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Understanding Grammar - Conditionals Jul 02, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich host their third World Cup podcast. In this podcast, they are going to do two roleplays.

This podcast was recorded on the 20th of June and the roleplays are based on an imaginary result for England's match against Panama. The result sets up the language focus on speculating before and after a football match with a specific emphasis on conditional forms.

Your task is to write about the action at the World Cup and write some conditional sentences about the past and the future. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess and news about our World Cup competition and World Cup programme.

Find all the free learning activities on the website: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/course-stages/understanding-grammar-conditionals

Enjoy!

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Football Shout-out: Missing Chances Jun 27, 2018

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Welcome to Football Shout-out from Premier Skills English, where we talk about the language you need when watching a match. Whether you are a super fan or an armchair supporter you won't be able to avoid football on TV this summer. In Football Shout-out, Jack and Rich present useful language to shout at the TV screen when watching a match with or without friends! In this episode, they look at some words and phrases that fans shout when an opposition player or someone on their own team misses a chance. Do you know what 'couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo' means? Find all the extra learning materials on the website:

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/football-shout-out-missing-chances

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Learning Vocabulary: Extreme Adjectives Jun 24, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich host their second World Cup podcast. They talk about the surprise result between Mexico and Germany and some of the goals that have been scored in Russia. The language focus is on vocabulary with a specific emphasis on gradable adjectives and non-gradable adjectives or extreme adjectives. Your task is to transform five boring or dull sentences into more exciting or dramatic sentences by adding extreme adjectives. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess and news about our World Cup competition and World Cup programme. Enjoy!

Football Shout-out: Shouting at players Jun 22, 2018

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Welcome to Football Shout-out from Premier Skills English, where we talk about the language you need when watching a match. Whether you are a super fan or an armchair supporter you won't be able to avoid football on TV this summer. In Football Shout-out, Jack and Rich present useful language to shout at the TV screen when watching a match with or without friends! In this episode, they look at some words and phrases that fans shout at their own players. Do you know what 'man on' means?

Understanding Grammar - Making Predictions about the World Cup Jun 17, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich are talking about the World Cup and make some predictions about the matches, players and fans in Russia. The language focus is on the grammar we use to make predictions. Your task is to use this language to make your own World Cup predictions. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess and news about our World Cup competition and World Cup programme. Enjoy!

Find the lesson and all the activities on the website: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/course-stages/understanding-grammar-making-predictions

Understanding Grammar - The Past Continuous Jun 11, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about interruptions and roleplay a situation where the Premier League is stolen from Chelsea football club. Mr De Bruyne is the main suspect! The language focus is on the past continuous and the different ways we can use it to talk about the past. Your task is to use the past continuous to talk about being interrupted while watching a football match. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

Complete the full lesson on the past continuous here.

Football Shout-out: The Opposition May 29, 2018

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Football Shout-out: Fouls May 25, 2018

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Welcome to Football Shout-out from Premier Skills English, where we talk about the language you need when watching a match. Whether you are a super fan or an armchair supporter you won't be able to avoid football on TV this summer. In Football Shout-out, Jack and Rich present useful language to shout at the TV screen when watching a match with or without friends! In this episode, they look at the language you need when a player commits a foul.

The music from the introduction is:

Let's Sing (ft. George Ellinas with Snowflake) by SackJo22 CC BY 3.0

Football Shout-out: Goals May 22, 2018

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Welcome to Football Shout-out from Premier Skills English, where we talk about the language you need when watching a match. Whether you are a super fan or an armchair fan you won't be able to avoid football on TV this summer. In Football Shout-out, Jack and Rich present useful language to shout at the TV screen when watching a match with or without friends! We also ask you to get involved; In this episode, they look at the language you need when your team scores a goal.

The music from the introduction is:

Let's Sing (ft. George Ellinas with Snowflake) by SackJo22 CC BY 3.0

Learning Vocabulary: Phrases with go May 16, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich try to describe the offside rule and roleplay five short conversations where they use phrases with go. They look at five different ways of using go and how you can use these phrases in your everyday English. Your task is to use some difficult phrases with go in context. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

Learn more and complete the full lesson on Premier Skills English.

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