Present and past passives

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<p>What's the best advice you've been given? Learn some grammar for giving advice and making suggestions.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251118</p> ... Show More

What does it mean to be on the verge of crying? And what are some other ways we can talk about our emotions? Learn 'make someone do or feel something', 'on the verge of' and 'about to' in this episode, with Pippa, Phil and grammar guru Georgie. 

Neil and Sam talk about the subject and teach you vocabulary along the way. 

Rob and Feifei help teach a phrase to describe something you really want or need 

'Goblin mode': Neil and Beth teach you this and other vocabulary 

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In this episode, we learn how to construct the infinitive form of a verb (doing so will require distinguishing between thin vowels and thick vowels and creating a vowel harmony). Also, we practice the negative imperative form of verbs as well as learn how to ask "What is this?" a ... Show More

Neil gets in trouble with the police just to teach you a new expression! Find out more in The English We Speak. 

In this episode, we learn to make inquiries by forming "mi?" questions. Also, we cover some examples of "değil" (forming negative sentences) and "var & yok" (there is & there is not). 

Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.