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Matchweek 16: Local Rivals Dec 09, 2019

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.
Complete the lesson and practice using your football English on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week > Matchweek 16: Local rivals

Understanding Grammar - Superlatives Dec 06, 2019

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich is having problems choosing presents to buy for family and friends. Jack thinks the easiest thing to do is buy everyone the same present. What do you think this present is? The language focus is on superlative adjectives. Your task is to create a 'best' list. Tell us about the best football match you've ever seen, the most exciting film you've ever watched or the tastiest food you've ever tasted. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.
Complete the lesson and activities on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Understanding Grammar: Superlatives

Matchweek 14: Under new management Dec 02, 2019

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.
Complete the lesson and practise your English on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week > Matchweek 14: Under new management

Learning Vocabulary: Crime Nov 28, 2019

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack find a large amount of money in the park and need to decide what to do with it. Will they make the right decision? The language focus is on vocabulary connected to crime. Your task is to tell about a crime you've seen in a police series on TV or in a film. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.
Complete the lesson and practise your English on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Learning Vocabulary: Crime

Matchweek 13: Pile on the pressure Nov 25, 2019

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.
Complete the lesson and practise using your football English on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcast > This week > Matchweek 13: Pile on the pressure

Understanding Grammar - Intensifiers Nov 22, 2019

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In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack are meeting to watch the match but Rich is really late. Jack gives Rich a half-time match report that he later discovers is not true. The language focus is on four different intensifiers that are used to make language stronger: so & such and enough & too. Your task is to tell us a short anecdote using the language you have learned in the podcast Don't forget to listen until the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.
Complete the lesson and practise your English on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Understsnding Grammar: Intensifiers

Women's Football Weekend: Record attendances Nov 18, 2019

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn. There was no Premier League action last weekend but Premier League clubs were in action in the Women’s Super League.
Practise using your English and complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week > Women's Football Weekend: Record attendances

Learning Vocabulary: Fitness & the Environment Nov 15, 2019

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack takes Rich 'plogging' which is a new way to keep fit and help the environment at the same time. The language focus is on phrasal verbs connected to fitness such as 'work on' and 'keep up' and words & phrases connected to the environment such as 'recyclable' and 'rubbish' or 'garbage'. Your task is to tell us what exercise you do that is environmentally friendly. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.
Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Learning Vocabulary: Fitness & the Environment

Matchweek 12: A Thunderbolt Nov 11, 2019

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.
Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > This Week > Matchweek 12: A Thunderbolt

Understanding Grammar: Getting Something Done Nov 07, 2019

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In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Jack discovers that Rich is really lazy and that he will always try to get other people to do things for him rather than do the thing himself. The language focus is on the causative form which is the structure we use when we talk about something that someone else did for us (get/have something done). Your task is to tell us about a few things that you have done because you can't (or won't) do them yourself. Don't forget to listen until the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.
Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts >

Understanding Grammar: Getting Something Done

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