are the example sentences from this episode. To get the details …

580 – Begin, Start, And Prepositions

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Today, we’re going to take a look at the prepositions we use with begin and start. First of all, I’d like to mention that begin and start are usually interchangeable. For example you can start the class or begin the class – the meaning is the same. And, there …

572 – A vs. The Makes A Difference

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Today we’re going to look at five phrases, like in a way and in the way. Using a or the in each phrase changes the meaning, so you’ll want to be sure to chose the right word. Let’s get right into it. Here are the example sentences from this …

569 – 6 Ways To Use MAKE in the Causative

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSA while ago we looked at the causative form of the verb make. Today, I’d like to dig a little deeper into the different ways we can use this very versatile verb, MAKE. Here are the example sentences. To get the details of this English lesson, you need to listen …

568 – Irregular Participle Adjectives

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSToday we’re going to talk about vocabulary. Way back in episode 26, we talked about participle adjectives. You know, words like interesting and interested, exciting and excited, and boring and bored. Well today we’re going to talk about irregular participle adjectives. This is a small group of ED adjectives that …