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Category Archives: Songs
Song with Dependent Clauses, Collocations +++
Hello Everyone! Well, I’m back from my French adventure but I will leave the details of my French language studies for a future post. For now, how about getting back to grammar in a song? … Good! I thought that’s … Continue reading
A Song with Relative Clauses #10 & Noun Clauses
There is a lovely new song called Something just like this by The Chainsmokers & Coldplay. It has two verses and a chorus. The first verse is one long Compound Sentence. The chorus is a series of Noun Clauses, some of which contain … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar, IELTS, Intermediate (Level 4), Songs, TOEFL, TOEIC
Tagged Learn English with music
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Season’s Greetings!
************************************* Season’s Greetings!! It’s time to relax and enjoy yourself after all your hard work and study. I hope you have a very happy Christmas!! If you don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you have a very happy holiday!! If you’re … Continue reading
A Song with Relative Clauses at …….. MONA??!!
A Song with Relative Clauses #9 Yes, it’s true. I heard a song with Relative Clauses at MONA ……. but that’s the end of the story! Let’s start at the very beginning ……. Last week, I went to Hobart, Australia for … Continue reading
A Song with Relative Clauses: #8, Noun Clauses & Adverb Clauses
Song: Stressed Out by 21 Pilots As you know, songs are often short stories about real life experiences and emotions. As such, songs are an effective way to learn natural, everyday English collocation and usage. Even when the language seems simple and easy … Continue reading
Noun Clauses #3
First, read Noun Clauses #1 and Noun Clauses #2. Today, I will continue giving examples of Noun Clauses and explain more structure. We are going to look at a song called Someone Like You by ADELE. It is full of … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced (Level 6+), Cambridge, Grammar, IELTS, Intermediate (Level 4), Songs, TOEFL, TOEIC, Upper Intermediate (Level 5)
Tagged Adele, Noun Clauses in Songs
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Causative verbs
English sentences do not always follow a regular pattern (subject + verb + object) – just like your language! Sometimes the subject does nothing, but causes an action that someone else does. So, logically we call the verbs which cause … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge, Grammar, IELTS, Intermediate (Level 4), Songs, TOEFL, TOEIC
Tagged causative verbs, Easy grammar, Josh Groban, Songs with causative verbs
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Easy English
If you’re looking for Easy English, well then, it’s time for a song! It is the easiest way to boost your English: listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, and grammar. You don’t have to think at all. Really! Just listen. Even better, listen … Continue reading
Noun Clauses #2
First, read my post Noun Clauses #1. In Noun Clauses #1, we looked at how a Noun Clause can be the subject, the object, or the complement in a sentence. ****************************************************** In this post, we will examine more Noun Clauses as … Continue reading
Noun Clauses #1
The English language is full of Noun Clauses. A Noun Clause is made up of a group of words with a Noun and a Verb. A Noun is the name of a person, animal, place, thing, (or state; for example: happiness, excitement). … Continue reading
