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Series 1 Episode 12 - Good News & Bad News

 
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In the final episode of this season, find out about Magda's new job and how Sarah deals with her intrusive landlord. Harry has some surprising news and Johnny has a big decision.

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Comprehension task

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Task 2

Vocabulary

Adjective + noun collocations

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Vocabulary

Colloquial expressions

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Grammar

Adjective endings: -ed and -ing

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Grammar

Articles

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Dimitrov's picture
Submitted by Dimitrov on 5 May, 2013 - 15:45. Bulgaria

Hi
The dialogues are good, but do you have an idea how to practice to speak?

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Submitted by Jeremy Bee on 6 May, 2013 - 10:01. Taiwan

Hello Dmitri!
 
Glad you found the dialogues useful!
 
Speaking is more difficult to improve on our website. If you can, consider taking a class. Practising your English with no-one around can be tricky, but here are a few suggestions.
 

  • Use the comments section here to practice grammar and vocabulary. It's writing, but still useful.
  • Try to record yourself. Choose some of the discussion questions and go to a site like www.vocaroo.com, record your answers,  and playback your recording – what mistakes did you make? What do you like about your answer?
  • Keep listening to our recordings. One of the best ways to improve speaking... is listening!
  • Finally, remember you don't have to have a native speaker to talk to. Maybe a friend or colleague wants to talk English – ask around, and find someone who wants to practice.

 
Good luck, and keep working on it!
 
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Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team

Giga Gorgisheli's picture
Submitted by Giga Gorgisheli on 20 April, 2013 - 14:42. Georgia

oo it's so great: )
i am from georgia and sdutents of the "ilia State University" so this university situeted in Tbilisi. 

AMRKHOLIDY's picture
Submitted by AMRKHOLIDY on 19 April, 2013 - 13:45. Egypt

.What is the role of Adjective endings: -ed and -ing

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Submitted by Jeremy Bee on 20 April, 2013 - 05:10. Taiwan

Hello AMRKHOLIDY!
 
Welcome to LearnEnglish! Don't forget we have a search box on each page. If you enter Adjectives ed ing in the search box, you'll get lots of results with pages talking about these adjectives, including our main grammar page about them.
 
Hope that helps!
 
Regards
 
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team

windilistia's picture
Submitted by windilistia on 16 April, 2013 - 22:45. Indonesia

I think get a job in our country is pleasant because we can live together with our family. Getting a job in a board is a great experience, we can have new family and new friends from other culture. But, it is just for a while. However live in our home is more pleasant than others home.

shihabs's picture
Submitted by shihabs on 31 October, 2012 - 11:11. Algeria

i am interesting to improve my english.

Arkadzi's picture
Submitted by Arkadzi on 27 September, 2012 - 16:36. Belarus

Please,will you explain to me what this sentense means: it was going to work out". Is it the same as "Everything was going to be settled"? 

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Submitted by Scarlett Hui on 25 March, 2012 - 04:43. China

What does the sentence "makes two of you" in this episode mean? 

Kamir's picture
Submitted by Kamir on 31 August, 2012 - 09:39. China

Maybe "Both of you have good news".