Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here Can you recommend a good restaurant? I suggest taking the train instead. My doctor recommended drinking less coffee. My friend suggested that I try yoga. Recommend and suggest. These two words seem pretty similar, right? They both mean giving advice or giving an idea. But sometimes, when you try …
1043 – How To Talk About the Future
Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here We’re going to have a meeting tomorrow. We’re having a meeting tomorrow. Maybe we’ll have a meeting tomorrow. All three of these sentences talk about the future… but they don’t feel exactly the same. So what’s the difference? If you’ve ever wondered when to use “going to have,” “having”, …
1042 – How to Use the Present Progressive Naturally in English
Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here I wish I had more time. I wish I could travel more. I wish it wasn’t raining today. You’ve probably heard sentences like these before. Do you wish using the word wish wasn’t so confusing. Should you say, “I wish I have more time”? Or “I wish I had …
1038 – I Have vs. I’m Having – What’s the Difference?
Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here I have a dog. I’m having fun. Two very simple sentences, right? But here’s the question… why can we say “I’m having fun,” but we can’t say, “I’m having a dog”? Yeah… that sounds strange. So what’s going on here? Why does have sometimes work in the progressive form, …
1008 – Why Americans Say “I Already Ate” – Simple Past vs Present Perfect
Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here Have you ever studied the present perfect in English and thought… “Okay… I understand the rule… but nobody actually talks like this.” Maybe your textbook says something like: “You must use the present perfect for actions that happened at an unspecified time in the past.” So the example sentence …
1007 – Practical Uses of Would in Everyday English
Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here When I was a kid, my friends and I would ride our bikes around the neighborhood until it got dark. And then, we would sit around the kitchen table talking about our day. I would like to talk about that more.I mean, I would if I had more time. …
1003 – Practical Uses of the Past Perfect In English
Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here By the time I got to the party, Jack had already gone home. Ah, the past perfect tense. Have you ever studied this grammar and thought… When do people actually use this? Maybe you learned something like, “The past perfect is the past of the past.” And technically, that’s …
964 – Talking About Habits in English – Always, Tend To, Keep + ING, Used To
Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here Do you have this problem? When you talk about habits in English, you might use the same grammar again and again? Things like, “I eat breakfast at 7,” or “I go to bed late,” or “I work on Saturdays.” Those sentences are correct – no problem there. But if …
955 – Went, Gone, or Been – What’s the Real Difference?
Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube: Here Have you ever gone somewhere… and then realized you should’ve been somewhere else? Or maybe you went somewhere, and now you’re trying to explain that… but the grammar just won’t come out right. Don’t worry – this happens to a lot of English learners. So today, we’re going to …
931 – Questions and Negatives with Still, Yet, Already, & Anymore
Watch the video version of this Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HappyEnglishNY/podcasts Thanks for joining me today! If you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between “Have you eaten yet?” and “Are you still eating?”… or if you’re not sure when to use anymore – then this episode is for you. These four little words – still, yet, already, and anymore – …