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Today I’d like to talk about my recent book… I just published a book, Learn Over 400 Phrasal Verbs the… Read More »My Learn Over 400 Phrasal Verbs the Fun Way Book
Today I’d like to talk about my recent book… I just published a book, Learn Over 400 Phrasal Verbs the… Read More »My Learn Over 400 Phrasal Verbs the Fun Way Book
Hey guys, Issue 2 of Your American English Magazine is now available on my website. What Is Your American English… Read More »Your American English Magazine – Issue 2 (2023-1)
Today we’ll be talking about words and idioms with the noun FOOT. We already covered idioms with HEAD, EYE, MOUTH,… Read More »Idioms with the Noun FOOT
Today we’ll be talking about words and idioms with the noun HAND. We already covered idioms with HEAD, EYE, MOUTH,… Read More »Idioms with the Noun HAND
Today we’ll be talking about words and idioms with the noun HEART. We already covered idioms with HEAD, EYE, MOUTH,… Read More »Idioms with the Noun HEART
Today we’ll be talking about words and idioms with the noun NECK. We already covered idioms with HEAD, EYE, MOUTH… Read More »Idioms with the Noun NECK
Today we’ll be talking about words and idioms with the noun TOOTH. We already covered idioms with HEAD, EYE and… Read More »Idioms with the Noun TOOTH
Today we’ll be talking about words and idioms with the noun MOUTH. This article comes from issue 2 (1/2023) of… Read More »Idioms with the Noun MOUTH
Today we’ll be talking about words and idioms with the noun EYE. This article comes from issue 2 (1/2023) of… Read More »Idioms with the Noun EYE
This time we’ll be talking about chemical elements. Maybe it’s said too much, we’ll just list them all along with… Read More »Technical English – Chemical Elements
There are many words in English that include a name of a body part. There are lots of idioms with… Read More »Idioms with the Noun HEAD
Today we’ll learn some math language. Let’s have a look at a circle. You probably remember from school that a… Read More »Technical English – Circle Terminology
Today we’ll be talking about the famous Route 66. So, here we are, in Chicago, Illinois. This is where the… Read More »Route 66 – From Chicago to Santa Monica
Today we’ll learn some vocabulary related to traveling by car. Actually, we’re going to learn some verbs, and in particular… Read More »Phrasal Verbs – Traveling by Car
Today we’re going to talk about a song. But not just ANY song. Our topic today is The Star-Spangled Banner,… Read More »The Star-Spangled Banner – The US National Anthem
Today we’ll learn some vocabulary related to skiing. This article is part of the more comprehensive article on winter sports… Read More »Thematic Vocabulary – Skiing
Today we’ll be talking about the International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA for short. This article is a summary of my… Read More »International Phonetic Alphabet
Here’s a story about two brothers, Jake and Mike. Their father is a forester and he’s taken them to the… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – You Should Set an Example
Today we’ll learn some vocabulary related to snow and ice. These two materials can take different forms. This article is… Read More »Thematic Vocabulary – Snow and Ice Formations
Today we’ll be talking about expletive pronouns, also known as dummy pronouns in less formal language. They differ from all… Read More »Expletive Pronouns in English
Today we’ll be talking about reciprocal pronouns. These are pronouns that we use if the action of the verb is… Read More »Reciprocal Pronouns in English
Today we’ll be talking about WHEN and WHERE used as relative pronouns. They are used in less formal language to… Read More »WHEN and WHERE Used As Relative Pronouns
Today we’ll be talking about relative pronouns used as objects of prepositions. Of all the relative pronouns described in the… Read More »Relative Pronouns As Objects of Prepositions
Hey there, I’m excited to deliver this very first issue of Your American English Magazine to you. This is a… Read More »Your American English Magazine – Issue 1 (2022-1)
Today we’ll be talking about omitting relative pronouns. This is another article in the Relative Pronouns series. If you haven’t… Read More »Omitting Relative Pronouns
Today we’ll be talking about restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses. I already wrote about this distinction in my article Relative… Read More »Restrictive vs Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses
Today we’ll be talking about substituting relative pronouns for other relative pronouns. If you haven’t read my Relative Pronouns in… Read More »Substituting Relative Pronouns
Here’s a story about some argumentative matryoshka dolls… Doll 10: Hey, the big one, you must be thinking you’re the… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Argumentative Matryoshka Dolls
Today we’ll be talking about relative pronouns. They are used to connect a relative clause to the main clause in… Read More »Relative Pronouns in English – Introduction
Hey guys, today we’ll be talking about interrogative pronouns and adjectives in English. They are used to ask questions and… Read More »Interrogative Pronouns and Adjectives in English
Here’s a story about three willowy figures … If you say that someone or something is willowy, it means they’re… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – The Three Willowy Figures
Here’s a story for you about someone who has been slacking off recently. Once upon a time there was a… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Slacking Off Recently
Do you know what frostbite is? Here’s a story about a hard time in the mountains… Jack: We’re out on… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Frostbite
It’s time for the next group of pronouns, demonstrative pronouns. Here belong THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE. Demonstrative pronouns are… Read More »Demonstrative Pronouns in English
Here’s a story about a man sitting in a manhole. That simple! Do you know what a manhole is? It’s… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Greetings from the Manhole
Here’s a story about some girls talking about this and that. They’re enjoying the time they can spend together. It’s… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Let’s Clink Glasses
In one of my previous posts we were talking about indefinite pronouns. But there are also indefinite adjectives that have… Read More »Indefinite Adjectives vs Indefinite Pronouns
Here’s a story about a mama wallaby and a baby wallaby. What is a wallaby in the first place? Well,… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Mama Wallaby, Baby Wallaby
Today is the fourth Thursday of November. It’s Thanksgiving Day. So, let’s be grateful and give thanks, whatever reason we… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving
We’ve been talking about pronouns a lot recently, I know, but we haven’t covered them all just yet. So, let… Read More »Indefinite Pronouns in English
Here’s a story about an operation carried out by two inexperienced doctors. Things are getting really weird. They’re operating on… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – It Must be the Fallopian Tube
Not so long ago we were talking about reflexive pronouns. Today we’re going to talk about intensive pronouns. They look… Read More »Intensive Pronouns in English
Here’s a romantic story that never happened. What does the title of the story mean? To play hardball means to… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Playing Hardball
October 31. It’s Halloween. Halloween is very popular in the USA, but it’s not an American holiday, actually. Let’s take… Read More »Here Comes Halloween – Beware
Here’s a story about a creepy-crawly. A creepy-crawly is something small that crawls and gives you the creeps or just… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Creepy-Crawly
Hey, here’s a story about a prince who is traveling the desert. He, his people and his animals are all… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – The Caravan
Hey, we’ve been talking about pronouns a lot recently. Today we’re going to discuss yet another group of pronouns, reflexive… Read More »Reflexive Pronouns Basics
Hey, here’s a story about jellyfish. A jellyfish is a sea animal that has a very soft body and that… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Maybe Jelly, But Not Fish
Hey, in one of my previous articles we were talking about personal pronouns. There you could see examples with possessive… Read More »Possessive Determiners vs Possessive Pronouns
Hey, today we’ll be talking about personal pronouns that refer to countries and ships. Pronouns, just like nouns, adjectives or… Read More »Personal Pronouns with Countries and Ships
Hey, today we’ll be talking about personal pronouns again. This time we’ll have a look at personal pronouns after linking… Read More »Personal Pronouns After Linking Verbs
Hey, I have no grammar or vocabulary for you today. Instead, let’s talk about the American education system. I’m writing… Read More »American Culture – The Education System in the USA
Hey, today we’ll be talking about personal pronouns in English. These are pronouns that we use a lot in everyday… Read More »Personal Pronouns in English
Hey, I’m glad to announce that my new course LEARN OVER 400 PHRASAL VERBS THE FUN WAY is now available.… Read More »My LEARN OVER 400 PHRASAL VERBS THE FUN WAY Course
Hey, today I have a story featuring bacteria for you. And at the end of the article I’ll have a… Read More »Learn English Through Stories – Why People Abhor Bacteria
Today we’ll be talking about the suffixes –ANCE and –ENCE, which are used to create nouns from adjectives. We use… Read More »Nouns with the Suffixes –ANCE and -ENCE
Today we’ll be talking about nouns with the suffix –ITY. We create such nouns from many adjectives ending in –E.… Read More »Nouns with the Suffix -ITY
Today we’ll be talking about nouns with the suffix –Y. We sometimes create such nouns from adjectives ending in –t.… Read More »Nouns with the Suffix -Y
Today we’ll be talking about nouns with the suffix –NESS. It’s one of the most productive suffixes in English, which… Read More »Nouns with the Suffix -NESS
Today we’ll be talking about suffixes that are used to create nouns of action. These nouns derive from verbs. There… Read More »Suffixes Used to Create Nouns of Action