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🤔 Do you know how to use a relative clause? 🤩 Let’s find out! 🤓 Look at the images and complete the gap:⁠⁣

Jenny, ______ house is in Edinburgh, has to travel to London for work several times a week!⁣

1. who⁣
2. whose⁣

Want to keep 📚 learning? Click on the link in our bio for more about relative clauses.⁣
Do you 🫤 confuse the English words ‘personal’ and ‘personnel’? 🤓 Here’s a handy tip to help you. 😊 Now choose the correct option to fill the gaps in this sentence:⁣

I accidentally forwarded a ______ email to the ______ department.⁣

A: personnel, personal⁣
B: personal, personnel⁣

EXTRA: Click the link in our bio to go to our ‘Learning English for Work’ 🎧 podcast series!⁣
What’s the name of your 🐕 🐱 pet? In our NEW easy 🎙️ podcast Neil and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about their pets.⁣

Learn how to 🗣️ talk about the pets you have or plan to have in the future.⁣

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!⁣
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‘vegetable’ 🥦 🥕 is a very common word in the English language, but there is a trick to the pronunciation! 👀 Watch Andrew explain how native speakers 🗣️ say this word and make your English 👂sound more natural TODAY.
Sometimes you may receive a phone call, but you don’t have time to talk right now. 🤳 What can you say to let them know that you are busy, but you will return the call later? 🤔 Fill in the gap with the correct word. 😁

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Actor Hugh Grant is well-known for his romantic comedies – but he thinks the comedy is harder to get right than the romance! ❤️ Scroll through the images to find out how to use adverbs of frequency and then tell us – do you like romantic comedies? How often do you watch them? 📺

MORE: Learn more about adverbs of frequency by visiting our website and testing your knowledge! Click the link in our bio.⁣
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🤔 😋 Did you know there are two very different pronunciations of ‘scone’?
In this video, George asks the BBC Learning English team how they pronounce this word.
🗣️ How do you say ‘scone’? 💬 Let us know in the comments!
Don’t get 😤 angry about this English phrase! 😌 Calmly choose the correct way to complete this sentence, that we use when we want to say that someone got extremely angry very quickly, and then ✍️ write your answer in the comments and don’t forget to give this post a like!⁣

🤔 Why do we get angry and is it a useful emotion? 🤩 Find out with 6 Minute English. Click on the link in our bio.⁣

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Let’s learn about yes/no 🙋‍♂️ questions. 👀 Look at the images and complete this yes/no question:⁣

_____ you work in an office? ⁣

1. Are⁣
2. Do⁣

🤩 Visit our website for more information on making questions. Click on the link in our bio.⁣

The 🗣️ pronunciation of these two words is exactly the same – but their meaning couldn’t be more different! Read 👨‍🏫 George’s useful tip and then choose the correct option to fill the gaps:⁠⁣
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We watched the 🦁 lions hunting their ______. We had to ______ they wouldn’t attack us too!⁣
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1) prey / pray⁣
2) pray / prey⁣
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EXTRA: 🤓 Need help pronouncing the English letter ‘r’? Click on the link in our bio for a useful video.⁠ ⁣
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