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Do you like clothes shopping? 👔 😁 🥻 Fill in the gap to make a phrasal verb you can use when you are out buying new clothes. 🛍️

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Love Taylor Swift? 💕 The ‘Shake it Off’ singer doesn’t like hearing the word ‘no’! Learn how to use ‘anytime’ and make sure you answer the question on the last slide! What do you do when someone tells you you can’t do something?⁣

MORE: Do you want to improve your ability to give an opinion in English? Click the link in our bio to listen to our Better Speaking podcast about giving opinions. 😁

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We use 😍 ‘favourite’ to 🗣️ talk about things we like in English, so we need to know how to say it correctly! 👀Watch Andrew explain how native speakers say ‘favourite’ and start 🚀 improving your English pronunciation now. 🧐 Did you spot the other word with a dropped syllable in the video? ✍️Tell us in the comments!
Are you feeling a little 🤒 bit ill? Maybe you’ve got a slight cold – or perhaps you’re feeling more 😪 tired than usual. Here’s a useful English expression to capture this feeling – can you fill the gap? We’ll 🗣️ tell you the answer later! ⁣

🤔 Is 'man flu' real? Find out with 6 Minute English. Click on the link in our bio.⁣

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🤓 Let’s learn about the and zero articles. 👀 Look at the images and complete this sentence:⁣

I’ve just arrived in _____ 🇺🇸 United States! ⁣

1. the⁣
2. (zero article)⁣

Visit our website for more information on using zero articles. Click on the ink in our bio.⁠ ⁣
Do you get 🫤 confused about the difference between 'stop doing' and 'stop to do'? Yes? Stop what you are doing right now and 👀 read this quick tip from Beth! ⁣

Then tell us if this sentence is CORRECT or INCORRECT!⁣

I stopped to 🚬 smoke for 10 years. ⁣

EXTRA: If you want to 📚 learn more about verbs that change meaning depending on whether they are followed by a gerund or infinitive verb, 👀 watch this Masterclass with Sian. Link in bio.⁠⁣

Do you have a good sense of 😂 humour? In our NEW easy podcast Neil and Beth 🗣️ talk all about their personalities and interests.⁣

Listen to the podcast to learn to talk all about 🫵 yourself!⁣

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!
We use the indefinite article a lot in English, but it’s easy to get confused about which one to use! 😵‍💫 Is it ‘an university’ or ‘a university’? 🤔 Find out with our quick grammar explanation and quiz! 😀 Swipe through the images to learn and test yourself. 🫵

Quick quiz – We can meet at _____ hour that suits you.⁣
1) a⁣
2) an⁣

Tell us your answers in the comments! We’ll reveal the correct sentence later.⁣

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