Espresso English Podcast

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Improve your English in just a few minutes a day! Learn English grammar, vocabulary, phrases, idioms, and more.

Episodes

  • When to use FEW vs. A FEW?

    12/01/2024 Duration: 02min

    ⭐ Download FREE PDF - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/

  • Learn to use HAVE HAD and HAD HAD in just 5 minutes!

    10/01/2024 Duration: 05min

    ⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF + quiz: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-have-had-had-had/ ⭐ Advanced English Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/ Are you confused about how to use HAVE HAD and HAD HAD in English? Today’s lesson will help you, with tons of examples! If you want to save this lesson to read and review later, you can download the free PDF by clicking here. All right, if you want to use have had and had had correctly, first you need to understand the present perfect tense and past perfect tense. Both of them are formed by using an auxiliary verb + main verb.  ⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF + quiz: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-have-had-had-had/  ⭐ Advanced English Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/  

  • Money Words, Collocations, & Idioms

    08/01/2024 Duration: 07min

    Download free PDF + Quiz - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-money-words/  In today’s lesson we’re learning all about money words, money collocations, and money idioms! This is a good one, and there’s a lesson guide you can download to review all of today’s vocabulary and expressions. Click here, enter your e-mail address, and I’ll send that PDF right to your inbox. Many of my students find that they really get their money’s worth from my courses over at EspressoEnglish.net - each course provides a lot of value for the price. You can visit my website to see all the courses available, or join them all to get a 50% discount - that’s a fantastic way to improve your English fluency without spending a fortune!

  • Ask the Teacher: "I" before "E" except after "C"?

    05/01/2024 Duration: 03min

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  • Use PRESENT continuous to talk about the FUTURE

    02/01/2024 Duration: 07min

    ⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF + quiz: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-present-continuous-for-future/ ⭐ $1 grammar e-books: https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-grammar-e-books-audio-mp3/ ❤️ SUBSCRIBE to get new lessons! https://bit.ly/subscribe2espressoenglish In English it’s very common to use the present continuous to talk about the future, in the case of activities that are planned, arranged, or scheduled. We’re going to see a LOT of examples today, and in the middle of the video I’ll ask you to create your own! If you’d like to download the PDF of this lesson to save and review later, click here, enter your e-mail address, and I’ll send it right to you. OK, let’s look at positive sentences, negative sentences, and questions that show how we use the present continuous for future plans/arrangements. If you want to continue learning English grammar with me, you can get my English grammar e-books for $1.  Yes that’s right - TWO e-books teaching you basic and intermediate English grammar, for just

  • Present Perfect vs. Past Simple - Two SIMPLE rules!

    29/12/2023 Duration: 05min

    ⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF + quiz: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-present-perfect-past-simple/ ⭐ Advanced Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/ What’s the difference? When do we use each of these English verb tenses? Today I’m going to explain two simple rules so that it will become clear to you!  Not only will I give you example sentences, but I’ll also ask you to make your own. That’s the type of thing I do throughout the lessons in my Advanced English Grammar Course – I’m always helping you put it into practice and use the grammar yourself. This active practice is what will really help it stick in your mind and become a natural part of your English! Join the course to learn English grammar easily and effectively. ⭐ Advanced Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/  

  • Free Gift: Download 30 "Ask the Teacher" lessons!

    26/12/2023 Duration: 01min

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  • 10 Different Replies to "Thank you" + Conversations

    21/12/2023 Duration: 07min

    Download free PDF + quiz - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-10-different-replies-to-thank-you-conversations/  How do we reply to thank you? “You’re welcome” is the most common response, but we have many other phrases in English! Today you’ll learn multiple responses to "thank you," so you can speak more fluently. First I’ll teach you the phrases, and then we’ll see examples of how to use them in short conversations. I also prepared a free PDF download for you, which has all the information from today’s lesson as well as a quiz to help you practice and review! To learn English phrases for many, many more situations in daily life, I’d encourage you to join my Everyday English Speaking Courses so you can find out exactly what to say, giving you more confidence and more fluency.

  • 10 Practical Phrasal Verbs for Socializing

    18/12/2023 Duration: 05min

    Download FREE PDF + Quiz: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-phrasal-verbs-for-socializing/  Today we’ll learn  10 English phrasal verbs for socializing. These phrasal verbs are used very frequently when native English speakers talk about getting together with other people, and I want to help YOU use them confidently. Learning phrasal verbs is essential for becoming fluent in English, and you can learn lots of them in my Phrasal Verbs in Conversation Course. It’s designed to teach you phrasal verbs naturally - again, through conversations - and help you practice them through homework - in just about 10 minutes a day. Join my phrasal verbs in conversation course to start learning today!

  • How to form questions in English (easily!) with "QUASM"

    14/12/2023 Duration: 09min

    Download lesson PDF - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-how-to-form-questions-easily-with-quasm/  Are you wondering how to form questions in English with correct grammar? Well today I’m going to teach you a simple method for asking questions in almost ALL the verb tenses! I think you’ll find this lesson very helpful, and I’ve made a free lesson guide available for you to download. It also includes a quiz so you can practice forming questions.  All right, let’s take a look at this question formation formula. I like to remember it with the acronym QUASM, and that stands for QU estion word A uxiliary verb (also called the helping verb) S ubject M ain verb Reported questions, indirect questions, and subject questions also do not follow QUASM. Click on each link for my lesson on those topics!   Now you know how to make questions in English! Try the quiz on the next page to test yourself.   And if you want to master complex English grammar and learn to use it confidently, come join my Adva

  • 40 Funny Words to Say in English

    11/12/2023 Duration: 10min

    Download free lesson guide PDF - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-40-funny-sounding-words-in-english/  Let’s have some fun today - we’re going to learn and practice 40 words that sound kind of silly and they’re fun to say. A lot of these words are a little more advanced, so you might not be familiar with them yet.  The best way to review and remember this funny-sounding vocabulary is to download the text and audio from this lesson - just click here to do that. It has all the words, the definitions, and the example sentences. Now get ready to learn, and especially get ready to listen and repeat - yes, I want you to practice saying these silly words out loud, and I’ve left space in the video for you to do so. If you want to really take your vocabulary to a higher level by learning over 1000 advanced words, check out my Advanced Vocabulary and Collocations Course. The words inside will help your English become more sophisticated, so you can express yourself more fluently.

  • Countable & Uncountable Nouns

    07/12/2023 Duration: 09min

    Download Free PDF + Quiz - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-countable-and-uncountable-nouns/  What are countable and uncountable nouns, and how do we use them in English grammar? We’ll learn all about them today, with lots of examples! Make sure to download the PDF guide to this lesson, because it has the lesson text as well as a quiz to help you practice countable and uncountable nouns.  If you’d really like to take your grammar to a higher level, come join my Advanced English Grammar Course, which you can find at EspressoEnglish.net What other English grammar topics would you like to learn about? Leave me a comment and let me know. Bye for now!  

  • Difficulty? Difficulties?

    04/12/2023 Duration: 05min

    When do we use difficulty (singular) vs. difficulties (plural)? I’m going to explain this and also teach you a number of collocations, typical combinations of words, to expand your vocabulary! Learning collocations improves your English fluency because instead of trying to put a sentence together word by word, trying to think “which verb goes with this noun?” or “which adjective sounds more natural?” – instead, you’ll already know combinations of words that go together. My e-book, 1000 collocations in 10 minutes a day, makes learning collocations quick and easy. It has 50 short lessons, 50 quizzes, and comes with audio as well.

  • Worse vs. Worst + Common Expressions

    30/11/2023 Duration: 07min

    DOWNLOAD FREE LESSON GUIDE PDF + QUIZ - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-worse-vs-worst/  Wondering when to use worse vs. worst? Even some native English speakers make mistakes with these. Today I’ll teach you how to use them correctly, with lots of examples! And I’ve got a little bonus for you - a free PDF download with the text of this lesson as well as a quiz to help you practice worse and worst. Click here and enter your e-mail address to get that free PDF. The opposite of worse is better, and I’m here to help your English get better! You can learn more when you join one of my online courses – you can get more information and free sample lessons by visiting EspressoEnglish.net I have courses to help you improve all your English skills – from grammar to vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading, and much more. I hope you enjoyed today’s lesson, and I hope to see you inside one of my courses.

  • BLACK FRIDAY SALE

    24/11/2023 Duration: 01min
  • 20 expressions with TIME

    22/11/2023 Duration: 06min

    DOWNLOAD FREE LESSON PDF - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-20-time-expressions/  Time is one of the most common words in English, and it’s used in a LOT of different phrases beyond just asking “What time is it?”  Today we’ll learn 20 idioms or expressions with the word “time” - and you can download all of them by clicking here. When you enter your e-mail address, I’ll send you a free PDF guide to this lesson as well as a quiz. So make sure to get a copy of that to practice and review. Now that you’ve learned these 20 expressions, it’s time to practice! Make sure to try the quiz inside the free PDF of this lesson, which you can download by clicking the link under this video. As you can see from this lesson, common English words are used in lots of idiomatic expressions with meanings that might not be obvious. I have a course to teach you over 300 common idioms in English, you can join that by visiting https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-idioms-course/  - Learning these expressions can really he

  • How to use Negative Questions & Question Tags

    20/11/2023 Duration: 12min

    One of my students asked me what’s the difference between these two questions: “Does she have a car?” “Doesn’t she have a car?” This is an excellent question because there IS a difference between positive questions like the first one, and negative questions like the second one. I’ll teach you about it in today’s lesson, and we’ll also cover question tags, like “She has a car, doesn’t she?” But first I have a question for YOU: Do you want to be a well-rounded English speaker? That means someone who is good at ALL the areas of the language – speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. You need all of those skills for fluency. That’s why my Complete Program for English learning has courses in every single area of the language. It’ll help you improve ALL your skills in just 10-15 minutes a day. The good news is that the Complete Program is available at a 50% discount compared to buying all my courses individually... ...and the even better news is that you can divide up the payment ov

  • Question Words + 100 Example Questions!

    17/11/2023 Duration: 08min

    ⭐ Download FREE PDF - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-question-words-100-examples/

  • 50 collocations with FOOD

    17/11/2023 Duration: 07min

    DOWNLOAD FREE LESSON GUIDE PDF - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-audio-50-food-collocations/  I hope you’re hungry… I mean, hungry to learn some new vocabulary today!  I’m going to teach you 50 common collocations with the word “food” - these are words we often use together. So you’ll be able to talk about food more fluently in English! There’s a lot of vocabulary in this lesson, and I’ve made a free lesson guide available for you to download - so you can review everything we learn today and also practice with a quiz. The collocations we’ll cover can be divided into 3 groups: adjectives with food, verbs with food, and nouns with food. If you’d like to take the next step in learning from me, check out my e-book with 1000 collocations on all sorts of topics. You can find that along with all my other courses at my website EspressoEnglish.net

  • Lay, Lie, Laid, Lain, Lied

    15/11/2023 Duration: 07min

    Wondering when to use lie vs. lay? Should we say someone is “laying down” or “lying down”? And what about lied, laid, and lain? It can be so confusing, especially for students learning English! Today we’ll learn the difference between lay and lie, as well as all of their forms, with plenty of examples. My goal is to make it clear for you. That’s also why I wrote an e-book called 600+ Confusing English Words Explained! It’s full of clear explanations and examples helping you understand the difference between words that lots of English learners mix up – like specially and especially, advice and advise, and many, many more.

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