State verbs

Why has Phil been doing lots of washing this week? Neil and Beth tell us what they've been up to recently, and our grammar guru Georgie teaches us about the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this epis ...  Show more

Sometimes we need people to do things for us. Beth and Neil talk about mechanics, hairdressers, doctors and opticians and grammar guru Georgie explains the causative.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learnin ...  Show more

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followusSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bb ...  Show more

Do you need to skedaddle? Leave somewhere in a hurry? Learn this expression.TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-250224FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:/ ...  Show more

Neil and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about money.TRANSCRIPTYou can read along with this podcast and find important vocabulary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/real-easy-english/250221SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc. ...  Show more

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followusSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: https://www.bbc.co.uk/lear ...  Show more