Make or do (Fluency MC, rap)

Other ways of saying common words

A funny way to learn English (for adults)

*WARNING: Some of the language used may not be suitable for younger learners.

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Describing a person's physical appearence

Living in a new country

This video is the second episode in a BBC Learning English series called the "Flatmates". In this video, Michal has just arrived from Poland and is new to the UK. He has come to practise his English and is meeting his new flatmates. Can you spot his mistake?

flatmates, house-mates and room-mates are all people who we live with.
workmates are people who we work with.
Classmates are people who are in the same class as us.


The word "mate" is similar to friend, but more informal.
Other informal words for friend are "buddy" and "pal".


Here is a playlist of episodes 1-137
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAi1JlMIQVM&feature=bf_prev&list=PL63FB966A10363FAF

How to pronounce past tense regular verbs

Regular past tense= verb+ ed

Work= worked   want= wanted  push=pushed


*Spelling rules


Regular verbs that end in /e/ = verb+ d

hope= hoped   love= loved   create= created


Regular verbs that end in 1 consonant + /y/= verb - y + ied

study= studied  try= tried  cry=cried


Regular verbs that end in 1 vowel + /y/= verb+ed

play=played    stay=stayed  enjoy= enjoyed


Regular verbs that end in 1 vowel + 1 consonant = verb+ the same consonant+ ed


stop= stopped  rob= robbed  travel= travelled
*But not always and American English spelling


There are 3 ways to pronounce regular verbs:


1. /id/                       2. /t/                        3. /d/

> Watch the video and listen to the 3 different ways to pronounce the sound /ed/

For regular verbs that end in /t/ and /d/ we pronounce /ed/ as /id/  and add an extra syllable.
wanted, needed, created, invented, ended...

For regular verbs that end in /k/, /p/, /f/, /s/, /sh/ and /ch/ we pronounce /ed/ as /t/.
liked, hoped, laughed,kissed,washed,watched...
*laugh does not end in /f/ but /gh/ makes the /f/ sound. (sound of ending more important than spelling!)

For all other regular verbs we pronounce /ed/ as /d/.


played, answered, allowed, loved...

Put these verbs into the correct group(/t/, /d/ or /id/ ?


remember, talk, arrive, decide, explain, fix, help, carry, hate, live, invent, stop, travel, touch, visit.

*For a full list of regular verbs click on this link
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/regular-verbs-list.htm

English homophones

The English language is not phonetic and it has a lot of homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings; but not always. All the following examples are homophones with different spellings.

1. Numbers that have homophones


1/one     won (past of win)

2/two      to (preposition)     too (too much/ me too)

3/three      free (free time/free of charge)

4/four       for (preposition)

8/eight     ate (past of eat)

2. verbs that have homophones


wore (to wear)  war

would   wood (material)

know   no

wear   we're  where

they're   there

write    right

buy     by  bye (goodbye)

die      dye (colour; eg: dye your hair)

see     sea

Other common homophones


which   witch

our        hour

flower   flour

fair        fare (eg. bus fare)

pair      pear (fruit)

I           eye

For more homophones, click on this link  http://www.bifroest.demon.co.uk/misc/homophones-list.html