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Phil attended a party on a boat on the River Thames and Pippa had a student radio show while she was studying at university. Learn how to use different tenses to tell stories from the past.To practise what you've learnt in this episode, don't forget to try the free quiz, or read along with the transcript: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-grammar/260310Do you use English at work? Try the new series of Office English here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/office-english or search 'Learning English for Work' in your favourite podcast app.Follow us on social media @bbclearningenglish
1George thought he was witnessing a crime and Phil thought a town in India was quiet until he came across an exciting festival. Neil and Pippa, and our grammar guru, Georgie teach you to use 'seem', 'it was as if' and 'it was as though' when you see something happening and you're not sure what's going on.Find a transcript and worksheet at:
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Do you know how to make suggestions in English? Learn how to use 'let's', 'might I suggest', 'got to' and the past continuous to make suggestions sound more polite. Listen to Neil and Becca make suggestions for a new programme, and Phil, Pippa and grammar guru Georgie walk you through the language.As always, find a free worksheet, quiz and transcript here:
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Learn about adjective order and adjective phrases. An old, black guitar or a black, old guitar? Believe it or not, one sounds much more natural. We have some general rules about adjective order in a sentence. Learn about it with grammar guru Georgie and presenters Phil and Pippa.Find a transcript and worksheet at:
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What's more stressful? Learning to drive or learning a new language? Listen to Pippa and Phil talking about stressful things and grammar guru Georgie explaining how to make comparative and superlative sentences. TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/260210BEATING SPEAKING ANXIETY: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxietyFIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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Why has Phil been doing lots of washing this week? Neil and Beth tell us what they've been up to recently, and our grammar guru Georgie teaches us about the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/260203 BEATING SPEAKING ANXIETY: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxiety FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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Sometimes we need people to do things for us. Beth and Neil talk about mechanics, hairdressers, doctors and opticians and grammar guru Georgie explains the causative.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/260127BEATING SPEAKING ANXIETY: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxietyFIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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What kinds of films do you like? Neil and Beth talk about film genres and grammar guru Georgie explains the quantifiers, 'both', 'every', 'all', 'most', 'all' and 'any'.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/260120 BEATING SPEAKING ANXIETY: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxiety FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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Was Pippa's date with her friend a success? Neil and Beth talk about dates and teach some phrasal verbs like 'get on', 'hit it off' and 'settle down', with grammar guru Georgie.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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What possession was stolen from Neil, and who stole it? Neil and Pippa talk about crime, and Beth and Phil discuss the passive, e.g. 'was stolen', with our grammar guru Georgie.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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Do you enjoy climbing mountains and swimming in lakes? Beth and Phil talk about being outdoors, and our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use articles like 'a', 'an' and 'the'. TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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What's the most unusual food you've ever eaten? Or the furthest you've travelled in one day? Beth and Phil answer questions like this and our grammar guru explains how to form and use superlatives.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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Are you the kind of person who plans a trip last minute? Or do you prefer to build a spreadsheet months in advance? Pippa and Phil talk about what they tend to do when they're planning a trip, and our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use the phrase 'tend to' and modal verbs 'will' and 'might' to talk about usual behaviour.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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What language can you use when you're gossiping? Pippa and Phil talk about some office gossip, and our grammar guru Georgie explains language we can use when we're speculating about something which may or may not be true. Learn about reported speech, and how to use 'may' or 'might' to speculate.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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What did you know how to cook before you learnt properly? Maybe it was a simple cake, or you could boil an egg and put bread in a toaster! Pippa and Phil talk about how they learnt to cook, and our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use adverbs like 'finally', 'previously' and 'once before' with the past perfect tense.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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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.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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What's the best advice you've been given? Learn some grammar for giving advice and making suggestions.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET:
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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.
How can you ask questions politely? Find out with our grammar guru.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251104FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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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.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251028 THE READING ROOM: Practise your reading skills here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/the_reading_room FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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ترتیب صفتها (Opinion – Size – Quality – Age – Shape – Colour – Origin – Material – Purpose + Noun) فرمول فارسی نظر + اندازه + کیفیت + سن + شکل + رنگ + ملیت/منشأ + جنس + کاربرد + اسم صفت ترکیبی مثل dark brown, sugar-free, traditional-looking عبارت وصفی مثل dark around the edges, very interested, keen on sports ex. She has an amazing, multi-coloured, Turkish rug in her living room. There are some old, leather, walking boots in the shed. I'm looking for a shiny, new, gold watch for my Dad's birth
desk lamp چراغ رومیزی (مطالعه) acoustic guitar گیتار اکوستیک sunburst color رنگ سان برست (خورشیدی) fridge magnet مگنت (آهنربا) یخچال teeny tiny کوچولو موچولو spherical کروی mermaid پری دریایی port اسکله، بندر worn کهنه ، فرسوده fabric پارچه jumper سویشرت( uk) سارافون (us) record player گرامافون ، صفحه پخش
comparative + than برای مقایسهٔ دو چیز استفاده میشود. ساختار: صفت کوتاه: adj + er + than صفت بلند: more + adj + than مثالها: Learning to drive is more stressful than doing a job interview. Speaking English is harder than reading English. --- superlative + (that) برای مقایسهٔ یک چیز با همهٔ گروه استفاده میشود. ساختار: صفت کوتاه: the + adj + est صفت بلند: the most + adj کلمهٔ that بعد از صفت عالی اختیاری است. مثالها: Paris is the most beautiful city that I saw on my trip.
roller-coaster ترن هوایی (در شهربازی) Comparative تفضیلی (در گرامر) Superlative عالی (در گرامر) volcano آتشفشان
زمان present perfect برای زمانی استفاده میشود که کاری در گذشته انجام شده اما اثر یا ارتباطش هنوز به الان میرسد. معمولاً با کلماتی مثل this week، this year، since، just، yet، already، ever و never میآید. ساختار present perfect simple: have/has + شکل سوم فعل برای وقتی که نتیجهٔ کار مهم است. مثال: I’ve eaten breakfast. ساختار present perfect continuous: have/has + been + فعل ing برای وقتی که مدت زمان یا خودِ فعالیت مهم است. مثال: I’ve been washing clothes.
what have you been up to? چیکار میکردی؟ aeroplane هواپیما (uk) chilled week هفته آروم
ساختار سببی: have/get + object + past participle وقتی از کسی میخواهی یا پول میدهی تا کاری را برایت انجام دهد، از این ساختار استفاده میشود. تمرکز روی انجام شدن کار است، نه اینکه چه کسی انجامش داده. مثال: I got my hair cut yesterday دیروز موهامو دادم کوتاه کنند. --- get + object + to + infinitive وقتی کسی را وادار یا متقاعد میکنی کاری انجام دهد، از این ساختار استفاده میشود. اینبار object شخص انجامدهندهٔ کار است. مثال: I got Georgie to check my grammar جورجی را راضی کردم گرامرم را چک کند
optician بینایی سنج، اپتومتریست sofa mended تعمیر دادن (ترمیم) مبل shed roof سقف انباری leak نشتی دادن GP = General Practitioner پزشک عمومی (در بریتانیا ) blurry تار trim کوتاه کردن (مو) Causative ساختار سببی persuade متقاعد کردن hairdresser آرایشگر، آرایشگاه
all + plural/uncountable برای اشاره به همهٔ اعضای یک گروه I like all films all of the + noun برای گروه مشخص و محدود I like all of the films you recommended every + singular برای تکتک اعضای یک گروه I like every actor in that film both + two nouns برای اشاره به دو چیز I like both comedies and thrillers most + noun برای «بیشترِ» یک گروه کلی I like most action films most of + the + noun برای «بیشترِ» یک گروه مشخص any + noun در جملهٔ منفی و سؤال استفاده میشود no + noun با فعل مثبت میآید امامنفی
genre ژانر (فیلم) sci-fi علمی تخیلی quantifier کمیت سنج (مشخص کننده مقدار) rom-com کمدی-عاشقانه corny کلیشه ای، بی مزه (درمورد فیلم) affirmative مثبت affirmative verb فعل تاییدی
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فریزالوربها (phrasal verbs) سه دسته اصلی دارند: 1. **فعلهایی که مفعول میگیرند و جداشدنیاند** مثال: ask out, put on, turn off I asked my friend out / I asked out my friend 2. **فعلهایی که مفعول میگیرند ولی جداشدنی نیستند** مثال: go out with, look after, bump into Phil went out with a girl / I look after my dog 3. **فعلهایی که مفعول نمیگیرند (مگر با with)** مثال: get on, settle down, break up The team get on well / They broke up / Phil broke up with his girlfriend
blind date قرار ملاقات کور hit it off خیلی سریع صمیمی شدن، جور شدن whirlwind رابطه یا ماجرای خیلی سریع و پرهیجان break up = split up بههم زدن رابطه، جدا شدن got on well خوب با هم کنار آمدن، رابطه خوبی داشتن ask out کسی را به قرار ملاقات دعوت کردن settled down آرام گرفتن، تشکیل زندگی خانوادگی، سر و سامان گرفتن bump into به طور اتفاقی کسی را دیدن، برخورد کردن با کسی
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چه زمانی از ساختار مجهول استفاده میکنیم؟ از ساختار مجهول زمانی استفاده میکنیم که خودِ عمل مهمتر از فاعل آن باشد. این معمولاً وقتی اتفاق میافتد که: - فاعل مشخص نیست - فاعل مهم نیست - یا نمیخواهیم فاعل را ذکر کنیم مثالها: - When I was a student, my house was burgled. (خانهام دزد زده شد – مهم نیست چه کسی دزد بوده) - The shop was being broken into. (داشتند به مغازه دستبرد میزدند – فاعل نامشخص است)
burgle دزدی کردن possession دارایی torch چراغ قوه sipping مزه مزه کردن، چشیدن sentence محکوم شدن
a/an برای معرفی اولینبار چیزی the وقتی طرف مقابل میدونه درباره چی حرف میزنیم We're going to a party to celebrate Lara's birthday...... The party was so much fun. بدون article وقتی کلی صحبت میکنیم I prefer coffee to tea. کشورها معمولاً بدون the مثلاً Canada, Japan ولی اگر کشور حروف مخفف داشته باشه یا بصورت گروهی است با the می آید the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, The Phillipines جغرافیا با the the Nile, the Sahara, the Himalayas بدون the ما معمولاً از «the» برای نام کوهها و دریاچههای منفرد
برای صفت عالی: - **با -est**: برای صفات یکهجایی یا دوهجایی با -y *مثال: tallest, happiest, prettiest* - **با the most**: برای صفات سههجایی یا برخی دوهجایی *مثال: the most expensive, the most useful, the most tired* - **بیقاعدهها**: *good → best* *bad → worst* *far → furthest* همیشه قبل از صفت عالی از **the** استفاده میکنیم.
superlative (صفت) تفضیلی (در گرامر) chewiest جویدنی ترین vivid زنده furthest دورترین emu burger ایمیو برگر( برگر شترمرغ استرالیایی) the least likely کمترین احتمال، غیرمحتمل ترین beans on toast لوبیا روی نان تست reckon گمان کردن، حساب کردن، در نظر گرفتن Laos کشور لائوس basque باسک (منطقه ای در اسپانیا و فرانسه)
will + فعل ساده برای بیان عادت یا گرایش رفتاری مثال: I'll usually book flights last minute. might + فعل ساده برای رفتارهای معمول با احتمال کمتر یا انعطافپذیر مثال: I might watch some TV. tend to + فعل ساده برای گرایشهای پایدار یا رفتارهای رایج مثال: I tend to book all the activities. be the type/kind of person برای توصیف ویژگیهای شخصیتی مثال: I'm the type of person who packs the night before.