Practising English

M. A. Bilbrough
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Listening practice for learners of B1 intermediate and B2 upper-intermediate levels of British English. Learn British English by listening to stories. Original and exciting stories written for learners and students of British English. Practise and prepare for Cambridge: B1 PET Preliminary and FCE First Certificate exams. IELTS: level 4, level 5 and level 6. Includes English grammar explanations and practice exercises, examples of vocabulary use, phrasal verbs and collocations help, British English pronunciation practice, advice and help for passing B1 and B2 English examinations: Cambridge, IELTS and Trinity. Start practising and improving your British English listening, vocabulary and speaking levels today! 

  1. hace 22 h

    B1 grammar practice - do for emphasis

    We are going to practise the use of the auxiliary verb 'do' for emphasis. In this first section, we are going to practise using DO, DOES, or DID WHEN WE WANT TO EMPHASISE AN ACTION. We use this to make a statement stronger or to show strong feelings about something. For more explanation on DO, DOES and DID for emphasis, see my podcast: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-231.htm Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

  2. hace 1 d

    B2 grammar practice - neither and nor

    Today, we are going to practise the use of NEITHER / NOR. Example: I don't speak French. I don't speak German. Answer: I speak neither French nor German. I also have another full podcast on neither and nor: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-108.htm Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

  3. hace 6 d

    334. Araby (B2 story)

    B2-level extract from James Joyce's Araby (a short story from the book "The Dubliners". You can see the full transcript here: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-334.htm Music by; 1) Irish traditional background music - Misty County Fiddle Michael-Vault (Pixabay) 2) The Piper's Twilight MissyWhimsyArt (Pixabay) The B2 language we'll study is: 1. At ease Definition: Feeling relaxed and comfortable, without worry or stress.  Example 1: I never feel completely at ease when driving on a busy motorway in heavy rain.  2. Pull up (car) Definition: To slow down and stop a vehicle.  Example 1: The taxi had to pull up at the traffic lights just as they turned red.  3. Virtually (nearly all) Definition: Almost entirely or nearly all of a group or thing.  Example 1: Virtually all the flights from London were delayed because of the thick fog.  4. Make out (a sound) Definition: To manage to hear or understand a noise that is faint or unclear.  Example 1: The engine was so loud that I could not make out the driving instructor's directions.  5. Tone of voice Definition: The way someone speaks that expresses their mood or feelings.  Example 1: The ticket inspector had a very polite tone of voice when checking our rail passes.  6. Drives one mad Definition: To make someone feel extremely annoyed or frustrated.  Example 1: Sitting in long traffic jams every morning on the way to work drives me mad.  7. Make a fool of Definition: To do something that makes someone look silly or stupid in public.  Example 1: I made a fool of myself by getting on the wrong bus and travelling the wrong way.  Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

  4. 3 nov

    B1 grammar practice - repeated comparatives, so much

    Today, in this B1 practice, we are going to practise repeated comparatives, including two comparatives in a sentence, and use 'so much' as an intensifier. For more help on modifiers with comparatives, see my webpage: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-content.htm Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

  5. 2 nov

    B2 grammar practice - enough, rather a, by far

    Today, we are going to practise some key words that will help you to raise your level from B1 to B2. We are going to practise the use of 'enough', 'rather a', and 'by far'. For more B2-level grammar exercises, go to: https://www.practisingenglish.com/english-grammar-exercises/index.htm Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

  6. 28 oct

    333. Treasure Island (chapter 20) B1 story

    This is my last chapter of the B1-level Treasure Island story. You can read the transcript here: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-333.htm These are the B1 phrases we will study: 1. All day long Definition: For the whole day, from morning until night. Example 1: My grandparents stayed in the garden all day long to watch the children play. 2. Do your best Definition: To try as hard as you can to do something well. Example 1: My mum always tells me to do my best at school, even if the homework is hard. 3. Give somebody a hand Definition: To help a family member or friend with a job. Example 1: Can you give your sister a hand with cleaning her bedroom? 4. To approve Definition: To agree with a choice or think that a family member's plan is a good idea. Example 1: My parents approved of my brother's new girlfriend because she is very polite. 5. Surrounded Definition: To have people, like your relatives, all around you on every side. Example 1: At his 80th birthday party, grandad smiled because he was surrounded by all his grandchildren. 6. Hear from Definition: To get a message, phone call, or news from someone you care about. Example 1: We were very excited to hear from my cousin while she was travelling in Australia. Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

  7. 27 oct

    B1 grammar practice - present perfect continuous -still, yet, already

    Practise of Present Perfect Continuous, still, yet, already and for and since. You will hear two short sentences describing an action that started in the past and is still happening now. Last week, we practised the use of "for" and "since" with present perfect simple. However, when we use action verbs like "to move", "to work", "to study", we often prefer present perfect continuos.... Here are some help pages from my website: https://www.practisingenglish.com/english-grammar/present-perfect-continuous.htm Present perfect: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-162.htm Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

  8. 26 oct

    B2 grammar practice - passive causative

    Today's grammar practice for learners of B2 English is about the passive causative e.g. "I had my house painted", and "I got my hair cut". We'll also look at the passive structure, "It is said that..." Here is a help page from my website: https://www.practisingenglish.com/english-grammar/passive-voice.htm Another podcast of mine on the pasive: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-40.htm Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

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Listening practice for learners of B1 intermediate and B2 upper-intermediate levels of British English. Learn British English by listening to stories. Original and exciting stories written for learners and students of British English. Practise and prepare for Cambridge: B1 PET Preliminary and FCE First Certificate exams. IELTS: level 4, level 5 and level 6. Includes English grammar explanations and practice exercises, examples of vocabulary use, phrasal verbs and collocations help, British English pronunciation practice, advice and help for passing B1 and B2 English examinations: Cambridge, IELTS and Trinity. Start practising and improving your British English listening, vocabulary and speaking levels today! 

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  • Creado por
    M. A. Bilbrough
  • Años en activo
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodios
    342
  • Clasificación
    Explícito
  • Derechos de autor
    © 2026 M. A. Bilbrough
  • Sitio web del podcast
    Practising English

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