We celebrate 400 episodes of the podcast today and we’re really happy that you’re here with us. Where have we been, where are we now and where are we going? We’ll help you revise some verb tenses today as we talk about podcasts past, podcasts present and podcasts in the future. We have an announcement;…
Ireland – AIRC399
Come with us as we take a virtual trip around Ireland, and give you some tips on places you might like to visit and places you should definitely not miss if you’re lucky enough to go to this beautiful country. Email from Josep from Barcelona Hi Reza and Craig! I started listening to your podcast…
Singular nouns with plural verbs – AIRC398
Is it correct to say ‘my family is’ or ‘my family are’? ‘A group of us is meeting tomorrow’ or ‘A group of us are meeting tomorrow’? You’ll find out as we take a look at singular nouns, plural verbs and quantifying expressions in this podcast. Voice message from Tim from Switzerland Tim passed the…
Disability – AIRC397
In this episode, you’ll learn some disability vocabulary so that you can talk about disability without offending anyone by using politically incorrect or wrong words. A shout out to Santiago Ramos from Argentina who sent us an email Hi guys! My name is Santiago, I’m from Tucuman, Argentina, and I just want to share with…
Customer service and call centre expressions – AIRC396
You’ll learn some polite expressions so that you can sound more like a native speaker. These will be especially useful if you work in customer services or a call centre and need to express yourself politely in English. Voice message from Marion Voice message from Diana from Panama empathise (verb) – empathy (noun) – empathetic…
When to use ‘kind of’ and ‘sort of’ – AIRC395
In this podcast, we’re going to ‘kind of’ help you with your English. So, if you’re feeling ‘sort of’ frustrated and want to improve your English level, make yourself a nice cup of tea, sit in your favourite chair and let us ‘sort of’ take your English to the next level. Voice message from Alberto…
8 different ways to pronounce ‘OUGH’ – AIRC394
How do you pronounce OUGH? You may be surprised to know that you can pronounce these letters EIGHT different ways. Listen to this podcast and learn how crazy English really is! Voice message from Luis from Mexico City I’ve been listening to your podcast – I’ve listened (TO) all your shows I find them very…
However, whatever, whichever, whenever, wherever, whoever, whosever, whatsoever – AIRC393
You’ll learn whenever to use words like whenever, however, whatever, whichever, wherever, whoever and whosever. Whoever listens to this week’s podcast will avoid confusion with these words wherever you are in the world, and whatever you use English for. However, whatever, whichever, whenever, wherever, whoever whatever – anything at all’ or ‘it doesn’t matter what…
Scottish vocabulary and pronunciation – AIRC392
We’re travelling virtually to Scotland today and we’ll help you with some specific vocabulary and pronunciation features that you might hear there. There’s also a special guest on the podcast to help you understand more about the way the English language is spoken in Scotland. Malcolm is an English teacher from Edinburgh, Scotland. He’s also…
8 common colloquial expressions – Part 8 – AIRC391
On today’s podcast, you’ll learn 8 more colloquial expressions so that you can sound more like a native speaker. Voice message from Francesca from Italy ‘give it a go’ ‘set my mind to’ ‘make the most of’ Squid Game on Netflix Francesca also asked about material for CAE/C1 Advanced study. She says, “My British Council…
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