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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, Laura and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.

On the Premier Skills English website, there's a page for this podcast with the transcript, an activity and a task for you to do in the comments section. You can find the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week: Changing hands

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rowan and Jack are waiting for Rich at the train station. RIch is usually late and likes to do things at the last minute but Jack decides to teach Rich a lesson. The language focus is on how we use 'just' and 'yet' with the present perfect. In this week's task, we want you to tell us about something you did at the last minute. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.

Visit the podcast page on Premier Skills English to read the transcript, complete some practice activities and the task and join in the discussion at Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Understanding Grammar - Just and yet

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.

Visit the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Too close to call to read the transcript and join the community.

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.

Visit the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Long-term injury to read the transcript and join the community.

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, Laura and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.

On the Premier Skills English website, there's a page for this podcast with the transcript, an activity and a task for you to do in the comments section. You can find the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week: A late winner

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack are watching their team on TV. and they are not happy because one player is missing lots of chances to score. The language focus is on football English and words and phrases connected to missing chances. In this week's task, we want you to describe a golden opportunity to score which a player missed. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.

Visit the podcast page on Premier Skills English to read the transcript, complete some practice activities and the task and join in the discussion at Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Football English: Missing chances

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.

Visit the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Fair play to read the transcript and join the community.

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.

Visit the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Premier Vocabulary - Hard - A dark horse to read the transcript and join the community.

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich interviews Jack and Rowan about Halloween. How much do they know about this scary celebration? Why do we make jack-o-lanterns out of pumpkins? Why do children go 'trick or treating'? Why do we dress up in scary costumes and try to frighten people? The language focus is on words and phrases connected to Halloween. In this week's task, we want you to play a fun trick on a neighbour. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.

Visit the podcast page on Premier Skills English to read the transcript, complete some practice activities and the task and join in the discussion at Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Learning Vocabulary: A Halloween History

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, Laura and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.

On the Premier Skills English website, there's a page for this podcast with the transcript, an activity and a task for you to do in the comments section. You can find the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week: Back down to earth