The third conditional (or conditional 3) is probably the trickiest grammar structure in English. If you’re taking an exam like IELTS, CAE or CPE, this is a really useful conditional to know. You’ll really impress your examiners if you use it correctly. In this video you’ll: – see third conditional examples in action in a […]
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Do you think the word like is used too much by young people? Learn some different ways we use the word like in English conversation and informal spoken English and see the word like in action in a conversation with Super Agent Awesome. One use that’s common with young speakers is the quotative like. That’s
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This lesson’s about how to make English emergency calls such as a 911 or 112 call. You’ll learn how to report an emergency in English and how to report your location to get help fast. We give examples of different emergencies you might need to report like: – Someone’s choked on some food – I
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Disagreeing is tricky in any language. It means you’re saying someone else is wrong or different and linguists have found it’s a dispreferred response. In this lesson we look at some steps English native speakers often follow when they disagree: Hesitating Asking challenging questions Saying ‘yes but…’ and adding their objections We note how the
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We use the English second conditional to talk about imaginary, hypothetical or unreal possibilities. In this video we’ll show you how to form the second conditional and when to use it. We look at: First vs second conditional First and second conditionals are similar because they’re both about present and future possibilities. The difference is
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Is the meaning of the adverb quite, very or completely? It looks like a small difference but it can lead to big misunderstandings. Sometimes quite means the same thing in British and American English, but sometimes it’s used differently. In this video we show you – how to use quite to mean completely – how
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Play along with a British English slang quiz. Vicki (who is British) tests Jay (who is American) with 10 British English slang words and he does very well! You’ll learn 10 slang words and colloquial expressions including: bloke, meaning dude quid, not quids bog and bog roll a tad meaning a little knackered and clapped
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Learn some adjectives while you’re shopping with us in Philadelphia. We’ll show you 7 useful English adjectives in action and also some common adjective + preposition phrases. We look at: – the adjective chilly and how we use it to talk about the weather and relationships – major, meaning large and important – financial vs
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We made a video a while ago on how we say can and can’t in British and American English. You can see it here. It was very popular but many of you wrote saying you were worried about saying the right the vowel sound in the word can’t. If you get it wrong you could
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What’s the difference between a plate and a dish in English? In some languages there’s just one word. It’s not a simple answer because the meanings of words often overlap. In this English lesson we explain when we say dish or plate and look at the features of: – plates, dishes, cups, mugs and bowls
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