BBC Learning English

The word ‘record’ ✍️ ⏺️ can be a noun or a verb, but do you know where the stress goes in this sentence? 🤔 We’ll tell you the correct answer later. ⁣ ⁣ Do you like to record new vocabulary? Where do you record it? 📝⁣ ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣

‘-ed adjectives’ and ‘-ing adjectives’ get mixed up sometimes - but don’t worry, there are some rules we can follow to make sure we use them correctly! 👍 Swipe through our grammar explanation and take our quick quiz to learn the correct situations to use each type of adjective. 😃⁣ ⁣ When you’re finished, give us a sentence using one of them to prove your knowledge. 🫵 🧠⁣ ⁣ (images: Getty)⁣ ⁣ ⁣

Can you hear the difference in pronunciation between ‘boat’ and ‘vote’? 🤔 To some learners, words with /b/ and /v/ can almost sound the same. 😯 Listen carefully to Nicola and practise saying the words yourself! 🗣️Make sure you watch to the end for a short quiz. What other words with /b/ and /v/ sounds do you know? 🫵 Images: Getty

What is your favourite 🧑‍🍳 recipe? In our NEW easy podcast, Neil and Beth talk about 🍳 cooking and share their best recipes.⁣ ⁣ Listen to the 🎙️ podcast to learn to give instructions using the imperative.⁣ ⁣ Click on the link in our bio to 🎧 listen on our website.⁣ ⁣ 🤩 And follow the Learning Easy English podcast on your podcast app so you don’t miss an episode!⁣ ⁣ (Images: Getty)⁣

Are you feeling 🥱 tired? Maybe it's ⏰ time to 'hit the sack'! We have lots of expressions for 😴 sleeping in English and this is one of them! 🤔 Do you have a similar idiom in your language?⁣ ⁣ 🤩 Click on the link in our bio to find out what to do when you can't sleep.⁣ ⁣ Images: Getty⁣ ⁣

🤓 Here’s a useful English proverb to learn and use! Scroll through the images to find out how to use ‘too many 👨‍🍳 cooks spoil the broth’ and don’t forget to ✍️ answer the questions on the last slide! ⁣ ⁣ 🤩 Click on the link in our bio for 6 Minute English episode about translating recipes!⁣ ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣

Do you know how to say 🍫 ‘chocolate’ like a native speaker? 👀Watch Andrew explain how English people 🗣️pronounce this delicious English word and start saying it more naturally today! Did you 👂hear the other word with a dropped syllable in the video? ✍️Tell us in the comments!

🤓 CHALLENGE TIME! 🤔 Can you fill the gap? We’ll 🗣️ tell you the answer later!⁣ ⁣ 🤩 EXTRA: For a 6 Minute Grammar episode on question forms, click the link in our bio!⁣ ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣

👨‍🏫 We use a possessive ‘s’ to talk about things that belong to people, but how do we 🗣️ pronounce it? 🤔 Why does the possessive ‘s’ 👂 sound like a /s/ after ‘Trump’ and an /Iz/ after ‘Harris’? 🤓 Learn the pronunciation rules of the possessive ‘s’ in this short video.

Do you know where the stress goes in the word ‘photograph’? 🖼️ We’ll tell you the correct answer later. Do you like having your photograph taken? 📸⁣ ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣