English Language Podcast

<div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep006-Vocabulary-SomeTimeS.mp3"><img src="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/mp3gif.gif" border="0" alt="" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 45px; " /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep006-Vocabulary-SomeTimeS.mp3">Download the mp3 file</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> <b>l</b></span><b>e</b></span><b>ngth: </b>3 min 10 secs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><b>file size: </b>2.90 Mb<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">In today's episode we'll be looking at the different spellings and different meanings of '<b>sometimes</b>' (spelled altogether with an 's'), '<b>some times</b>' (spelled separately with an 's'), '<b>sometime</b>' (altogether without an 's') and '<b>some time</b>' (separate without an 's'). </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Let's have a look at the following sentences.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">1) John <b>sometimes</b> visits his parents on Sundays.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">2) George told us he is going to come over <b>sometime</b> next month.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">3) Laura needed <b>some time</b> to figure out what she was going to do.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">4) Maria told me that her computer didn't work, but after I tried to restart it <b>some times</b>, her computer finally started up normally.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">'<b>Sometimes</b>', spelled altogether with an "s", is an adverb of frequency and basically means "on some occasions". So, the first example means that John visits his parents on some occasions on Sundays, or in other words on some Sundays he visits them and on some he doesn't. </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">'<b>Sometime</b>', spelled altogether without an "s", means "at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time" and is also an adverb. It refers most of the times to an indefinite future time and can be replaced by the expression "one day", so you could say to a friend: "we have to get together <b>sometime</b> to talk about old times" or "we have to get together <b>one day</b> to talk about old times". </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">'<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Some time</span>', spelled separately without an "s", basically means "an indefinite amount of time", for instance some days or weeks or so on. So, in the third example above, it means that Laura needed <b>some days</b> to figure out what she was going to do. Time that she could use to reflect and take the right decision.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">'<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Some times<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">', spelled separately with an "s", means "a few times" and is not very common as most of the times speakers prefer to use expressions like "a few times" or "a couple of times".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Well, this is it! Thanks for listening!!! I'm Marcos Gazzana and this is English Language Podcast.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.mar

<div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep005-Vocabulary-Alone_vs_lonely.mp3"><img src="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/mp3gif.gif" border="0" alt="" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 45px; " /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep005-Vocabulary-Alone_vs_lonely.mp3">Download the mp3 file</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <b>l</b></span><b>e</b></span><b>ngth: </b>2 min 31 secs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>file size: </b>2.31 Mb<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">In today's episode we'll be looking at the difference between '<b>alone</b>' and '<b>lonely</b>'. The basic difference between '<b>alone</b>' and '<b>lonely</b>' is that when you '<b>feel lonely</b>', you feel unhappy about it. The meaning of '<b>alone</b>', on the other hand, basically refers to having no one else around you. It is also interesting to observe that even though their meanings are very closely related, they are used in distinct contexts. '<b>Lonely</b>' is generally an adjective while '<b>alone</b>' can be either an adjective or an adverb.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Let's have a look at the following sentences.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">1) Susan is <b>alone</b> in her bedroom.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">2) George is a very <b>lonely</b> old man.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">So, we can see that in the first example '<b>alone</b>' simply means that there is no one else there with her. In other words Susan is by herself. In the second example the meaning refers to an unhappy feeling that comes from being deprived of family members and close friends' company - it's like saying: "George is a very '<b>sad</b>' old man". </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Here are some other examples:</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">3) When her parents got home she was <b>alone</b> in her bedroom.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">4) John started feeling <b>lonely</b> after moving to Japan, so he decided to come back home.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">5) I like to travel <b>alone</b>, so I can take my own decisions about where to go.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">6) Julia was a <b>lonely</b> woman, she never wanted to go anywhere. But now she is studying art and has met a lot of nice people. </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Well, this is it! Thanks for listening!!! I'm Marcos Gazzana and this is English Language Podcast.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep005-Vocabulary-Alone_vs_lonely.mp3">Download the mp3 file</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Subscribe to this podcast by visiting <a href="http://englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com/">http://englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com/</a> and send your comments either by e-mail or post them on the blog.</div>

<div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep004-Grammar-RoutineInThePastUsedTo.mp3"><img src="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/mp3gif.gif" border="0" alt="" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 40px; height: 45px; " /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep004-Grammar-RoutineInThePastUsedTo.mp3">Download the mp3 file</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><b>l</b></span><b>e</b></span><b>ngth: </b>3 min 58 secs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><b>file size: </b>3.74 Mb</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Hello, in today's episode we'll be looking at how to talk about routine in the past in English. One of the easiest ways to do that is to use the verb '<b>used to</b>'. We can describe how things were back when we were younger or how different we were. For instance, "When I was younger I <b>used to</b> get up very early to go to school". In this case I am referring to a routine I had in the past, most of the times this routine isn't true anymore or stopped happening a while ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">'<b>Used to</b>' is generally used in two different situations. One is when we refer to a fact in the past and the other when we refer to a repeated activity in the past. Look at the following examples:</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">1) We <b>used to</b> live in Rio when I was a kid.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">2) My father <b>used to</b> travel abroad every month for work. </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">As we can see, in the first example '<b>used to</b>' is describing a fact while in the second example it is referring to a regular activity in the past - routine in the past.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">There are basically three structures to remember. The affirmative, the negative and the interrogative forms. Let's look at the other forms then.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">For the negative form we need to add the auxiliary '<b>did</b>' + '<b>not</b>' and the infinitive of the verb '<b>use</b>', like in the following sentences:</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">3) I <b>didn't use to </b>go to the beach when I was younger. </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">4) She <b>didn't use to</b> wake up early on weekends.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">In these examples we are expressing that the activities did not happen, those habitual actions did not exist. Now, to form questions with '<b>used to</b>' we have to invert the positions of the auxiliary verb and the subject. Look at the following examples.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">5) <b>Did</b> you <b>use to</b> play any instruments when you were younger?</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">6) What language <b>d</b><b>id</b> you <b>use to</b> speak with your parents? </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">So, keep in mind that you can express routine in the past with '<b>used to</b>'.

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep003-Culture-Greetings.mp3"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 40px; height: 45px;" src="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/mp3gif.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep003-Culture-Greetings.mp3">Download the mp3 file</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><b>l</b></span><b>e</b></span><b>ngth: </b>2 min 27 secs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><b>file size: </b>2.21 Mb</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hello, I'm Marcos Gazzana and this is English Language Podcast.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In today's episode we'll be looking at different greetings in English. The most basic greetings in English are "<b>Hi</b>" or "<b>Hello</b>". They are usually followed by the question "<b>How are you?</b>". Like in: "<b>Hi Jack! How are you?</b>". But we have to remember that there are other ways to greet people. Depending on the social setting we may greet people more or less formally of course. Some informal greetings include: "<b>How are you?</b>", "<b>How's it going?</b>", "<b>How are you doing?</b>" or even "<b>What's up?</b>". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a more formal social setting, especially when we meet someone for the first time, we might stick to: "<b>How do you do?</b>", sometimes followed by a title, such as Mr. or Ms. Like in: "<b>How do you do Mr. Johnson?</b>" or "<b>How do you do Ms. Parker?</b>". We can also use "<b>Nice to meet you</b>" in first meetings. Another way of greeting people in English is to say: "<b>Good morning</b>", "<b>Good afternoon</b>" or "<b>Good evening</b>". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another thing to keep in mind is to greet people in a friendly way, so it is not just "what" you say, but also "how" you say it! So, it's nice to greet people with a smile on your face rather than a grumpy face. This will certainly make the other person greet you back more enthusiastically too.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stay tuned for the episode on how to respond to greetings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, thanks for listening!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Subscribe to this podcast by visiting <a href="http://englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com/">englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">and send your comments either by e-mail or post them on the blog.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep003-Culture-Greetings.mp3">Download the mp3 file</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Subscribe to this podcast by visiting <a href="http://englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com/">http://englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com/</a> and send your comments either by e-mail or post them on the blog.</div>

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep002-Vocabulary-Every_day_vs_everyday.mp3"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 40px; height: 45px;" src="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/mp3gif.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep002-Vocabulary-Every_day_vs_everyday.mp3">Download the mp3 file</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><b>l</b></span><b>e</b></span><b>ngth: </b>3 min 13 secs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><b>file size: </b>3.03 Mb</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hello, I'm Marcos Gazzana and this is English Language Podcast.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In today's episode we'll be looking at the difference between "<span style="font-weight:bold;">every day</span>" and "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">everyday</span>". Yes, that's right! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Every day</span> spelled in two separate words and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">everyday</span> spelled in one word only are often confused. Even though there are no differences in pronunciation, it is incorrect to use them interchangeably in writing. Basically the difference lies on the way we use them. In other words, we use them in different linguistic contexts. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Every day</span> spelled separately is a short time expression which means "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">each day</span>" - that is, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and so on. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Everyday </span>spelled in one word, on the other hand, is an adjective meaning "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">regular</span>" or "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ordinary</span>" and therefore comes before nouns. Check out the following examples:<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 - I go to the gym<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> every day</span>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 - You shouldn't wear an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">everyday</span> outfit to the wedding, it's a special occasion!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the first example, we're talking about our routine and the meaning of "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">every day</span>" is "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">each day</span>", so it should be written in separately. However, in the second example "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">everyday</span>" is modifying "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">outfit</span>" - it means "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ordinary</span>" in this case, so it should be spelled in one single word.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A simple way for checking if you're using the right expression is to look carefully at your sentence and read it out loud substituting "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ordinary</span>" i

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep001-Grammar-DailyRoutine.mp3"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 40px; height: 45px;" src="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/mp3gif.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.marcosgazzana.com/markgazza/podcastfiles/Ep001-Grammar-DailyRoutine.mp3">Download the mp3 file</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><b>l</b></span><b>e</b></span><b>ngth: </b>7 min 56 secs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><b>file size: </b>7.3 Mb</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">__________</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hello, I'm Marcos Gazzana and this is English Language Podcast.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In today's episode we'll be looking at how to talk about your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">daily routine</span>. We always hear teachers saying that we should use Present Simple to talk about routine, but often times we forget that there are more things involved. For instance, we wouldn't say "we go to the cinema" and not mention how often we do that. We don't normally talk about going to the gym without saying the number of times we do it during the week. So, whenever we are talking about our daily routines, we use either an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">adverb of frequency</span> or a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">time adverbial</span> to indicate how often we do an activity. So, let's go over some adverbs of frequency and some time adverbials and see how they are used.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some examples of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">adverbs of frequency</span> are:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">always - usually - often - sometimes - hardly ever - never</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are also words like: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">generally</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">normally</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">basically</span>, which are also used when people talk about their daily routines.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another important thing to keep in mind is the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">position of adverbs of frequency</span> in a sentence. We say "I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">never</span> go to the cinema", but we don't say "I go to the cinema <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">never</span>". In some other cases it's possible to place the adverb in several different positions in the sentence, though. For instance: we can say "Sally <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">sometimes</span> goes shopping after class", or "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Sometimes </span>Sally goes shopping after class", or even "Sally goes shopping after class <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">sometimes</span>". So, as you can see, some adverbs may come at the beginning or at the end of your sentences, but in general they come before the verb, for example: "I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">usually</span> go home after work", unless you are using verb "to be", then the verb comes first, like in the following sentence: "My brother is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">often</span> late for school".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Time adverbials are basic

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