My Pet, My Dog: Americans' Love Affair with Pets
Americans are in love with pets: dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, birds, and more! Some Americans even have pet rocks! Today we interview one Ame...
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English Grammar HELP and Podcasts for the Inquisitive ESL Student: We're Interactive!
Stop by our friendly HELP! Desk, where English grammar is made easy to understand. Listen to an audio of a story written by an ESL student. Ask that question that you've needed an answer to....
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20 of 43 episodesNoun-Pronoun Agreement: Mr. President and the First Lady
Nouns ("Mr. President") and pronouns ("he") must get along in English! They must agree about things like person (I, you, he/she/it, they) an...
What Is a Verb? We Podcast about English Grammar
What is a verb? For the learner of English, the answer isn't always so obvious. In today's podcast, we learn the difference between time ref...
English Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitive Phrases_Pattern_4
Next in our series in English grammar: gerunds and infinitive phrases! In this podcast lesson, we discuss the pattern Verb + Noun or Pronoun...
English Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitive Phrases_10_2
If you want to be confused with English grammar, just look at the problem of gerunds and infinitive phrases! At the ESL Help! Desk, with our...
Present Perfect Continuous: How've You Been Feeling Lately?
Ever wonder when to use present perfect continuous? Ever wonder how it's different from present perfect? Here we will answer your questions...
Imperatives and Commands: Have a Nice Summer!
Want to learn how to express a command? Here we teach you positive ("do") and negative ("don't") commands. And we wish you a good summer at...
Paper or Plastic?
Here's a lesson in which you can learn how to save money, save energy, save the Earth, and improve your English grammar all at the same time...
Barak Obama: A New Day for the USA
Today is the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America. Millions are taking to the National Mall in Washington DC t...
Definitely Fattening!
We continue our lessons with demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, and those. We embellish our exploration of these, adding subject-ver...
I'll Have Some of That, Please!
You're in a bakery, a restaurant, or a store, and you see something you want - but you don't know how to ask for it! You don't have the righ...
I Hate Finals!
Do you hate finals? If you are or have every been a college student or a college teacher, or the parent of a college student, you know how s...
Code Name ESL
Confused by acronyms ESL, EFL, TESOL, L1 and L2? Do you feel like an outsider with all these codes? We have good news for you: You and other...
The Inner Circle
This week we are kicking off a new feature for our users - the Inner Circle. The Inner Circle is for learners of all levels - beginner, inte...
I'm Going
Another grim grammar lesson! You've heard the present progressive tense used to refer to the present, to now. You've heard the present progr...
The Green Monster: Hold, Please.
Tired of being put on hold while you're on the telephone? We'll take you to a baseball game and give you a little practical knowledge about...
Traffic
Beep, Honk, Honk...Do you find yourself stuck in traffic more often than you would like to? Like it or not, traffic is a topic of conversati...
American Thanksgiving, Our National Holiday
Thanksgiving is America's most popular and highly celebrated Thursday and national holiday. Join us for a summary of how we celebrate this p...
Gerunds and Infinitive: More Grammar!
Are you thirsty for grammar? Don't know when to say "I love to ski" and when to say "I love skiing"? Don't know the difference between "Did...
What Should I Bring? Wine, Beer or Chips?
Have you ever been invited to a social gathering and not known what to bring your host or hostess? Should you bring wine? Chips? Or nothing...