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🤔 Which one of these sentences is correct? ✍️ Let us know in the comments! We will tell you the answer later. 😊⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🤓 Learn more about 'give' and other transitive verbs by clicking on the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣⁣ Image: Getty⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

Problems can arise when we 🫤 confuse these two very similar words! 😊 Scroll through the slides to learn the difference between ‘arise’ and ‘rise’ – and don’t forget to answer to the question on the last slide in the comments 👇🏻👇🏽👇🏿👇🏻👇🏽⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🤓 EXTRA: Learn the difference between 'rise' and 'raise' by clicking on the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣

Oh dear! 😱 Beth has been talking to Georgie for two hours. ⏰ Georgie desperately wants to leave, but what can she say to politely exit the conversation? 🤔 Do you know of any other ways to end a conversation? Write a comment! 👇⁣ ⁣ ⁣

👋 Here is Sian (and other Sian) with five things that native speakers often say, but don’t really mean! 😮 Which is your favourite? Have you ever said any of these?

What jobs do your 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 family do? In our NEW easy podcast Neil and Georgie have a real 🗣️ conversation in easy English about jobs.⁣ ⁣ Learn lots of vocabulary about different 👩‍💻 jobs.⁣ ⁣ 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!

Here’s a great idiom to 🗣️ talk about 🚶movement! For example, ‘As soon as Jai arrived at the party he made a beeline for the 🍲 food.’ 🤔 Do you have a similar idiom in your language?⁣ ⁣ 🧐 Are we moving enough? 🤩 Click on the link in our bio for a Learning English from the News episode about inactive adults.⁣ ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣

🤔 Do you know someone who is reckless or who does ⚠️ dangerous things? 🗣️ Say this to them! Scroll through the images to find out how to use ‘If you play with 🔥 fire, you’ll get burned’ and don’t forget to ✍️ answer the questions on the last slide! ⁣ ⁣ 🤩 Click on the link in our bio for an episode of Lingohack about fires in Australia.⁣ ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣ ⁣

🧐 Did you know there are two very different pronunciations of ‘often’? In this video, George asks the BBC Learning English team how they 🗣️ pronounce this word. 🤔 How do you say ‘often’? ✍️ Let us know in the comments!

🤔 Do you know how to use adverbs of frequency (words like ‘always’, ‘often’ and ‘never’ correctly? We’ll 🗣️ tell you the answer later! ⁣ ⁣ 🙋‍♂️ Want to learn more about this grammar? 🤩 Click the link in our bio for a one-minute English class!⁣ ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣

The word ‘record’ ✍️⏺️ can be a noun or a verb, but do you know where the stress goes in this sentence? 🤔 We’ll tell you the correct answer later. ⁣ ⁣ Do you like to record new vocabulary? Where do you record it? 📝⁣ ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣

‘-ed adjectives’ and ‘-ing adjectives’ get mixed up sometimes - but don’t worry, there are some rules we can follow to make sure we use them correctly! 👍 Swipe through our grammar explanation and take our quick quiz to learn the correct situations to use each type of adjective. 😃⁣ ⁣ When you’re finished, give us a sentence using one of them to prove your knowledge. 🫵🧠⁣ ⁣ (images: Getty)⁣ ⁣ ⁣

Can you hear the difference in pronunciation between ‘boat’ and ‘vote’? 🤔 To some learners, words with /b/ and /v/ can almost sound the same. 😯 Listen carefully to Nicola and practise saying the words yourself! 🗣️Make sure you watch to the end for a short quiz. What other words with /b/ and /v/ sounds do you know? 🫵 Images: Getty