BBC Learning English

🤤 What do you love eating? Do you have any specific diets or lifestyle choices when it comes to food? Learn some diet-related words and what they mean! ⁣ ⁣ 🙋 Which ones were new for you?⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: 🎧 Listen to a discussion about people who adopt a diet based on vegetables and fruit to help save the environment. Click the ink in our bio.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ (Image: Getty)⁣ ⁣

🥚🥚🥚 There's an English expression that tells you not to focus all your effort and resources on just one thing, especially if there’s a chance you might lose everything. Do you know what it is? We’ll share the answer later!⁣ ⁣ 😐 Are you confused by modern idioms? 🎧 Listen to this podcast to learn about some modern idioms – new expressions that have been introduced to English through the internet, TV and social media. You'll find the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣ ⁣

Here are 5 absolutely superb alternatives to 'great'! 😁🤩 Spice up your vocabulary and start using them in your conversations today. 🗓️ Do you know any other synonyms for 'great'? List them in the comments! 👇⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Learn some more synonyms for common adjectives by clicking the link in our bio. 😊⁣ ⁣

English prepositions can be 😖 tricky! 🤔 Do you know how to use ‘at’, ‘on’ and ‘in’ correctly? 🤩 Try this quick quiz and then tell us where you are using ‘at’, ‘on’ and ‘in’ 👇👇👇

Look out - there’s a mistake in this sentence! 🫢 Do you 🫵 know what’s wrong with it? 🤔 We’ll tell you the answer later! 😁⁣ ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣

The English word ‘comfortable’ is sometimes ❌ mispronounced by learners! Do you know how to 🗣️ say it properly? 👀 Watch Andrew explain it in under one minute and start 🚀 improving your speaking NOW.

❤️💕💝 Do you know 7 phrases with ‘heart’? No? Don’t lose heart - we’ll help you learn them by heart! Scroll through the images to see what they are and what they mean – and then write some sample sentences of your own! ⁣ Images: Getty⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: ❤️ Shakespeare inspired another heart-related phrase – learn more by clicking on our link in bio. ⁣ ⁣

? ! = + ... We see these symbols everywhere – but do you know their names in English? Learn the names of these common symbols with us! Do you know any others? 🙋‍♀️ ⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Go to our link in bio to click on the link for a 6 Minute English episode on punctuation ⏱️.⁣ ⁣

🤔😥 What can we say when we’re in a tough situation with other people? English has a great expression for this shared experience! Can you fill in the blank? We’ll let you know the answer later.⁣ EXTRA: Learn how to deal with difficult colleagues in this lesson on our website. click on our link in bio.⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣ ⁣

🗣️ Do you want to speak English more fluently? 🤩 For a longer video with more tips on how to speak English fluently, visit our website or click on our link in bio 🔗!

👻 Boo! Are you ready for some spooky fun? 😱 Have a go at our ‘Halloween’ vocabulary challenge! Whether you love scary things or just want to learn some new English words, we’ve got words for all difficulty levels.⁣ ⁣ 💬 Share some more spooky words in the comments, if you dare!⁣ ⁣ 🎧 Do you want to improve your listening skills while enjoying a classic English horror story? Click the link in our bio to listen to our version of Frankenstein, for Intermediate learners and above. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Link in bio: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcetZ6gSk96_CPSTr86vedvDhBlYZkg5D&feature=shared⁣

Have a bash at learning these 5 alternatives to 'try' and grow your English vocabulary TODAY! 😁 When you're confident, we'd love to see you use one in an example sentence below. 👇⁣ ⁣ (Note: not all the words are completely interchangeable - pay attention to the grammar and context.)⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Do you want to learn an idiom you can use when you're trying something new? 🙂 Click the link in our bio!⁣ ⁣ ⁣