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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.

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week > Matchweek 9: The back post

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about their plans for the weekend. Jack is excited about his plans but Rich is fed up with doing the same thing all the time. The language focus is on dependent prepositions which are prepositions that very often go together with nouns, verbs and adjectives. Your task is to talk about plans for the future and use some of the dependent prepositions we introduce in the podcast. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

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Learning Vocabulary: Dependent prepositions

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.

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week > Women's Super League: A winning streak

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich continue a series of podcasts called 'English & the UK' which focus on Premier League cities. They will tell you more about what you can find in these cities and focus on some of the language you need when visiting places in these cities. The city they are visiting in this episode is Sheffield and the language focus is on 10 phrases that use the word 'first'. This week, Jack and Rich have 10 short dialogues for you to listen to. In each, there is a new phrase with 'first' for you to learn. Your task is to use these new phrases in the comments section. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > English & the UK: Sheffield

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.

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week > Matchweek 8 - Cool, calm and collected

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich focus on grammar and take a look at different question types. They have three roleplays for you this week, in two of them they are playing games that involve asking questions and in the other Jack is trying to find a place in town. Your tasks are to challenge other listeners to guess a mystery footballer and to ask politely about something connected to another listener's country or city. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess, too. Enjoy!

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Understanding Grammar: Questions

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.

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > This week > Matchweek 7 - Outfoxed

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich argue about the importance of winning at sport. Jack thinks it's the taking part that matters but Rich thinks it's all about victory! They also focus on ten phrasal verbs that we often use to talk about sport. Your task is to argue with Jack and Rich about winning in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess, too. Enjoy!

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Learning Vocabulary - Phrasal verbs connected to sport

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.

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Podcasts > This week > Matchweek 6: Pick of the bunch

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich focus on grammar and take a look at relative clauses. In the roleplay, they visit a sports expo and talk about unusual or minority sports. Your task is to describe an unusual sport or minority sport in your country using relative clauses and other listeners have to guess the sport you are describing. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess, too. Enjoy!
Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Understanding Grammar: Relative Clauses