Past Continuous

Tear and desert ‘Tear’ and ‘desert’ are words that are pronounced differently to indicate their meaning. The noun tear, which is a drop of fluid from the eye, rhymes with the word dear. ‘She shed a tear when her cat died.’ But when we use ‘tear’ as a verb, meaning to rip, it's pr ...  Show more

Gonna and Gotta In informal English conversation, we often use shorter, versions of common word combinations. One of the most common is ‘gonna’ - short for ‘going to’. When we say the words ‘going to’ very quickly, they run together and sound like ‘gonna’. So ‘Are you going to wa ...  Show more

Learn how to talk about past events using the past simple and past continuous. 

"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense. 

"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense. 

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 c ...  Show more