Hello everybody, What is up ? In today’s session, we will be talking about the top 30 verbs of the english language and how to pronounce their past and past participle forms. So, the objective of this podcast is to help you guys memorize the correct pronunciation of the most important verbs so that you don’t have to read them on a list but so that you memorize them by listening to them, basically I will read that list for you.ok? The thing is that it could be a little boring because there is no explanation here it is only me saying the verbs and that's it. SO , well let's hope for the best and let’s do this : Do did donehave / had / hadgo / went / gonewant / wanted / wantedneed / needed / neededlike / liked /likedtake / took / takensay / said / saidbuy / bought / boughtwrite / wrote / writtenread / read / readsee / saw / seenknow / knew / knownmake / made / madedrink / drank / drunkeat / ate / eatenspeak / spoke / spokenwork / worked / workedstudy / studied / studiedthink / thought / thoughttell / told / toldcall / called / calledcome / came / comesleep / slept / sleptdrive / drove / drivengive / gave / givenfeel / felt / feltget / got / gotten / gotstart / started / startedfinish / finish / finished. Well well that is all for today, please make sure that you study and you get your verbs right. you can not have any  problems with the simple past and the past participe forms of the verbs if you really want to improve your language to a really really good level, so make sure that you study these verbs. That's it for today.  I hope you guys have a great day and I will talk to you guys soon.  Bye bye.

Podcast 6 – intermediate – Interview Scarlett Johansson. Hi there everyone, welcome to another podcast, Today we will be listening to an interview done to Scarlett Johansson about her last movie (which i am sure you’ve heard of even if you are not a fan ) Avengers – End Game. It’s only three questions but there are some useful elements that you can incorporate. So I want you to please pay attention to the following vocabulary and structures. Just pause the podcast right now and go and check the list of vocabulary that I put down below. You can find explanations and information in there. Then, just press play again and listen to the interview. So, here we go …..Vocabulary and structures:  -I didn't know if the fans and the audience would accept my interpretation: We use would because she is talking about her idea of the future but in a past situation.  I was not sure if my friends WOULD remember my birthday, but they prepared a surprise party for me .  -WHILE: While can be used to talk about simultaneous actions: While I watch tv, my wife reads a magazine.  But also to contrast situations:  While I understand that the situation is difficult, I think that the company should create a different plan.  MODAL VERBS: Can: PossibilityCould: Possibility in the past / Hypothetical possibility in the future. May/Might: Probability. Have to: Obligation  To Peel: To remove the surface of an object to see what is inside (especially food – to peel a banana).  Depth: Noun of “deep”. Distance between the top and the bottom.  Compass: Element used to guide travelers which operates with earth magnetic forces pointing to the north/south.  To Be willing to: to have the disposition to do something.  I am not willing to come to the office on Sundays if my boss is not willing to pay extra-hours. To Swallow: To let some substance (food, pills…) go down your throat without chewing.  Metaphorically: To swallow the truth / to swallow your own words.  Alongside: Next to.  To get stuck: When a person or an object is trapped in a situation or in a context from which it is not possible to escape.  To Dwell: To inhabit, to live.  Metaphorically: To dwell on the past / To dwell on your regrets.  To Haunt: To scare, to appear in the form of a ghost to torment.  Metaphorically: My past haunts me. My regrets haunt me.     Your character, Black Widow, has had enormous success, did you ever expect such a huge reception from the audience ? When I did ironman 2 I didn't know if the fans and the audience would accept my interpretation, my casting of this character and so while I knew there were many different kind of dramatic directions that we could go and parts of the character that we could reveal or peel away or not, it was very you know, it was an introduction to this character, it’s like an idea and It wasn’t until avengers 2, or sorry the first avengers, that I got to work with Joss Whedon and really work on this characterization and develop the depth of this character’s backstory and what we wanted to be her truth ok, I understand, and I would like to know, in your opinion, How is Natasha different from the rest of the characters of the movie? What makes her special? I think Natasha is a little bit different than your kind of average hero or superhero in a sense because she has, I think she operates on a different kind, she has a different sort of moral compass than some of the other characters like say even cap I think she understands that there’s a balance between dark and light in the world and that you kind of have to, I think she understand the sacrifice you have to make on either end in order to have a kind of balance and that might not be a reality that some of the other characters are really willing to swallow but you know I don’t think she has to have that same mindset as say cap in order to work alongside him you know she just looks at the world in a different way but they can have a shared goal.  Ok, last question … Who is your favorite character? I really love Natasha I think she is constantly evolving, she doesn't get stuck on things she is just continuously moving forward and I think you know she doesn't dwell on regrets or the past even though those things may haunt her …… All right, all right guys that’s all for today, thank you so much for listening. And I will talk to you guys soon. Be great!!.

LUCKY DAVE Boom, his eyes opened, the light of the day came through the curtains showing the most beautiful day in the outside.  After a second of reflection, a bit disoriented, Dave jumped out of bed cursing his phone for not waking him up.  -Oh gosh, The alarm didn’t go off.  What a catastrophe! He had been working on a very important presentation for his boss. This could be his best opportunity to get that promotion that he had been waiting for so long. It was 8:30, if he could jump into a taxi and if there was no traffic, and if the taxi driver took him to the office ASAP, perhaps he would arrive on time for the meeting.  He ran to the bathroom to take a quick shower but there was no water. He had to go to the fridge and take a bottle of water to wash his hair and to brush his teeth. He got dressed as fast as he could, he didn’t put on a tie, only the same trousers he had worn the day before and a new shirt which was completely creased. What a horrible morning, but there was no time to iron anything. He took his briefcase and rushed through the door. As soon as he shut the door, he noticed that he didn’t have his keys with him.  -What an idiot! - He said.  There was no time to lose, he went downstairs at the speed of light and went onto the street to stop the first taxi that he saw.  Fortunately there was a taxi coming up, he was lucky. He stopped the taxi and gave the driver his office address. In the meantime, he fired up his laptop for a last minute check on his presentation. Everything was on point, a couple of minutes later the taxi arrived to his office but to his surprise he couldn’t find his wallet.  -Please give me a second – He said to the taxi driver- I can’t….where the hell….I just…. He was 5 minutes late, he was at the limit so there was no time to lose.  - I am sorry Sr, I can’t find my wallet- What? Are you serious? - I am very sorry, can I give you my number so that we can fix this later? I have a very important meeting to attend. -You had better pay me those 15 dollars or I will kick your ass right now. What do you want to do boy? The man was not joking around, he was ready to give Dave a bad time. He had no choice but to give the man his new watch, there was no time to lose.  He jumped out of the car, really sad because it was such a beautiful watch and now it was gone.  He went straight to the elevator but there were no numbers at the top of the them. They didn’t work.  -Goddamn it! Are you kidding me?  He took the stairs, he had to go to the 12th floor of the building. At that point he knew that he was going to get fired. 8 minutes later, all sweaty and tired he got to the office, He ran to the meeting room to set up his presentation. He was lucky, nobody had arrived. He calmed down, straightened his clothes and dried the sweat off his forehead. Thanks god, he would keep his job. But there was something weird, He checked his emails but his inbox was empty and he had no meetings for the day, he took a look at his calendar… Oh god, it was Sunday.

Intermediate Level The Wright Brothers - Listening - reading - Pronunciation exercise.  Over 100 years ago, people only dreamedabout flying. The Wright brothers, Wilbur andOrville, were dreamers who changed the world.Wilbur Wright was born in 1867 andOrville was born in 1871. In 1878, theyreceived a paper flying toy from their father.They played with kites and started to thinkabout the possibility of flight.When they were older, they started a bicyclebusiness. They used the bicycle shop to design their airplanes. They studiedthree aspects of flying: lift, control, and power. In 1899, they constructedtheir first flying machine—a kite made of wood, wire, and cloth. It had nopilot. Because of wind, it was difficult to control. They continued to studyaerodynamics.1 Finally Wilbur designed a small machine with a gasolineengine. Wilbur tried to fly the machine, but it crashed. They fixed it andflew it for the first time on December 17, 1903, with Orville as the pilot. Theairplane remained in the air for twelve seconds. It traveled a distance of 120feet. This historic flight changed the world. However, only four newspapersin the U.S. reported this historic moment.The Wright brothers offered their invention to the U.S. government,but the government rejected2 their offer at first. The government didn’tbelieve that these men invented a flying machine. Finally, PresidentTheodore Roosevelt investigated their claims and offered the inventors acontract to build airplanes for the U.S. Army.December 17, 2003, marked 100 years of flight. There was a six-daycele bration at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the location of the first flight.A crowd of 35,000 people gathered to see a replica3 of the first plane fly.The cost to re-create the plane was $1.2 million. However, it rained hardthat day and the plane failed to get off the ground.You can now see the Wright brothers’ original airplane in the Air andSpace Museum in Washington, D.C.

Hello Everyone ! It’s Andy here, it’s good to be back. . In today’s podcast we will talk about simple present.This is the first step you need to take if you want to start communicating in English.The simple present is used for habit, routines, actions that we normally do. Today we will talk about affirmative sentences. I will give you an example of a routine and also I will give you one tip that you can use if you have difficulties when you construct, when you build your sentences. Let’s get started ! The most important part of the sentence, the sentence’s heart is the verb. So we need to pay close attention to it. Listen to this example of routine and pay attention to the verbs :  I wake up at 7 am from monday to friday. Immediately after, I take a long shower and then I have some breakfast. I get dressed and prepare my documents to go to the office. I leave home at 8 am and walk to the subway station. I normally arrive to the office at 9am. I read my emails and prepare the meetings of the day. At midday I go to a restaurant and have lunch. I often eat chicken or meat with vegetables. At 1:30 I return to the office and finish the activities of the day. At 5pm I leave work and go directly to the gym. I need to do exercise to manage my stress. At 8pm I come back home and have dinner. While the dinner is ready I sit on my couch to read the news or a book Then at around 11pm I go to bed. Well, this is only a very simple and short example of a routine. The sentences have a subject, a verb and a complement. Many students start their sentences with a verb or with a complement because they arer thinking a lot about how to say all the information they want to communicate. That is a big problem because normally they translate word by word from their native langage. The best option is to follow the structure : Sub +v+complement. If you have difficulties constructing your sentences, please do this : Relax, think simple, focus on the verb and the in the subject (many students forget to use the subject) and at the end say the complement in a very simple form. In the simple present the complement contains information about frequency : once a week, twice a month, three times a year, At 5 pm, About a place : at the office, in the park, at the supermarketabout People or company : With my family, with my friends, with my co-workers. So, if you have difficulties constructing or building your sentences : 1) think simple (don’t make it so hard)2) Think about the verb and use a subject3) use a complement of frequency, location or company. Please study your verbs and it’s not important if you make mistakes, the principal objective is to follow the structure, little by little you will understand the complete process. Thank you so much for listening, that’s my time for today. I hope you have a wonderful day and talk to you guys around.

Topic : Simple present 1. Adjectives / locations / Occupations.Level : BeginnersHello, Welcome to the Podcast.This episode is for beginners, level 1. Today we will talk about the verb to be. People are very confused with "to be". What is to be ? Well...it’s a very important part of the english language. We use the verb to be for 3 principal objectives 1) descriptions and for descriptions we use adjectives. Examples of adjectives are: ::::::::attractivebeautifulhappy intelligent to be in present transforms in am, is or are. Am – I - I am happyis – he / she/it – she is happyare - you/we/they – – you are happy / we are happy / they are happy. Am / Is / Are. I am ElegantBarcelona is a beautiful city.English is easyMy sister is very energeticMy boss is very formalThe writer is very intelligent Use number two: Locations Locations : Where are you?I am at the universityMy sister is at schoolThe Eiffel Tower is in ParisI am not at homeWhere are you ? Use number 3 - Occupations : I am a DoctorWe are teachersShe is a lawyerHe is a Bus driver