Speak Lesson 23 | The Simple Past Tense

In this lesson, we go over the individual words and phrases in the first four lines of the poem yoosofé gom gashté by Hafez. 

In this lesson, we conclude our discussion of the section “On the Creation of the World” from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and reflect on its implications with Dr. Omid Arabian. In this last part, Ferdowsi explains the origins and significance of human beings in more detail. 

In this introductory lesson to Hafez's poem yoosofé gom gashté, we're joined by Prof. Sahba Shayani to talk about the general theme and meaning behind this poem. 

<p>Welcome to this English grammar lesson about the present simple tense. This is also a very common English verb tense, and it is very useful to learn it. Once you master it you&apos;ll be able to talk about the things you love and like, your habits and routines, and how to stat ... Show More

Sur cet episode, on continue notre étude du simple past tense. venir de + infinitif - “just” + simple past tense Exemples: Je viens de lire un livre – “I just read a book.” Il vient de manger un gâteau – “He just ate a cake” Remarquez la différence: We ate a cake. (on ne sait pas ... Show More

Dans cet episode, on apprend un nouveau temps verbal – the simple past tense! Pour les verbes réguliers, on ajoute un “-ed” à la fin du mot – c'est prononcé comme un “d” ou un “t”, selon le mot Exemples: Talk – talked Watch – watched Listen – listened Answer – answered Call – cal ... Show More

Find out how to use the present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popula ... Show More

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<p>✋ In this lesson we come back to introducing ourselves. This time with a bit more vocabulary than we used in the first few lessons</p> 

I went to Central Park yesterday. Of course, it wasn’t my first time to go there. I have been to Central Park many times before.  Recently, a lot of my students and followers have asked me about the difference between sentences like, I lived there and I have lived there. You may ... Show More

<p>In this English lesson I&apos;ll teach you some more simple two word questions that you can use to keep an English conversation going smoothly!<br/><br/>I know that sometimes in an English conversation you don&apos;t know what to say next. The person you are talking to says so ... Show More

Learn Future Tense in English with this full lesson podcast! In this episode of English Unleashed, Tom speaks ONLY in future tense and shares his plans in different areas of life — work, travel, health, hobbies, and dreams. This is a complete A2–B1 English lesson designed to help ... Show More