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Are you feeling 🤤 hungry for some new words? Is 🍱 food a big part of your life? Then this 🍲 ‘food’ vocabulary challenge is for you! 🤓 Swipe through the images and test yourself with these food-related words, collocations and spellings. If you’re still feeling peckish after the quiz, ✍️ let us know of some more ‘food’ words you know in the comments.⁣

MORE: For the 👩‍🍳 cooks among us, click the link in our bio to 👀 watch Dylan’s MEGA-class on ‘kitchen and cooking’ where you can learn 28 new words and expressions in under 30 minutes!⁣

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🤔 Do you know the difference between polite English and rude English? Well, 👿 ‘rude Tim’ and 😇 ‘polite Tim’ are here to show you the difference! Try ✍️ writing a comment asking us for something – politely 🙏 !
Use this expression when you want to say that two people are equally responsible for a (usually 👎 bad) situation’! ✍️ Write your answer in the comments and don’t forget to give this post a like!⁣

🤓 Click on the link in our bio to learn this expression in more detail with our The English We Speak series.⁣

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Are you a fan of ‘Oppenheimer’🕴️actor Cillian Murphy? 😊 It turns out that he’s quite a private person! Scroll through the slides to learn the meaning and use of ‘I’m (not) a huge fan of’ - and make sure you ✍️ answer the question on the last slide!⁣

Click on the link in our bio to 👀 watch a video of Londoners talking about the things that they don't like! ⁣

👀 Do you know these 5 alternatives to the English word 'thank you'? Take a look and see if you can use one in a sentence! ✍️👇 (Note: not all the words are completely interchangeable - pay attention to the grammar and context.)⁣⁣
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✔️Extra: Is being kind good for you? Click the link in our bio to find out with 6 Minute English 6️⃣⏱️
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🤔 ‘just’ ‘already’ and ‘yet’ are all used with the present perfect - do you know when to use each one? Sian is here with a quick explanation and some useful examples to help you! 👀 Watch the video and then try writing your own sentence using the three words! ✍️

QUIZ
Fill in the gaps with the best option below:

Sian: Have you finished your homework _____?

George: No, I’ve ______ started it now.

Sian: I’ve _____ finished mine!

a) just / already / yet
b) already / yet / just
c) yet / just / already
1. They haven’t finished working still.⁣
2. They haven’t finished working yet.⁣

‘Still’ and ‘yet’ are both used with the present perfect tense – 🤔 but do you know which one to use when? 😊 We’ll tell you the answer soon!⁣

🤓 Click on the link in our bio to learn the difference between 'just', 'already' and 'yet'.⁣

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🏠 1 house, 2 houses. 🐁 1 mouse, 2 mice… Wait, what?! 🤓 You'd be forgiven for thinking you just add a 's' onto the word 'mouse' to make it's plural, but in English there are some irregular plurals you have to learn. 🤔 Which were new for you?⁣

😊 Click the link in our bio to find out the three most common mistakes learners make with plurals.⁣

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Climate change is something that affects all of us, so it’s important to know the language used to 🗣️ talk about it. 🤓 Swipe through the images and test your knowledge of ‘climate change’ words, collocations and spellings. ⁣

BONUS: 🤔 What’s your country doing about climate change? ✍️ Let us know in the comments!⁣

Click on the link in our bio to 🎧 listen to a 6 Minute English episode on climate change.⁣

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