When Vicki goes to the loo and Jay has to wait, he sometimes gets impatient. Jay is American so he calls the loo the ladies room. ‘Ages’ is an informal way of saying a very long time. Waiting for ages script Jay, hold this for me. Do I have to? I’m just going to the […]
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Today is Deaf Awareness Day and we have made a special video, suggested by my friend Rikki Poynter who does awesome work as an advocate for captions for the deaf and hard of hearing. Go Rikki! If you are a YouTuber, please make captions for your videos! They are so helpful for the deaf and hard
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We had a question about can and could from a viewer. Come hang out with us and learn how we use the verbs these verbs in English. We answer questions and share a news update about our live English lessons. Oh and we also meet Ronald Grump – a puppet President Check these links for
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It’s election season in the United States and Ronald Grump is running for President. In this parody video, a puppet Donald Trump outlines his plans to make American (rather than America) great again. Update: We made this video before Donald Trump was elected. At the time we thought the chances of him winning were scary
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Learn the English phrases you need to check in at an airport in this video, including security questions and how to answer them. We made this video with our friend Rachel of Rachel’s English. She has a terrific website and YouTube channel on American English pronunciation. Click here to find lots more practical videos for
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Negative questions can be confusing in English. In this video lesson we demonstrate different ways native speakers use them and you’ll also learn the best ways to answer them. Negative questions can be very confusing in English. In this lesson we’re going to look different ways we use them and you’ll also learn the best
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When we nag we complain about someone’s behaviour in an annoying way. You probably want to avoid nagging if you can. Here’s an example of how me might use this word in English: Oh, your desk’s a mess. Aren’t you going to put that in the bin? Oh yeah. Why don’t you tidy these papers
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The verbs avoid and prevent have similar meanings in English. They are both followed by a noun or gerund but the grammatical patterns they follow are rather different. Watch this video lesson to learn how to use them correctly and avoid mistakes. Oh Jay! It’s like he’s avoiding me. Today’s lesson is about two useful
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Learn how to use English adverbs of frequency with our dog Carter. He’ll tell you about his exciting life as an international fashion model and demonstrate the key adverbs you need to know. This lesson’s about adverbs of frequency, but really it’s about me, Carter. I’ll teach you how to look cool. People often ask
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Songs are a great way to learn English. They’re good listening practice and research shows that singing along is a powerful way to improve your fluency and learn new words. Here’s a beautiful song sung by Doris Day and a lesson on some of the vocabulary first. There are two videos here so make sure
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