Everyday English in Practice
Start communicating clearly in English through real-world patterns, practical conversation tools, and everyday sentence building. Learn how the language actually sounds in daily life and gain the confidence to handle common interactions with ease.
Like Duolingo, but for Everyday English in Practice. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
26 levels across 4 sections, about 52 minutes end to end, roughly 10 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Saying What You Mean Right Away, Describing Your World and Activities, Navigating Real-World Encounters, and Listening and Sounding Natural. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Everyday English in Practice
- Standard English sentences place the doer (subject) first, followed by the action (verb), and then the receiver (object)
- Swapping the subject and object completely changes who performs the action or makes the sentence ungrammatical
- The verb 'to be' (am, is, are) connects a person or thing directly to an adjective describing their condition or a noun stating who they are
- Unlike action verbs, 'to be' describes an ongoing state or identity without showing any physical activity
- In the present tense, action verbs take an '-s' or '-es' ending when the subject is one other person or thing (he, she, it, or a single person like 'my brother')
- First- and second-person subjects (I, you, we, they) take the base verb without the '-s' ending
- To negate an everyday action verb in present-tense English, you cannot attach 'not' directly to the verb; you must use a helper verb such as 'do not' or 'does not'
- Only special verbs like 'to be' or modal verbs allow 'not' to attach directly after them (such as 'is not')
- 'This' and 'these' refer to items physically near the speaker, while 'that' and 'those' refer to items further away
- 'This' and 'that' pair with single items, whereas 'these' and 'those' pair with two or more items
- In English, yes-or-no questions flip statement order by placing an auxiliary verb like 'are', 'is', or 'can' before the subject
- A statement places the subject before the verb ('You are ready'), while a standard question moves the helping verb to the front ('Are you ready?')
- Information questions in English place question words like 'who', 'where', 'when', and 'why' at the very start of the sentence
- Each question word targets a specific category of missing detail: 'where' for location, 'when' for time, 'why' for reason, and 'who' for a person
- Raising the pitch of your voice on the final word of a statement signals you are asking a question or checking for confirmation
- This intonation check is common in casual English speech even without flipping the subject and verb order
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Everyday English in Practice the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
You want to say that Anna loves coffee. Which order feels natural in English?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Everyday English in Practice takes you
- 1
Saying What You Mean Right Away
- Building Your First Simple Sentences
- Asking Questions and Getting Answers
- 2
Describing Your World and Activities
- Talking About Daily Routines and Right Now
- Connecting Ideas into Flowing Thoughts
- 3
Navigating Real-World Encounters
- Polite Requests and Daily Interactions
- Sharing Past Experiences and Future Plans
- 4
Listening and Sounding Natural
- Deciphering Spoken English and Rhythm
- Expressing Location, Direction, and Time
4 sections · 8 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Everyday English in Practice is taught in the Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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