Most spoken grammar mistakes come from translating. Many languages say "I am knowing him," "in Monday," "go to home" or "many advices," so the words come out that way in English too. Today we review grammar, prepositions, articles and mixed-up word pairs, with the episode to revisit. In this episode: • Tenses and time • Questions, modals, politeness and real speech • Prepositions • Articles, countability and mixed-up pairs • Drill with an invented scene • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: I know him — know is a stative verb, a verb for a state, not an action I'm good — the everyday answer to "How are you?" I was cooking when you called — the background action (Episode 114) I used to live in Ohio — a past habit that stopped Have you ever tried mango? — life experience (Episode 115) I've lived here for two years, since 2019 — for a length, since a starting point I'll get it! — a quick decision; I'm gonna paint — a plan (Episode 116) Where are you going? — question word order (Episode 117) You're tired, aren't you? — a tag question Don't you want some? Yes, I do. — answer about the fact I've gotta go — I have to go (casual) (Episode 118) Do you know where the bank is? — normal word order after "Do you know" If I were you, I'd rest — advice; casual speech also uses "was" (Episode 120) He told me to wait — tell takes a person (Episode 121) She was like, "No way!" — she said (casual) The sink got fixed — the get passive (Episode 122) I enjoy cooking. I want to cook. — -ing versus to (Episode 123) I stopped to buy bread — stop plus to for a purpose Season 2 · Real American English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — accent, everyday grammar, prepositions, articles, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.