EXCEPTIONS. Oh my gosh, I hate the English language for them! Every rule is broken. You learn one thing and after some time, when you go deeper you see that all these rules are thrown out the window… Sometimes I think there are more exceptions than rules in English! In episode 179: ‘do’, ‘does’, ‘did’ […]
Hello! Thank you for joining me today. Me and Nina Simone and the song ‘Feeling Good’. We’re going to talk about some grammar, some pronunciation and naturally, vocabulary. Listen, repeat, sing, and enjoy your learning! In episode 178: repeat each song lyrics line by line pronunciation: ‘birds’, ‘fish’, ‘scent’ ‘in the sky’ or ‘on the […]
New Year guys! New beginnings! A chance to start over. Every day is a new beginning but you know, January is such a symbolic moment to look back and start afresh. Today you’re going to practice six idioms associated with the new beginning. Listen, shadow, learn some vocabulary, repeat the sentences in the practical part […]
‘Let’s have lunch’ or ‘let’s have a lunch’? Listen to this episode and learn the correct answer. What is a zero article? When to use it? Let’s find out! In episode 176: zero article + plural nouns, uncountable nouns big words What’s in a name? ‘chess’ or ‘a chess’? Mum! What’s for dinner? The dinner? […]
Here’s the second episode of a series on reasons why English is in fact a hard language to learn. Part one was about phrasal verbs and it’s episode 171. Today you’ll hear 8 reasons why we hate English pronunciation. In episode 175: ‘queue’ foreign sounds consonant clusters through, thorough, though, rough, bough, trough… ‘gnome’ Gloucester, […]
It’s gonna be Christmassy today. We’ve got plenty of phrases and example sentences so that you can use the words from ‘Santa Tell Me’ in your everyday communication in English. In episode 174: repeat song lyrics line by line listen to 19 example sentences inspired by the lyrics synonyms for ‘fall in love’ expressions: ‘give […]
Winter can be a kick in the shins. It may make you long for summertime but it doesn’t have to be like that. Winter has the potential to become your favourite season! I’ve prepared my top 5 ideas on how to survive those cold and dark days of winter. Listen, shadow, learn some vocabulary, repeat […]
That’s the new topic we’ll be dealing with for the next few grammar episodes. Indefinite article, definite article and zero article. They are especially challenging for us, speakers of Polish, but it certainly is doable! Let’s learn articles and use them fearlessly 🙂 In episode 172: ‘a university’ or ‘an university’? Who will learn articles […]
Here’s the first episode of a series on reasons why English is in fact a hard language to learn. What first jumped to my mind was phrasal verbs. Oh my, who doesn’t hate phrasal verbs? Today you’ll hear 5 reasons why we hate them. Hating phrasal verbs won’t make them go away, but it’ll you […]
Bruno Mars at last! The song we’re talking about today comes from his debut album released in 2010. Let’s learn some conditionals and a bunch of useful expressions. In episode 170: repeat song lyrics line by line listen to 18 example sentences inspired by the lyrics expressions: ‘to make somebody do something’, ‘to stare’, ‘to […]
