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Editors note: This is the third episode of four-part series on verb tenses. Be sure to listen to part one and part two first. For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we are going to talk about the perfect verb tenses. Perfect tenses
[00:02.80]How do you study for a test? [00:05.15]SECTION A [00:07.68]1b Listen. How do these students study for test? Write letters from the picture above. [01:02.25]2a Listen and check (P) the questions you hear. [02:06.33]2b Listen again and match
[00:-1.00]WARMING UP [00:-2.00]When you do the three exercises on pags 15 [00:-3.00]try to use as many Ws and Hs as you can. [00:-4.00]What are the Ws and Hs? [00:-5.00]They are who,what,when,where,why,how,long how soon,many,how much,etc.and etc. [00
A stretch of road known as America's loneliest highway seems the perfect place to ignore the speed limit. But for those who slow down, Nevada's high desert reveals its unexpected side. Great Basin National Park is home to Lehman Caves. Lehman Caves w
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is sentence length. This episode was written by guest writer, Bonnie Trenga, author of The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier. I was glad to hear from those of you who enjoyed Bonnie's writing last week. I'll be b
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is can versus may. A listener named Donna says that after familiarizing herself with the definitions and usages of can and may, she still isn't sure which word to use in this sentence: May we expect you tomorrow? or C
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is who versus that. Lesley called in with this question: My pet peeve is who versus that, as in You know Bob, he's the guy that sold me my car. It drives me nuts. Or am I mistaken and it's just become part of the new
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is whether you can use the word woman as an adjective. Ann in Baltimore, Maryland, asked why people were referring to Nancy Pelosi as the woman Speaker of the House instead of the female speaker of the house, and Amy
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to deal with electronic citations. Listener Question Now to get started, here's a listener question: Hi, Grammar Girl. My name is Laura and I am a teacher of 9th-grade English and a big fan of your podcast. I'v
AMERICAN MOSAIC - National Women's Hall of Fame Adds New Members, Including Hillary Clinton By Shelley Gollust, Katherine Gypson and Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Friday, December 02, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: W
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine that you are walking down the street in an American city. You might hear short conversations as you pass people. One such short conversation might sound like this: A: Should we try that rest
The Mystery of the Disappearing "That" From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today, we are going to explore a mysterious word in English that seems to appear and disappear at will! If you are wondering what we mean, consider these
What Can Thanksgiving Teach You About English Grammar? Every year around the Thanksgiving holiday, a strange ceremony happens in Washington, DC. The president stands outside the White House, gives a brief speech and then officially pardons a turkey.
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is subversive Christmas carols. And now, on to our question. There's a listener named Kat whose holiday joy is crushed every time she hears the Christmas carol Joy to the World. She asks: Why do we sing 'Joy to the wo
The script of this programme 本节目台词 The National Portrait Gallery Helen: Hello, Im Helen. Welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English. Jin: 大家好,我是金妮。在今天的节目中,我们要带大家游览著名的英国国家肖像画廊。 Helen: The National Portr
Everyday Grammar: When Nouns Act Like Adjectives 日常语法名词充当形容词 Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. The English language has an interesting way of classifying words. We organize words by their function or pu
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is units of measurethose words and symbols that come after numbers. This first point might seem self-evident: you put a space between the number and the unit of measure. Even though it seems obvious, I'm telling you b