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5What'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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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. TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251021THE READING ROOM:
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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.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251014 THE READING ROOM:
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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.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET
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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.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET
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What's the difference between 'loads of' and 'lots of'? TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET
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Learn to talk about regrets using the third conditional, 'wish' and regret plus -ing.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET
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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.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET
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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.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET
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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'.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET
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Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.Check out this video series about conditionals - all videos come with a free worksheet:
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Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.Have you tried our podcast 'Real Easy English'? Find it with a free worksheet and transcript here: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/real-easy-english Subscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.Have you tried our podcast 'Real Easy English'? Find it with a free worksheet and transcript here:
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کاربردهای اصلی "try" 1. تلاش برای انجام کاری (ممکن است موفق نشوید): - ساختار: **try + to + فعل** - مثال: *Try to organise your work.* 2. امتحان کردن یک روش یا فعالیت برای دیدن نتیجه یا احساس: - ساختار: **try + فعل ing** - مثال: *Try sticking to an exercise plan.* 3. در زبان گفتاری غیررسمی: - ساختار: **try and + فعل** - مثال: *Try and practise every day.* نکته: - "try to" بیشتر برای **تلاش جدی** است. - "try -ing" بیشتر برای **امتحان کردن یک روش یا تجربه جدید tray and.. غیر رسمی
funny side جنبه بامزه put you in the other's shoes خودت را جای دیگری گذاشتن، از دید او نگاه کردن commuter مسافر London commuter مسافر لندن (کسی که هر روز برای کار به لندن رفت و آمد میکند یا دانشجو..) take up running شروع به دویدن کرد( شروع منظم یک ورزش)
3. be on the verge of something* در آستانهی انجام کاری بودن **فرمول:** `be + on the verge of + gerund (-ing verb)` یا `be + on the verge of + noun` **مثال:** *She was on the verge of crying.* (او در آستانهی گریه کردن بود.) --- 4. be about to do something* نزدیک به انجام کاری بودن **فرمول:** `be + about to + base verb` **مثال:** *I’m about to leave.* (دارم میرم، همین الان.)
1. make someone do something وقتی چیزی باعث میشه کسی کاری انجام بده **فرمول:** `make + someone + base verb` **مثال:** *Spicy food makes me drink water. (غذای تند باعث میشه آب بخورم.) --- 2. make someone feel something وقتی چیزی باعث میشه کسی احساسی داشته باشه **فرمول:** `make + someone + adjective` **مثال:** Cold weather makes me sleepy.* (هوای سرد منو خوابآلود میکنه.) ---
on the verge of/about to در آستانه( شرف).... بودن brass band نوازندگان گروه سازهای بادی dog poo مدفوع سگ burst into laughter ناگهان خندیدن، زدن زیر خنده، قهقهه زدن gerund مصدر (شکل ing دار فعل)
acquaintance آشنایی tube مترو (لندن )
Examples: I was wondering if there is a supermarket near here. Excuse me. Could you tell me whether the bus station is open today? I wanted to know if the exam preparation course takes under 16s?
was wondering... Could you tell me...? + if/whether I wanted to know... Use the phrases above followed by 'if' or 'whether' when you need to ask a yes/no question
cuddling در آغوش گرفتن jockeys' changing room رختکن سوارکاری rug فرش auction حراج go-kart پیست، کارتینگ
cosy دنج clause شرط 'a bit', 'sort of' and 'a lot' +than استفاده برای مقایسه
Second conditional If + past simple; would + base form When we talk about the consequences of not meeting social obligations, we are often talking about a hypothetical situation. We can use the second conditional to talk about these.
have to: We use have to to talk about obligations that come from other people, or from rules. be supposed to/be meant to: We can say that we are supposed to do something when there's an expectation that we do something. We also use this when we don't do what we are are expected to do
1. going to Use 'going to' when something seems certain because of evidence. 2. will Use 'will' for general predictions, beliefs and predicted effects/responses to something. 3. by + time/date will have + past participle (the future perfect tense) This is often used for predictions personal to you. Use this to describe an action that you predict will be completed at some point in the future
1.want/need/learn/decide/offer/hope + to + infinitive miss/enjoy/suggest/avoid/fancy + -ing verb 2. phrasal verb/preposition + -ing verb 3. -ing verb as the subject of a sentence
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