English Puzzle: Recent Episodes
Linda Ellis
English as a foreign language for intermediate students with reasonable command of the language. English is a puzzle and I hope I can help you solve it!
English is a language that is rich with colourful sayings, phrases and idioms. As they are quite hard to understand, English Puzzle is selecting some of the strangest ones with their meanings to help you speak like a native!
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Here are more words, with meanings and their opposite meaning using words beginning with the letters B & C.
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This episode is providing the Intermediate student further expressions found in everyday English using the word "well" before another word for a specific meaning.
This episode is to again help with fluency in the English language by learning more idioms.
Here are some everyday idioms using numbers & also idiom building using words to exaggerate/emphasise a feeling or emotion.
Continuing with silent letters in spoken English. Today's episode looks at the letters U and W.
This is a listening episode and directed at intermediate students. It is a topical subject in the UK at this current time.
This episode covers using Get and Got in English with examples of get as a main verb; then phrasal and prepositional verbs with get, followed by three-part verbs with get.
More to follow!
Here are some more common silent letters within words used in English. Learning these will ensure your spoken English is correct.
Trying to solve some of the puzzle around silent letters in written and spoken English. This is just the first section as we have around 60% of English words with a silent letter in them!
Prepositions of Time using at, on or on. How we use them in everyday spoken and written English.
This episode is directed to Intermediate learners and provides the background behind the popular Mini Cooper Car, known throughout the world.
Even more of these useful expressions....good to "have up your sleeve" (another English expression for you!).
Tea and the British.....a quintessentially part of our lives! Learn about its origins and how to make a "cuppa"!
This episode is all about the tradition of Christmas cards in Britain which began in 1843!
Further commonly used binomial expressions in the English language, both spoken and written.
These binomial expressions are commonly used in everyday English, whether spoken or written. This is the first of two sections focusing on these expressions.
This episode looks at the history of Coca Cola, which is almost 100 years old! Fascinating.
Phrasal verbs using Up & Down. All very common in the English spoken and written language.
Wha is happening to Britain's fish and chips shops? This episode will let you know why the traditional fish 'n' chip shops are disappearing from our towns.
This episode looks at spelling patterns and their sounds using words with OUGH. Very confusing!
Homophones with 20 common ones. How it can be confusing when writing and reading English.
Some background information on the James Bond character from Ian Fleming's famous novels
Let's start! Nouns can be confusing and therefore need some explanation even if you have have some understanding of the English language. We may as well clear up any confusion.