Author: BBC Learning English

‘Something awful happened to me’ – Learn the language for talking about serious incidents. Neil Hello. Welcome to How To with me, Neil Edgeller. In this programme we’ll take a…

“As I was saying…” – Learn the language for getting back on topic. Callum Hello – I’m Callum Robertson. Today I want to talk about How To get back on…

‘You’ll never guess what I saw last week’ – Learn the language for gossiping. Neil Hello. Welcome to How To with me, Neil Edgeller. In this programme we’ll take a…

‘A funny thing happened to me the other day’ – Learn the language for talking about funny incidents Neil In this programme we’ll take a look at how to tell…

“You look lovely” “Oh, thank you!” – Learn the language for responding to compliments WilliamHello, and welcome to How To, our guide to the everyday language of life. My name’s…

‘To be honest, I don’t really like it.’ – Learn the language for dislikes. Callum Hello, I’m Callum Robertson and this is How To, the series from bbclearningenglish.com that shows…

‘I really like Chinese food.’ – Learn the language for talking about likes. CallumHello, I’m Callum Robertson and this is How To, the series from bbclearningenglish.com that shows you how…

“I can take it or leave it” – Learn the language for when you want to express no strong feelings CallumHello, I’m Callum Robertson and this is How To, the…

Do you find that your English conversations end rather suddenly? Is there anything we can say before ‘goodbye’ to indicate that we would like to stop talking? The ability to…

In this programme, we find out how to keep a conversation going and keep it lively! TRANSCRIPTYvonneHello – I’m Yvonne Archer and this is How To from bbclearningenglish.com, where we…

“Could I borrow your ladder?” – Learn the language for borrowing and lending. TRANSCRIPT CallumHello, and welcome to How To. I’m Callum Robertson. In today’s programme I’m going to look…

If you argue with someone in a shop or market over the price of something, we call this haggling. Although it isn’t the custom in the UK to haggle every…

‘Would you mind feeding the cat while I’m away?’ – Learn the language to ask someone a favour TRANSCRIPT WilliamHello and welcome to How To, the series all about useful…

‘Do you want to meet up for a drink sometime?’ – Learn the language for asking someone out TRANSCRIPTWilliamHello there and welcome to another exciting instalment of How To. My…

‘Would you mind tidying up?’ – Learn the language for changing someone’s behaviour TRANSCRIPTNeilHello. Welcome to How To with me, Neil Edgeller. This programme is all about asking people to…