BBC Learning English

👂 Not sure how to handle a particular situation? Never done anything like it before? Don’t worry - just play it by ear! When did you last play something by ear?⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Want to learn lots of idioms all using the word 'heart'? Click on our link in bio!⁣ ⁣

💴🤔’worthless’ VS ‘priceless’ have completely different meanings - 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 using the words! Do you have anything that’s worthless? What do you have that’s priceless? ✍️

🧐 Can you spot the mistake in this sentence? ✍️ Tell us in the comments! ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Learn more about tenses with our new series Tenses with Georgie. Check out the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣

🤩 Here’s a great phrase to use to take about people’s individual skills and talent. What do you bring to the 🎉 party? 😃 Scroll through the images to find out more - and don’t forget to answer the questions on the last slide!⁣ ⁣ [image: Getty]⁣ ⁣ 🤔 Are you planning on having a party of your own? Click on the link in our bio to learn how to make polite invitations!⁣ ⁣

🤔 Are you good at haggling?⁣ ⁣ We use the word ‘haggling’ to talk about 🤝 negotiating for the best price for something.⁣ ⁣ If you want to learn some phrases for haggling in English, 🎧 listen to the latest episode of our business podcast Office English.⁣ ⁣ Find the 🎙️ full episode in our bio!⁣ ⁣ Or 🔎 search ‘Learning English for Work’ on your podcast app.

😍 A family member, a friend, or perhaps someone you’ve never met but you really admire. ✍️ Who’s your favourite person?⁣ ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣ 🧐 Are you a 'people person'? Click on the link in our bio to 🎧 listen to an episode of The English We Speak and learn what this expression means!⁣ ⁣

Do you like 🏊‍♀️ swimming? 🤩 Here’s a phrase to use when someone’s really good at it! ⁣ ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣ We made a programme all about the history of 🌊 swimming! 🤓 Click the link in our bio to listen to it. ⁣ ⁣

🇬🇧😀 Here are 4 words that the English language has ‘borrowed’ from other languages! 🗣️Try saying the words before Tim and see how many you can pronounce correctly! ✍️ Do you know any other English words that came from other languages?

💤🐈‍⬛ Cats love to sleep! Some of them can sleep all day long. But did you know that ‘a catnap’ in English describes a short sleep that you have during the day? Do you ever have a catnap during the day – and do you know any other idioms with ‘cat’? ⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Learn lots more animal idioms in this useful lesson 🐷🐮🐴 !⁣ Link in our bio.⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣

🧐 GRAMMAR CHALLENGE: What’s wrong with this sentence? ✍️ Put your answer in the comments. We’ll post the answer later today so come back soon to see if you were right! 🙌 ⁣ Image: Getty⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Learn more about uncountable nouns in this lesson on our website. Click on the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣

What preposition should you put after ‘graduate’? ‘With’, ‘from’ or ‘in’🤷 It depends on the sentence! 😮 Try this quick quiz and then make your own sentence using ‘graduate’. 😁 Don’t forget to put it in the comments ✍️!

🧐 Do you know how to disagree with someone politely?⁣ ⁣ 🎧 Listen to the latest episode of our business podcast Office English to learn some more ways to stay polite when you are disagreeing with people in English.⁣ ⁣ 👀 Find the link for the full episode in our bio!⁣ ⁣ Or 🔎 search ‘Learning English for Work’ on your podcast app.