Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about help. Warning! This episode is full of phrasal verbs!!!!! As we have speakers from different parts of the world it’s fascinating to hear their opinions on this topic and how giving help is different between cities and the countryside, between the past and the present and also between different countries. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam Eng...

Find your ideal English teacher on italki! Use the code REALENGLISH for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/realenglish Trevor gives tips regarding speaking exams, from the examiner's point of view! These include how to interact well, the importance of staying focussed and why you shouldn't rehearse answers. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam English app - https://studio.co...

Find your ideal English teacher on italki! Use the code REALENGLISH for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/realenglish Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about creativity. It’s a great topic to cover as it touches so many other topics like art, childhood, work, psychology, loads. We have lots of top-notch collocations, a bunch of phrasal verbs, some super-useful verbs and a lovely homophone. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/clas...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about luck. We talk about the role luck plays in success, we talk about lucky habits, about lotteries and about being lucky in life in general. It’s a super-rich episode in terms of vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam English app - https://studio.com/realexamenglish Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https:...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about motivation. 7 different speakers, with different accents, talk about how they stay motivated. So you’re gonna hear some fantastic language, like idioms, phrasal verbs and top-level vocabulary. And there is a little word-formation quiz in the middle interval too. Trevor picks out the best bits and gives useful tips for exams. As usual we have plenty of top vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/c...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about complaining. Today we have American speakers from the Texas, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and New York, and we also have speakers from Limerick, in Ireland, and Chester, in England. Trevor picks out the best bits and gives useful tips for exams. As usual we have plenty of top vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam E...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about extremes. In this episode you will learn lots of useful vocabulary for talking about doing extreme things, plus some lovely idioms. In terms of grammar, we have inverted conditionals, past perfect tense and we also look at how to use either and neither. There’s input from quite a diverse bunch of speakers today, from snowstorms in Boston, to helping pregnant woman in Ireland to doing a dance marathon in New York, so lots of great liste...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about the news. In this episode you will learn lots of key vocabulary about the news as well as some advanced phrasal verbs and idioms. You can practice listening to American accents, British accents and Irish accents too. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam English app - https://studio.com/realexamenglish Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://i...

Today’s episode is an interview with an English teacher(Xing) from China, who lives in Tokyo. We have a chat about the differences between English learning in different countries and also about how you can feel different when you speak different languages, which is super-interesting! Also, we talk about the pros and cons of being a non-native English teacher. You will learn plenty of idioms, phrasal verbs and there is a special focus on different uses of the verb get. Thanks so mu...

Today’s episode is an interview with a Spanish student of mine, Helena. She tells us about her English-speaking journey, which is really relatable to a lot of English learners, so I think you’ll find it very interesting and maybe even a little motivational. Helena is a big fan of idioms so you’re gonna hear a bunch of those, there’s plenty of phrasal verbs too, some compound adjectives and lots of nice organization to admire. Thanks so much to Helena for contributing! For classes - https://re...