BBC Learning English

The phrasal verb ‘pick up’ can have many meanings, and sometimes it can be 🫤 hard to understand which one is being used. But have no fear, 👨‍🏫 Andrew is here to explain 4 of them! Can you 🤔 think of any more meanings of ‘pick up’? 🗣️ Tell us – Are you trying to pick up any new skills at the moment?

👀 Do you know these 5 alternatives to the English word 'loud'? Take a look and see if you can use one in a sentence! ✍️👇 (Note: not all the words are completely interchangeable - pay attention to the grammar and context.)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ✔️Extra: Is noise bad for our health? Click the link in our bio to find out with 6 Minute English 6️⃣⏱️

What are your plans for the 🔮 future? Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift doesn’t know 🤷‍♀️ what’s going to happen! Scroll through the slides to find out how to use ‘have no idea’ - and make sure you ✍️ answer the question on the last slide!⁣ ⁣ 🤓 Click on the link in our bio for a BBC News Review episode about Taylor Swift! ⁣ ⁣

🤔 Do you know this useful English expression, which means ‘it’s not helpful to be sad about something that has already happened’? ✍️ Write your answer in the comments and don’t forget to give this post a like!⁣ ⁣ 🤓 Click on the link in our bio to learn this expression in more detail with our We Say - You Say series.⁣ ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣ ⁣

What idioms can you use when you’re happy? George is here to teach you four idioms through a short but fun story. How many of them do you know? Trying writing an example sentence with one of the idioms in the comments below!

Do you like ✈️ travelling around the world? Then you NEED to know these 🧳 ‘travel’ words in English! 🤓 Swipe through our vocabulary challenge and put your travel knowledge to the test. Share this with your travel buddies and ✍️ let us know of any more ‘travel’ words you know in the comments.⁣ ⁣ MORE: ⁣ Do you want to take an exciting journey around the 🌎 world while learning grammar and vocabulary? 😃 Check out our FREE course by clicking the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣

🗣️ Sometimes formal and informal English can seem like two different languages. Here are formal and informal ways of telling someone they didn't get a job 😞 .⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Extra: In this lesson, Sian shows you four differences between formal and informal English. Link in bio.⁣ ⁣

🤔 Do you know all these irregular English verbs? Save this table if you think it’s useful and tell us - do you know any more ✍️?⁣ ⁣ 😊 Click on the link in our bio for more irregular verbs!⁣ ⁣

🤔 ‘specially’ and ‘especially’ look and sound very similar but are often confused! Do you know the difference? Sian is here with a quick explanation and some useful examples to help you! Watch the video and then try writing your own sentence!

👀 Do you know these 5 alternatives to the English word 'boring'? Take a look and see if you can use one in a sentence! ✍️👇 (Note: not all the words are completely interchangeable - pay attention to the grammar and context.)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ✔️Extra: Are there any benefits to being bored? Click the link in our bio to find out with 6 Minute English 6️⃣⏱️

😍 Love singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran? He's done a lot of 🎤 singing practice! Scroll through the slides to find out how to use the present perfect continuous – and don’t forget to ✍️ answer the question on the last slide!⁣ ⁣ 🤓 Click on the link in our bio to learn about the present perfect continuous in more detail!⁣ ⁣

😊 You won’t be in trouble if you can complete this phrase which means ‘Make sure that somebody else has a bad experience instead of you’. ✍️ Write your answer in the comments and don’t forget to give this post a like!⁣ ⁣ 🤓 Check out our The English We Speak series for the latest English words and phrases. Click on the link in our bio!⁣ ⁣ This is a repost of an earlier post that had a typo. 👏 Well done to those that spotted it! ⁣ ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣