Are you using contractions (enough)?

Do you know these interesting facts about Shakespeare, our most famous writer? Listen now and find out! To buy my Shakespeare in EASY ENGLISH, click HERE. The book has adaptations of Macbeth and Twelfth Night with easier grammar and vocabulary. Macbeth is a dark tragedy and Twelfth Night is a comedy about love. It's available in eBook or paperback, from Amazon, or in eBook from PayHip. There is also an AUDIOBOOK in my voice!

Are you good at guessing the missing word in these sentences? Try it and find out! It's good fun! To buy this wonderful love story, adapted by me, with easier English, click here. Do you want the transcript of this episode (all the words I say, written down)? Click here.

Do you know these collective nouns for groups of people? They're ones you must know so listen carefully! Buy Treasure Island on Amazon or PayHip (with easier vocabulary and grammar) Transcript for this episode and other episodes

Do you believe in ghosts? Many Victorians did. Learn more about it in this spooooooky episode. Buy Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens (adapted for learners of English) New!! See the transcript for this and other episodes!

Native speakers use contractions in English all the time! If you're not using them (or not using them enough), you will sound unnatural. Not understanding them well will limit your comprehension. Please leave a REVIEW for my podcast! (A review is when you say 'Your podcast is great. FIVE STARS!' Ha ha. Thanks a lot.) I use example sentences from my book, The Jungle Book. Read this adaptation in easy English, and start improving fast today. Click here to see it and buy it. I have other books at different levels, from A1+ (elementary) to B2 (upper intermediate). Click here to see them!

We'll look today at a common error that most students make in their pronunciation, the -age suffix. Are you pronouncing it correctly? More more information on my new book, '1984' by George Orwell in easy English, click here. Improve your English without extra studying with my books. See them all here. Learn advanced synonyms with my vocabulary books. Click here. All my books are available on Amazon and other sites, in paperback and in eBook. Some are also available in audiobook!

Let's explore some more advanced ways to talk about frequency (how often you do something). Please complete my survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6CZDB52 If you'd like to improve your language skills by reading stories in easy English, check out my books (including Jekyll and Hyde): https://readstories-learnenglish.com/

We're going to talk about different life stages in this episode. Learn lots of useful vocabulary to raise your English level! To buy Jane Eyre on Amazon: https://mybook.to/JaneEyreA1 To buy with just a credit/debit card: https://payhip.com/b/QOvTh

Shakespeare is the most famous writer in the world ... but can you understand him?! Listen and find out! Buy my easy Shakespeare stories (Macbeth and Twelfth Night) Amazon: https://mybook.to/ShakespeareA2PB PayHip: https://payhip.com/b/Umpc1 Buy my other books https://readstories-learnenglish.com/all-our-books/

Reading stories will help you improve ALL areas of your English FAST ... but how? In this episode, I explain the reasons. My books (click on the titles): Ghost Stories (adapted from Charles Dickens) Stories from Shakespeare Hushabye (detective thriller) The Jungle Book Persuasion (a love story by Jane Austen) Jekyll and Hyde (a mystery thriller) My audiobooks (click on the titles): The Jungle Book Ghost Stories