Learn English with the British Council and Premier League

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Learn English with the British Council and Premier League episodes

June 24, 2018 Learning Vocabulary: Extreme Adjectives
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!
12 min
June 22, 2018 Football Shout-out: Shouting at players
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?
8 min
June 22, 2018 Football Shout-out: Shouting at players
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?
8 min
June 17, 2018 Understanding Grammar - Making Predictions about the World Cup
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
10 min
June 17, 2018 Understanding Grammar - Making Predictions about the World Cup
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](https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/course-stages/understanding-grammar-making-predictions)
10 min
June 11, 2018 Understanding Grammar - The Past Continuous
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.
14 min
June 11, 2018 Understanding Grammar - The Past Continuous
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.](https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/understanding-grammar-past-continuous)
14 min
May 29, 2018 Football Shout-out: The Opposition
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 to talk about the other team (the opposition).
You can complete the full lesson and join the community on Premier Skills English.
7 min
May 29, 2018 Football Shout-out: The Opposition
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 to talk about the other team (the opposition).
You can complete the full lesson and join the community on [Premier Skills English](https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/football-shout-out-opposition).
7 min
May 25, 2018 Football Shout-out: Fouls
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
8 min

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The Premier Skills English podcast is a part of a project from the British Council and Premier League for people who are learning English and love football. If you want to know more visit the website https://www.britishcouncil.org/premierskillsenglish, or get in touch at [email protected].