Students regularly ask me, "How do I know what comes after a verb?"  This is a tough question, and it's no surprise that most EFL textbooks don't talk much about it.  There aren't any easy answers but at the same time, there are some guidelines.  

To access the full text of this podcast, please go to https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/what-comes-after-verb-1/.

Difficult English Explained

What comes after a verb? "To do", "do," or "doing"? (Part 1)

"Lockdown may end or may not end by May end as it may extend, but May will end by May end as it may not wait for the lockdown to end" —(so-called)Swamy Nithyananda.

那个被疫情偷走的三年还有持续封锁中的上海朋友。
希望那个没有疫情和战争的世界能够快点回来！

Le Franglish

byebye to Covid

Stories in Azerbaijani

Bostançı və Şah Abbas

Hi there! This one is about Valentine's day! 
In this episode, I introduce some funny stories. Have fun!

I have also a Patreon page!
https://www.patreon.com/tatsukisjapanese

たつきのにほんご

Japanese Valentine's Day (Casual Native Level)

Portuguese Audios for Beginners A2 -Áudios em Português para Principiantes A2

O meu quarto

CHISTES MEXICANOS

DEFENSOR DE OFICIO.

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。今天我要给你们介绍一下儿我的朋友。

我有一个好朋友，她叫夏白雪。
夏是夏天的夏，不是下雪的下。
为什么她的名字是夏白雪？因为她爸爸姓夏，但是她在冬天出生，出生那天下雪了，所以她叫夏白雪。

白雪家有四口人，她父母、她弟弟和她。她爸爸有自己的商店，她妈妈在学校工作，是英语老师，而他弟弟还是中学生，所以和爸妈住在一起。
白雪在公司上班，有时候她工作非常忙。但周末的时候，她会回家看看家人。

这些词语你听明白了吗？

夏天Xià tiān summer     
下雪xià xuě to snow            
冬天dōng tiān  winter 
名字míng zì name         
因为yīn wèi  because          
出生chū shēng to be born    
所以suǒ yǐ  so
父母fù mǔ  parent      
 商店shāng diàn shop, store  
学校xué xiào  school    
中学生zhōng xué sheng middle school student 
公司gōngsī the company       
工作gōng zuò  to work; the work    
上班shàng bān to go to work  
周末zhōu mò  weekend    
回家huí jiā 


好，现在我们再听一次！

I have a good friend whose name is Xia Baixue.

Xia is xia in summer"xia tian", not the xia in snow"xia xue".

Why is her name Xia Baixue? Because her father's surname is Xia, but she was born in winter. It snowed on the day of her birth, so her name is Xia Baixue.

There are four people in Bai Xue's family, including her parents, her younger brother and her. Her father has his own shop, her mother works in school and is an English teacher, while his brother is still a middle school student, so he lives with parents.

Bai Xue works in a company. Sometimes she is very busy. But on weekends, she will go home to visit her family.

Do you understand these words?


HSK1&2 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

01. 我的朋友夏白雪Wǒ de péngyǒu xià báixuě My friend Baixue Xia

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American football story

La Tarasca es una criatura mitológica que se menciona en los relatos del Caribe colombiano, especialmente en la región de los Montes de María. Se describe como una especie de dragón o serpiente gigante con un apetito voraz. Según la leyenda, la Tarasca vive en las cuevas de las montañas y sale en busca de animales o incluso personas para devorar.

A menudo, los lugareños escuchan su rugido aterrador en las noches de tormenta, cuando baja de las montañas en busca de presas. Se dice que es casi imposible escapar de la Tarasca, ya que es muy rápida y fuerte. Sin embargo, hay quienes creen que la única forma de derrotarla es encontrando su corazón, que está escondido fuera de su cuerpo, en algún lugar del bosque.

Los ancianos de los pueblos cercanos cuentan que cada ciertos años alguien logra herir a la Tarasca, pero nunca se ha confirmado si la criatura puede ser destruida por completo.