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In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Jack visits Cambridge to show us where the first ever football rules were written down. He also shows us a little bit of Cambridge and of course the famous university that is in the city. The language focus is on the passive. Find all the learning activities and resources on the Premier Skills English website https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/understanding-grammar-using-passive #Learnenglish #Grammar #Football #Premierleague #PL #Cambridge

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich gets angry because he has to get the bus. The language focus is on the verb with the longest entry in the dictionary - get. Jack and Rich look at five different ways of using get and how it can help you sound more natural when you are speaking. Your task is to transform 10 different sentences using phrases with get in order to make the sentences more natural sounding. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Find all the learning activities and discussion points on the website: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/learning-vocabulary-get #PremierLeague #LearnEnglish #Football #Vocabulary

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about all of the weekend's action in the Premier League; the big headlines and the main talking points. We also ask you to get involved; do you agree with Jack and Rich's choices of best player, best team and best match of Matchweek 7? Make your prediction for next week's big match and tell us how your club or fantasy football team is doing. We welcome comments from all football fans and especially welcome comments from football fans who are learning English. Make your predictions and join the discussion on the website: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-7

Welcome to 'This Week' from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In 'This Week', Jack and Rich talk about all of the weekend's action in the Premier League; the big headlines and the main talking points. We also ask you to get involved; do you agree with Jack and Rich's choices of best player, best team and best match of Matchweek 6? Make your prediction for next week's big match and tell us how your club or fantasy football team is doing. We welcome comments from all football fans and especially welcome comments from football fans who are learning English. Join the discussion on Premier Skills English: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-6

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich have a quiz for you that tests your knowledge of grammar and football. The language focus is on articles (a, an, the) and when to use them and when not to use them in English. They give ten rules about how to use articles correctly. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Find all the free learning activities on the website:

Welcome to 'This Week' from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In 'This Week', Jack and Rich talk about all of the weekend's action in the Premier League; the big headlines and the main talking points. We also ask you to get involved; do you agree with Jack and Rich's choices of best player, best team and best match of Matchweek 5? Make your prediction for next week's big match and tell us how your club or fantasy football team is doing. We welcome comments from all football fans and especially welcome comments from football fans who are learning English. Join the discussion on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-5

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about all things connected to getting your hair cut. They talk about some Premier League hairstyles and how to describe different types of hair. They introduce lots of different words and phrases connected to getting your hair cut and the language focus is on how we use the verbs 'have' and 'get' to talk about getting someone else to do something for us. The task for listeners is to write some sentences in the comments section that follow the have/get + object + past participle structure that is introduced in the podcast. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

What happened in Matchweek 4 in the Premier League? Join the discussion and make your predictions on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-4

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about how we show sympathy and the language we use to encourage others. Jack is sad about Arsenal's start to the season and Rich is not very sympathetic. The focus is on some fixed expressions we use to sympathise and encourage people when they are feeling sad or depressed. They also talk about the importance of intonation in our voices when we want to be sympathetic and encouraging. The task for listeners is to complete three dialogues that use sympathetic and encouraging language. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Find all the learning activities, a quiz and a discussion on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-words-encouragement

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich is having some problems on his computer and can't change his Fantasy Football team. He calls Jack for some technical help. focus on being polite and the words and expressions you should use to show politeness.The language focus is on words and phrases we use to talk about computers and giving instructions. Your task is to write some step-by-step instructions for other listeners on the Premier Skills English website. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! You can find all the free learning activities on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-talking-about-computers