Elementary
Jay

‘I don’t know’ conversation

Kathy, do you have a moment? Yes? I just received this message and I don’t understand it. What does IDK mean? The letters IDK? Yes. I don’t know. Hmm. I’ll ask Vicki. Vicki, what does IDK mean? I don’t know. Well I don’t know either. People are so hard to understand. I’ll go ask Louise.

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Intermediate
Jay

Weather Small Talk

Brrr. It’s so cold today. Yes. It’s a bit chilly. It’s twenty five degrees. What would that be in England? Oooh, minus something. But how did you know I was English? Well, I could tell by your accent. Oh!

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Intermediate
Jay

Hangout and Q&A 3 (The word ‘afraid’)

Click here for more hang out and Q & A videos This week’s lesson is a Q&A – we’re going to answer some of the questions you’ve sent us. Hey, we’re back in our room with interesting things. Yes, they come from all over the world, like your questions. So what’s this lesson about? We’re going to look at a way to say ‘go away’ – and also how we use the word ‘afraid’. And

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Intermediate
Jay

Hangout and Q&A 2 (Job and Work vocabulary)

Click here for more hang out and Q & A videos Hey, they’re here. Oh good. You can open them later. Later? Yeah. Hey, we’ve got a new set design. Yes. We’ve got things from all over the world. Can you spot what they are and where they come from? In today’s lesson we’re going to hangout and answer some of your questions again – particularly questions about jobs and job vocabulary. And we have

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Intermediate
Jay

Hangout and Q&A 1

Click here for more hang out and Q & A videos So this week’s lesson is a little different to normal. We’re just going to chat and hang out. Now Vicki’s been in New York City all week and she’s gonna tell us about that. Yeah, I’m going to tell you about that, and then we’re going to have some viewer’s questions. And then we have a special guest star visiting. What is it? Ronald…

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indirect questions
Intermediate
Jay

Indirect Questions and Embedded Questions

Indirect questions (sometimes called embedded questions) are useful things to know. We often use them when we’re talking to strangers and we want to be polite. But they can be tricky because of the word order. In this video you’ll learn how direct and indirect questions operate differently and find out how to avoid some common mistakes. Click here to learn about another way we’re indirect in English, when we want to drop hints. Click

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Elementary
Jay

Cook, Cooker and Chef – What’s the Difference?

Cook Cooker Chef – do you know the meanings of these three words in English? It’s worth learning. You don’t want to tell people you’re the cooker if really you’re the cook or the chef. Click here to learn about concentrated and concentrating and avoid another common mistake. Click here to see more vocabulary videos. Cook Cooker Chef Video Script Hey, what’s cooking? Spaghetti bolognese. Oh, it smells delicious. Who’s the cook in your household?

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get have something done
Intermediate
Jay

Have Something Done – Have and Get as Passive Causative Verbs

To have something done – this is a common structure we use to talk about actions where someone performs a service for us. In this video you’ll learn how the structure works and how to use have and get in the passive as causative verbs – verbs that indicate one thing causes another. Click here to learn more about causative verbs. Have something done video script There are two ways to clean your kitchen floor.

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come go bring take fetch get
Intermediate
Jay

Come, Go, Bring, Take, Fetch and Get – useful English verbs

Come Go Bring Take Fetch Get – learn how to use these common English verbs. We’ll show you their meanings and lots of examples in the video. Click here to see more vocabulary videos. Come Go Bring Take Get Fetch Video Script Carter, bring me the newspaper. Carter, get the newspaper. Why don’t you go and fetch it yourself? No, he has to learn. Carter, bring me the newspaper. I don’t think it’s working. This

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take last
Intermediate
Jay

To Take, To Last – learn their different English meanings

to take to last We use both these verbs to talk about the length of time things continue. Take is more frequent than last and we use it to talk about the time required to do something – the time that is necessary. We use last more generally to say how long something continues. Here are two videos. The first one explains how to use the verb last and the second one compares last with

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