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12/06/2026
Hold your horses! 🐎 It’s time to practise your English!
We’ve put together our favourite ‘horsey’ idioms together, do you know them all? Do you know any more we could add?
Find resources to help you improve your English in the comments👇
~ Tina 🙂
12/06/2026
Are you enjoying the World Cup? Two games down, only 102 more to go! 🤪 If you're a fan, you can practise your English by listening to commentary in English, watching the match discussions and reading match reports! Check out this useful vocabulary to get you started!
Click here for our free lesson on Sport and Fitness: https://learnenglish.pub/SportAndFitness
Neil
And we're off! I'm watching the first match in the World Cup as I type - Mexico v South Africa! Mexico got off to a flying start with a goal from Julian Quinones in the ninth minute! If you'd like to learn more great football expressions, check out this video lesson! Watch it and you'll be ready for any post-match conversations, whether your team wins or loses!
For more practice, check out our free lesson here: https://learnenglish.pub/SportAndFitness
Now back to the game - let's see what happens in the second half!
Neil
11/06/2026
The first match in the 2026 World Cup is only hours away! Are you excited? Is your country there? Tell us in the comments!
We're kicking off our World Cup celebrations with these six super-useful football idioms - tell us your favourite and your own sentences with us! We've got lots of great football resources coming your way over the next month, so keep watching!
Check out our free lesson here for more practice: https://learnenglish.pub/SportAndFitness
Neil
11/06/2026
Do you have a job interview coming up in
English? 👔
Here are five handy tips to help you prepare! Do you have any advice you think will help others do well? Tell us in the comments below! 👇
Find more resources to help you in the link in the comments.
~ Tina🙂
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Get your questions ready, then come along and join me!
Neil 🙂
10/06/2026
Need a quick trim? ✂️
Before you next go to the barber, take a look at our handy vocabulary in case you need to explain something you want! 💇
Discover more resources on our website! Link in comments 🔗
~ Tina😊
Do you know how to use ‘shall’ in English? You might see it in old books, but nowadays we use it a little differently! 📚
Watch the video, then try it yourself.
Write one offer and one suggestion using ‘shall’ in the comments! 👇
~ Tina 🙂
08/06/2026
When did birdwatching become cool?🤔
🐦⬛Once seen as old-fashioned, it is now booming among young people in Britain, with regular birdwatching reportedly up 1,088% among 16- to 29-year-olds.
Post-pandemic walks helped, but so did apps like Merlin Bird ID: hear a bird, record the sound, identify it.
And yes, I have it on my phone. Do you?😁
~ Tina😊
08/06/2026
Zero, first or second conditional ... do you know the difference? 🤔
Find out how to use each one in our guide with some simple rules and examples.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets. 👇
If I ______ the lottery, I’d travel the world. (win) 💰
Find more grammar explanations on our website! Link in comments 🔗
~ Tina😊