ESL ALOUD
Guided Practice in Speaking English
Category Grammar and Usage
Podcast #102 CREATE and DESTROY
Welcome to Podcast 102 of ESL Aloud, where you learn to speak English by speaking English. In this lesson we are going to look at two powerful basic words and many words that are built using these two words as a foundation. The two words are create and destroy. Here are all the words you [...] Read More
Podcast #99 Expressions formed with WHAT…LIKE
Note: Sentences in italics were presented for listening only. What is the new teacher like? What’s it like to work two jobs? What was it like fighting in the war? I can’t imagine what it’s like to be a banker. Tell me what it’s like living alone. It’s cloudy today. It is cloudy today. [...] Read More
Podcast #98 Phrasal Verbs with PUT – Part 2
PUT IN The phrasal verb put in means to install. You put in or install a piece of equipment when you place it where it is supposed to be. It took them two hours to put in our new dishwasher. It took them two hours to put our new dishwasher in. PUT IN FOR [...] Read More
Podcast #97 Phrasal Verbs with PUT – Part 1
PUT ACROSS The separable phrasal verb put across means to effectively communicate or explain an idea. The speaker was not very effective. He was not able to put across his main points. He was not able to put his main points across. TV is a good way to put across anti-tobacco messages. TV [...] Read More
Podcast #95 Expressions of Frequency – Part 2
We meet daily. We have a daily meeting. She often buys expensive clothes. They usually call before they come over. Usually he was very polite. I don’t come here often. I check my Facebook account daily. I check my Facebook account daily even when I am traveling. daily weekly monthly yearly annually He [...] Read More
Podcast #94 Expressions of Frequency – Part 1
always almost always nearly always very frequently quite frequently frequently very often quite often often usually sometimes occasionally infrequently seldom rarely hardly ever almost never never He is sometimes very stubborn. She is not often willing to work on weekends. We are always exhausted after a mountain hike. My dogs are not always this [...] Read More
Podcast #92 Wordnet for SATISFY
Nothing he does satisfies his parents. That explanation will not satisfy the judge. Are you satisfying your inner needs? She satisfied her curiosity about prison conditions. That meal did not at all satisfy my hunger. I satisfied myself that Kelly was telling the truth. He satisfied himself that the car had been repaired properly. [...] Read More
Podcast #90 When TAKE means REQUIRE or USE UP
It will take me two hours to write my report. It took an hour to replace the lock. It took an hour for Bob to replace the lock. It took Bob an hour to replace the lock. Replacing the lock took an hour. Replacing the lock took Bob an hour. Bob took an hour [...] Read More
Podcast #88 The Word EVEN
Note: Sentences in italics appeared as examples. The surface of the road is not very even. I haven’t even opened the letter yet. Don’t you even talk to me right now! It is difficult to connect the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. The surface of the table is not even. A very rich man left [...] Read More
Podcast #86 Prepositions with Adjectives (5)
generous to/with/of The main meaning of generous is “giving” or “sharing.” Let’s start with the combinations generous to and generous with. A person is generous to other people or generous with other people. With this meaning, the phrase generous to is more common than generous with, but they are both equally acceptable. He is generous [...] Read More
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