BBC Learning English

Improve your English vocabulary with these 'blue' idioms 😀 Do you know any more? 👇👇👇⁣ ⁣ BONUS: What's a blue-collar worker? Click the link in our bio to find out!⁣ ⁣ (Image: Getty)⁣

Do you have ? There’s so much of it on this sofa! 🤩 @oxunipress has announced ‘rizz’ - meaning style, charm, or attractiveness 💁 – as its Word of the Year. And @tomhanks, George Clooney and Callum Turner certainly brought it to !

🧘‍♀️ Give your brain a workout and test your English by answering this question! 😀 (Image: Getty)⁣ ⁣ MORE: What does it mean when you say something ‘under your breath? Click on the link in our bio to find out?⁣ ⁣

Here are 3 mistakes English learners often make with ‘the’! Did you know these already? 🤔 Let us know in the comments and try writing a CORRECT sentence with ‘the’. For example - ‘BBC Learning English has the best students!’ 👏

😀 Do you know anyone who takes the biscuit? 🍪 Scroll through the images to learn 7 phrases with ‘take’ – and write ✍️ some sample sentences of your own! Make sure you take five afterwards! 😌 (Images: Getty)⁣ ⁣ MORE: Click the link in our bio to watch a video with examples of different uses of 'take'⁣ ⁣ ⁣

🕰️ Do you find time flies? Us too! Time flies when we're having fun 🤩 . How about you? Let us know in the comments!⁣ Images: Getty⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Is punctuality important? Find out in this podcast. Link in bio.⁣ ⁣ ⁣

🤔 Can you use English conditionals with ‘if? If I were you, I’d scroll through these images to learn all about them – and then I’d answer the question at the end!⁣ ⁣ ⁠EXTRA: For more about the conditionals, visit our website. Link in bio.⁠ ⁣ [images: Getty]⁣ # secondconditional ⁣

👩‍👦👩‍👦 Family members often have similar faces – but how do you ask about this in English? Fill the gap!⁣ ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ EXTRA: Click the link in our bio to learn how to use the idiom ‘like two peas in a pod’ to describe people who are very similar to each other!

Practise your pronunciation! Here are 7 common words that have silent letters in the middle. 🤫🤐 🗣️ Try saying the words before Tim - and see how many you get right! ✍️ Do you know any other English words with silent letters?

🌍 Learn these 'earth' idioms as gets underway in Dubai. Which one is your favourite? 👇👇👇⁣ ⁣ BONUS: There are now more than 8 billion humans on earth. Click the link in our bio for more in News Review.⁣ ⁣ (Image: Getty)⁣ ⁣

😬 ‘Their’, ‘there’ and ‘they’re’ all have the same pronunciation – but different meanings and uses! Can you fill the gap? ⁣ (image: Getty)⁣ ⁣ MORE: Click the link in our bio to watch Georgina explain the difference between ‘their’, ‘there’ and ‘they’re’ in just one minute! ⏱️⁣ ⁣ ⁣

Do you know when to put ‘of’ after ‘because’? Improve your English in less than a minute! ⏰😀⏰ ✍️ Can you use ‘because’ and ‘because of’ in a comment?