in today's episode, I want to tell you why reading is important and how reading can help you improve your English! 

I hope you learn something new and remember to keep practicing!

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Hey EnglishCasters! , How have you been? How has the lockdown been treating you?  In today's brand new episode I want to tell you how to learn new words and how to recall them easily! Hope you learn something new and remember to keep practising!

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Complex Sentences for IELTS success!

In today's episode, I talk about complex sentences which are really helpful if you want to achieve a 6 or higher in IELTS speaking and writing!

some good links to have a look at are below

about complex sentences in general: https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/2015/03/27/ielts-writing-complex-sentence/

subordinate clauses: https://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordinateclause.htm

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Present Perfect Continuous - How to pronounce short 'e' in British English.

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In today's podcast, I want to help you pronounce the short 'e' in British English as well as give you a short and sweet explanation of Present Perfect Continuous. 

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THREE typically British dishes!

In today's podcast, I want to introduce to you three dishes which I ate when I was a child in Britain.

They are Sunday Roast, Bangers and Mash and Shepherds Pie.

Sunday Roast recipes: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/sunday-lunch

Bangers and Mash: https://www.thespruceeats.com/sausage-and-mash-with-onion-gravy-434904

Shepherds Pie: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/no-fuss-shepherds-pie

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Hey everybody and welcome to Matthew’s English cast. The podcast for people who want to learn English, are learning English, want to improve English or just want to listen to someone speaking English. Today’s episode is called Happy Chinese New Year - 24 wonderful adjectives to describe personalities. In this episode I am going to tell you about the twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac and about the characteristics each animal has - I will teach you 24 new words. You will also learn a few new words and phrases in today’s episode so make sure you listen to it twice and note down any new words or phrases.. If you want to find more information about me please go to teachermatthew.com using your favourite internet browser.

Vocabulary

Passionate, gullible - rat

Shrewd, stubborn - dogs

Spontaneous, vain, - tiger

Creative, proud - rabbit

Intelligent, judgemental - dragon

Cruel, sharp-witted - snake

Sociable, bad-tempered - horse

Considerate, insecure - sheep

Eccentric, untrustworthy - monkey

Industrious, bossy, - rooster

Outgoing, sympathetic - dog

Selfless, stingy. - pig

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EIGHT easy Jokes! Listen, Laugh, Understand!

In today's podcast episode I am going to tell you eight easy jokes, make you laugh and then explain them to you so you can understand them before you share them with your friends :)

Here are the jokes in full!

A: Because the batteries were dead!

2. This Kitchen will be closed today because of illness. I'm SICK of cooking.

3. Q: Why is the letter "T" like an island?

A: Because it's in the middle of "water".

4. Q: What is the longest word in the English language?

A: "Smiles". Because there is a mile between its first and last letters!

5. Q: What starts with "P", ends with "E", and has millions of letters?

A: The "Post Office"!

6. Q: Why didn't the skeleton go to the party?

A: Because he had no-body to go with!

7. Q: Why was the crab sent to prison?

A: Because he kept pinching things!

8. Q: What did the traffic lights say to the car?

A: "Don't look now. I'm changing!"

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