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1. Secrets and surprises

   25 november 2025 · 8 min

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   What language can you use when you notice or see something suspicious? Pippa and Phil talk about surprises they've had in their life, and our grammar guru Georgie explains language we can use when we're curious about what's happening. Lees meer

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2. Life advice

   18 november 2025 · 8 min

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   What's the best advice you've been given? Learn some grammar for giving advice and making suggestions. Lees meer

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3. Emotions

   11 november 2025 · 8 min

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   What does it mean to be on the verge of crying? And what are some other ways we can talk about our emotions? Learn 'make someone do or feel something', 'on the verge of' and 'about to' in this episode, with Pippa, Phil and grammar guru Georgie.

4. Asking strangers

   5 november 2025 · 8 min

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   How can you ask questions politely? Find out with our grammar guru. Lees meer

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5. Describing a job

   28 oktober 2025 · 8 min

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   What's the most interesting job you've ever had? What did you have to do? Neil and Beth talk about the most interesting jobs they've had while grammar guru Georgie explains how to use whose to make relative clauses. Lees meer

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6. Choosing a home

   21 oktober 2025 · 8 min

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   Do you want a house that's a bit, sort of or a lot bigger? Neil and Pippa talk about why they chose to live where they do, while grammar guru Georgie explains how to use 'a bit', 'sort of' and 'a lot' with comparisons, as well as how to compare something to a clause. Lees meer

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7. Things you have to do

   14 oktober 2025 · 9 min

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   Do you have any social obligations? Beth and Neil talk about doing things they don't really want to do and our grammar guru Georgie explains ways to talk about social obligations. Learn to use 'have to', 'be meant to', 'be supposed to' and how to use the second conditional. Lees meer

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8. Predicting the future

   7 oktober 2025 · 9 min

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   What are your predictions about the future? Neil and Pippa talk about what they think will happen in the future, and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of future predictions. Learn to use 'will', 'going to' and how to use the future perfect tense. Lees meer

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9. Hobbies we enjoy doing

   30 september 2025 · 10 min

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   Do you have any hobbies you'd like to start doing? Beth and Neil talk about things they enjoy and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of -ing verbs and infinitives. Learn which verbs to use when we have two verbs together in English. Lees meer

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10. Things we collect

    23 september 2025 · 9 min

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    What's the difference between 'loads of' and 'lots of'? Lees meer

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11. Regrets

    16 september 2025 · 8 min

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    Learn to talk about regrets using the third conditional, 'wish' and regret plus -ing. Lees meer

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12. Reminiscing

    9 september 2025 · 8 min

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    We talk about our memories all the time. Learn how to reminisce in English with Neil, Pippa and grammar guru Georgie, using used to, would and the past simple. Lees meer

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13. Preferences

    2 september 2025 · 9 min

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    Do you prefer dogs or cats? Neil and Phil talk about choices and preferences and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of these choices. Learn to use prefer, would prefer and would rather. Lees meer

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14. NEW SERIES: To-do lists

    26 augustus 2025 · 7 min

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    How long is your to-do list? Beth and Neil talk about the jobs they need to do, and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of your to-do list. Learn to use 'need to', 'have to', 'got to' and 'needs doing'. Lees meer

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15. Linking devices: cause and effect

    19 augustus 2025 · 7 min

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16. The third conditional

    12 augustus 2025 · 7 min

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    Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do. Lees meer

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17. Adjectives and adverbs

    5 augustus 2025 · 7 min

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18. The past perfect

    29 juli 2025 · 6 min

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    Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer. Lees meer

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19. Modals of deduction and speculation

    22 juli 2025 · 7 min

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    Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation. Lees meer

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20. First and zero conditional

    15 juli 2025 · 6 min

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    Learn how to use two types of conditional sentences Lees meer

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21. Phrasals

    8 juli 2025 · 7 min

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    To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs. Lees meer

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22. Quantifiers

    1 juli 2025 · 7 min

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    Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'. Lees meer

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23. Present perfect continuous

    24 juni 2025 · 6 min

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24. Present tenses

    17 juni 2025 · 6 min

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    Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect. Lees meer

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25. 'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'

    10 juni 2025 · 6 min

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    Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past. Lees meer

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26. 'Used to' and 'would'

    3 juni 2025 · 6 min

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27. Will, going to, might

    27 mei 2025 · 6 min

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    We talk about the future, and teach you how to talk about it. Lees meer

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28. Question tags

    20 mei 2025 · 6 min

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29. Present perfect and past simple

    13 mei 2025 · 6 min

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    Learn when we use the present perfect and past simple tenses. Lees meer

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30. State verbs

    6 mei 2025 · 7 min

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    Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs Lees meer

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31. The second conditional

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32. The first conditional

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33. Present and past passives

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34. Indirect questions

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35. Tenses

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36. Too, very, enough

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37. Subject questions

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38. ‘May’, ‘might’ and ‘could'

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39. Defining relative clauses

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40. The present perfect with ‘just’, ‘already’ and ‘yet’

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41. Comparatives and superlatives

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42. The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'

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43. The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’

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44. Verb patterns

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45. So, such, enough, too

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46. -ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses

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47. Future perfect

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48. Linking devices of contrast

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49. Conditionals review

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50. Used to, be used and get used to

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