BBC Grammar Challenge (87 выпусков)
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Небольшой шестиминутный подкаст от BBC затрагивающий некоторые нюансы грамматики, например формы глаголов, времен, предлогов их произношение.
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| 01 - William asks Hengchun from China to take tea with him at the Ritz - unless she'd like to find out about 'unless' first... | скачать |
| 02 - Ceasefire: BBC Journalist Clare Arthurs talks about this word and other expressions used in the news when fighting stops | скачать |
| 03 - In today's challenge, Ehsan from Iran hears clips from a children's party... and tells us what advice his parents gave him when he left Tehran. | скачать |
| 04 - Vittorio from Switzerland helps us understand the difference between 'so' and 'such'... after you listen you'll find this grammar so easy you'll be amazed you got confused! | скачать |
| 05 - Oh dear... two students are arguing about their English homework. Peng Jin from China settles the dispute and in the process helps us to highlight some features of subject-verb agreement. | скачать |
| 06 - This week, we continue our discussion of subject-verb agreement with a look at some confusing words. Can Daehyun Lee from Korea help us to spot some common mistakes? | скачать |
| 07 - How can we put present perfect sentences into the passive voice? We challenge Veronica from Spain to show us how it's done... | скачать |
| 08 - In this programme we look at a way of talking about impossible or unlikely events or situations. If you could meet anyone in the world, who would it be? | скачать |
| 09 - We challenge Juliana to form correct question tags (also called tag questions). Will she succeed? And what on earth is a question tag anyway? | скачать |
| 10 - Learn about two different intonation patterns you can use with this question tags. Our challenger Giovanni can hear the difference - but can you? | скачать |
| 11 - How can we use the word 'regret' as a verb? In this edition, we asked Mariela from Peru to form correct sentences about things that happened in the past, that she wishes she could change now... | скачать |
| 12 - We are challenging Daewon from South Korea to talk about his past regrets using this grammar: wish + past perfect... | скачать |
| 13 - We're focussing on two different forms of the Past Perfect... Will Mika from Japan be able to hear the difference? | скачать |
| 14 - Most English learners understand that 'water' and 'bread' are uncountable nouns. But how about 'advice', 'equipment', 'luggage'...? We challenge Edward from France to play teacher and spot William's mistakes. | скачать |
| 15 - Sometimes it's useful to talk about fixing or improving things, but without saying who is going to do it. To do this, we can use need + verb-ing. Today we challenge Asae from Japan to form correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 16 - If you don't plan to fix or improve something yourself, you might say 'have something done' or 'get something done'. In this programme, Raffaella from Italy gives William a few tips on his new house... | скачать |
| 17 - We're looking at simple passives - are they as simple as we would like them to be? We challenge Jin from South Korea to make correct sentences in the passive voice. | скачать |
| 18 - We're continuing our discussion of passives with a look at continuous passives. We challenge Guy from Martinique to come up with correct sentences using this very tricky grammar. How will he do? | скачать |
| 19 - We focus on the prepositions we use with certain time expressions. Hiroko from Japan is challenged to choose the correct prepositions. | скачать |
| 20 - Sometimes in life there are obligations or rules. One structure we use to talk about these rules is 'have to'. We challenge Tomomi from Japan to make correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 21 - Must is a word that is used to talk about an obligation, something you have to do, like following a law or a rule. Hanbing from China has the task of forming correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 22 - The present continuous is a verb form which we use to talk about things that are happening at the moment of speaking and for things that are happening around now. We challenge Bilal from Syria to form correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 23 - The word 'like' is used in different ways, and in this programme we compare three different uses: talking about personality, physical appearance and hobbies. We challenge Lorenzo from Italy to listen to answers and produce the correct question forms. | скачать |
| 24 - The zero conditional is a form which expresses what always happens if or when a certain action takes place. In the programme we challenge Jelena from Serbia-Montenegro to make correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 25 - One feature of English which can cause a lot of problems for learners is articles, those little words 'a', 'an' and 'the'. We challenge Saleh from Saudi Arabia to spot correct and incorrect uses of definite and indefinite articles. | скачать |
| 26 - We focus on the definite article 'the' and look at four different ways it is used. We challenge Diana from Colombia to identify the correct articles to complete our sentences. | скачать |
| 27 - 'For' and 'since' are two words which are often used in present perfect sentences when saying how long something has been happening. We challenge Hye Jung from Korea to use the correct words to make good sentences. | скачать |
| 28 - Regular verbs in the simple past all end in 'ed'. These two small letters can be pronounced in three different ways. In the programme we find out what these different pronunciations are and give our challenger Sebastian the chance to produce the correct sounds in our role-play. | скачать |
| 29 - We look at the use of the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an', concentrating on four basic rules. Our challenger is Hanibal from Libya who has to make sentences using the correct articles. | скачать |
| 30 - 'You look tired! What have you been doing?' This question uses the present perfect continuous, the verb form we use to talk about an activity that's recently stopped or just stopped and that has a connection with now. We challenge Gloria from Brazil to come up with good explanations for what she has been doing in different situations. | скачать |
| 31 - We look at using 'going to' for predicting what is about to happen. Mehmet from Turkey has a listening challenge. Can he describe from the sound effects what is going to happen? | скачать |
| 32 - Sometimes there is no article associated with a noun and this can be called the 'zero' article. We learn some simple rules for when not to use an article and challenge Anastasiya from France to spot correct and incorrect uses of 'zero' articles. | скачать |
| 33 - Our challenger Alessia, from Italy, has to make good sentences using the correct adverbs in the correct places. | скачать |
| 34 - Our challenger Sung Hyeon from South Korea has to describe her future plans when trying to find a space in her busy diary for a meeting with Callum. | скачать |
| 35 - There are many situations in English when we mix the verb forms which we use. In this programme we look at breaking news with the present perfect and describing the details with the past simple. Our challenger is Yasmina from Belgium. | скачать |
| 36 - 'Will' and 'going to': we contrast these two forms and find out when to use each one. Our challenger is Noppawan from Thailand who role-plays some situations and tries to choose the best form to use in each situation. | скачать |
| 37 - If someone tells you something and you want to tell another person, you can use either 'direct speech' or 'reported speech'. Find out the differences as our challenger, Dong Jun from South Korea, plays the role of a spy! | скачать |
| 38 - Indirect questions are more polite and don't need a change in word order in the main question. Our challenger is Masa from Japan who plays the role of a Tour Rep passing on questions from a rude tourist in a more polite form to a hotel receptionist. | скачать |
| 39 - In this programme we look at three ways to talk about the reason for doing something. Our challenger is Selman Ozturt from Turkey. | скачать |
| 40 - We often use let and allow to discuss permission. In this programme, we ask Husniye from Turkey to imagine that she ran a large zoo... but what will she allow William to do with the animals? | скачать |
| 41 - We can use 'unless' in place of 'except if' and 'only if' to talk about the conditions under which something can happen. Today, William asks Hengchun to take tea with him at the Ritz - but what are the conditions under which that can happen? | скачать |
| 42 - We can use 'unless' in place of 'except if' and 'only if' to talk about the conditions under which something can happen. Today, William asks Hengchun to take tea with him at the Ritz - but what are the conditions under which that can happen? | скачать |
| 43 - We use reported questions when we want to relate a question that someone has asked. In this challenge, we ask Noelia from Spain to take a call from William's mum... and then to form correct reported questions. | скачать |
| 44 - We use this structure to report requests, advice, encouragement and warning. In today's challenge, Ehsan from Iran hears clips from a children's party and tells us what advice his parents gave him when he left Tehran. | скачать |
| 45 - Do you know when to use between and when to use among? We challenge Chuan from South Korea to get it right by playing... the Banana Game! | скачать |
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| 55 - The present continuous is a verb form which we use to talk about things that are happening at the moment of speaking and for things that are happening around now. We challenge Bilal from Syria to form correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 56 - 'Like' is a word frequently used in English - in different ways. We challenge Lorenzo from Italy to listen to answers and produce the correct question forms. | скачать |
| 57 - We challenge Juliana to form correct question tags (also called tag questions). Will she succeed? And what on earth is a question tag anyway? | скачать |
| 58 - We find out about two different intonation patterns you can use with question tags. Our challenger Giovanni can hear the difference - but can you? | скачать |
| 59 - Do you sometimes get confused about whether to use an adjective ending in '-ing' or '-ed'? Don't worry, lots of people have trouble with these words. We are challenging Deniz from Turkey to make correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 60 - We asked Mariela to form correct sentences about things that happened in the past, that she wishes she could change now... | скачать |
| 61 - We're challenging Daewon from South Korea to talk about his past regrets, using this grammar: wish + past perfect... | скачать |
| 62 - We're focussing on two different forms of past perfect... Will Mika from Japan be able to hear the difference? | скачать |
| 63 - English learners of all levels sometimes struggle with countable and uncountable nouns. Although most people understand that 'water' and 'bread' are uncountable, how about 'advice', 'equipment', 'luggage'? We challenge Edward from France to play teacher and spot William's mistakes! | скачать |
| 64 - Sometimes it's useful to talk about fixing or improving things, but without saying who is going to do it. To do this, we can use need + '-ing'. Today we challenge Asae from Japan to form correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 65 - Raffaella from Italy gives William a few tips on his new house - using 'have something done' or 'get something done'. | скачать |
| 66 - Do you ever get confused over when to use because and when to use because of? Well, help is at hand in this episode of Grammar Challenge! Taka from Japan is up for the challenge... but are you? | скачать |
| 67 - >We're looking at simple passives - are they as simple as we would like them to be? We challenge Jin from South Korea to make correct sentences in the passive voice. Are you up for the challenge too? | скачать |
| 68 - We're continuing our discussion of passives with a look at continuous passives. We challenge Guy from Martinique to come up with correct sentences using this very tricky grammar. How will he do? | скачать |
| 69 - The zero conditional is a form which expresses what always happens if or when a certain action takes place. In the programme we challenge Jelena from Serbia-Montenegro to make correct sentences using this grammar. | скачать |
| 70 - In the programme we challenge Saleh from Saudi Arabia to spot correct and incorrect uses of definite and indefinite articles. | скачать |
| 71 - Continuing our look at articles, we focus on the definite article 'the' and look at four different ways it is used. We challenge Diana from Colombia to identify the correct articles to complete our sentences. | скачать |
| 72 - We take a look at the words 'for' and 'since' and how they are used to talk about how long something has been happening. | скачать |
| 73 - Regular verbs in the simple past all end in '-ed'. These two small letters can be pronounced in three different ways. We find out what these different pronunciations are and give our challenger Sebastian the chance to produce the correct sounds in our role-play. | скачать |
| 74 - We look in a little more detail at the use of the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an', concentrating on four basic rules. Our challenger is Hanibal from Libya. | скачать |
| 75 - Present perfect continuous is the verb form we use to talk about an activity that's recently stopped or just stopped and that has a connection with now. We challenge Gloria from Brazil to come up with good explanations for what she has been doing in different situations. | скачать |
| 76 - There are many ways to talk about the future in English. This time we look at using 'going to' for predicting what is about to happen. In the programme Mehmet from Turkey has a listening challenge. | скачать |
| 77 - Sometimes there is no article associated with a noun and this can be called the 'zero' article. In this programme, some simple rules for when not to use an article. We challenge Anastasiya from France to spot correct and incorrect uses of 'zero' articles. | скачать |
| 78 - Our challenger Alessia, from Italy, has to make good sentences using the correct adverbs in the correct places. | скачать |
| 79 - We learn more about using 'going to' and the present continuous to talk about our future plans - and about the differences between them. | скачать |
| 80 - There are many situations in English when we mix the verb forms which we use. In this programme we look at breaking news with the present perfect and describing the details with the past simple. Our challenger Yasmina from Belgium has to choose the correct forms to use in different situations. | скачать |
| 81 - If someone tells you something and you want to tell another person, can use 'direct speech' or 'reported speech'. Find out the differences in this programme. Our challenger is Dong Jun from South Korea who plays the role of a spy who has to pass on important information about a conversation to his boss. | скачать |
| 82 - There's more than one way to ask a question. Indirect questions are more polite and don't need a change in word order in the main question. Our challenger is Masa from Japan who plays the role of a Tour Rep passing on questions from a rude tourist in a more polite form to a hotel receptionist. | скачать |
| 83 - We look at three ways to talk about the reason for doing something. Our challenger this time is Selman Ozturt from Turkey. | скачать |
| 84 - We look at the second conditional - a way of talking about impossible or unlikely events or situations. Our challenger is Anna Lee from South Korea. We ask Anna to imagine that she could meet anyone in the world... Who will she say she'd like to meet? | скачать |
| 85 - We examine should have - a way of talking about regrettable past actions. Silvia Malkun from Colombia gets to grips with this grammar... and she explains to William why his wife is so angry with him! | скачать |
| 86 - Alternative: BBC Journalist Clare Arthurs looks at alternative energy, alternative medicine and alternative lifestyles. | скачать |
| 87 - BBC Journalist Clare Arthurs talks about the use of the word 'biodiversity' in news contexts. | скачать |