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📲😐Hate waiting for an important phone call? Love grammar questions?😀 Try this one!👇⁠ ⁠ Find out more about the present perfect, for and since on the link in our bio:⁠ ⁠ (images: Getty)⁠ ⁠

😱🍦 Have a listen! What do you hear? 👂 Think about the other words in the sentences to help you. 😊 Credit: Getty Images

🪨Love Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson? Here’s what he said about what he tries to teach his family. 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Scroll through the images to learn about the meaning and use of ‘the value of’ – and then use it in a comment of your own! 👇

😍It's Valentine's Day! 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 impress your Valentine by using one in a sentence! ❤️💕💘⁠ Images: Getty⁠

What to say when you’ve done something wrong: accidents can happen. Have you done something wrong? Here are some useful phrases for if or when this happens to you…

😖The Present Perfect Simple can be tricky to understand! ⁠ ⁠ Look at the images and decide if the sentence below is correct:⁠👇�⁠ ⁠ 🤿 I have been scuba diving many times.�⁠ 1. Correct⁠ 2. Incorrect ⁠ ⁠ �⁠�For more about the Present Perfect Simple, visit the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ (Images: Getty)⁠ ⁠ ⁠�

‘Lose’ or ‘loose’ – what’s the difference? 🧐🤔⁠ Learn more about these two words with these handy slides, and then answer this question: ⁠ ⁠ I thought my football team would win! I didn’t expect them to ______. ⚽️⁠ a) lose⁠ b) loose⁠ ⁠ Enjoyed that lesson? Check out the link in our bio for an episode of 6 Minute English on the amount of heat we lose from our heads.⁠ ⁠

Elephants are big creatures, but should you worry if there’s one in the room? Check out the meaning of this idiom and find out what it really means. 🤔🧐🐘🐘⁠ When did you last experience an elephant in the room?⁠ ⁠ Want to improve your English with a drama? Check out the first episode of ‘The White Elephant’ in the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ (Image:Getty)⁠

Hearts are often associated with love, but do you know these heart-related idioms? 🤔🧐👩‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👩⁠ Do you know any others?⁠ ⁠ Check out another expression with the word ‘heart’ in it in the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ (Image: Getty)⁠

🤫Silent letters can make English pronunciation and spelling difficult.😖 Sian makes it easier here.😎 Do you know any other words with silent letters?

Correcting errors can be a great way to improve your English, but can you see the mistake in this text? 🤔☕🧐 Tell us what’s wrong in the text in this post! (Image: Getty)

⏱⏰ No one likes a delay, right? ⏱⏰ Here are informal and formals ways to apologise for making someone wait! When’s the last time you made someone wait? 🧐