Check out some new features on the main PronunciationCoach site! On the Vowel Test page, you can check yourself on some of the most difficult vowel contrasts, such as Short-i vs. Long-E, Short-o vs. Short-u, and many […]
Many phrasal verbs have a similar looking compound noun. For example, the phrasal verb “take off”, which means “to depart”, corresponds to the noun “takeoff”, which means “departure”. Here they are in sentences: The plane could […]
The pronunciation pattern of phrasal verbs is less complicated than the grammar. Phrasal verbs have a stable, predictable stress pattern, which is: the 2nd word gets the stress. That means that the 2nd part is […]
The topic of phrasal verbs includes a little grammar and a little pronunciation. Since the grammar part is more complicated than the pronunciation part, this introduction to phrasal verbs covers the “bad news”. First, what […]
