Spoken English Grammar

A1–C1

The informal grammar of real, everyday spoken English — contractions, hedges, and natural conversational patterns.

Lessons in this category

ContractionsA1

I'm, don't, it's — shortened forms used constantly in natural speech.

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Response Expressions and Short ResponsesA2

So do I, Neither do I, Me too — short ways to agree or respond.

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Informal StructuresB1

Grammar patterns common in casual speech but rare in formal writing.

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Spoken Question PatternsB1

How questions are actually formed and shortened in everyday conversation.

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Short Forms and EllipsisB1

Dropping words that speakers assume are understood.

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Spoken PatternsB2

Recurring grammatical patterns that are typical of spoken, not written, English.

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HedgesB2

Sort of, kind of, I guess — softening what you say.

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DowntonersB2

A bit, slightly, rather — words that reduce the force of a statement.

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Vague LanguageB2

Stuff, things, or something — deliberately imprecise everyday language.

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Discourse MarkersC1

Well, anyway, you know — words that organize spoken conversation.

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Headers and TailsC1

That guy over there, he's... — repeating information at the start or end of a sentence for clarity in speech.

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