Archive Episode 10: Michal's mistake was - Will anyone like to come with me? Episode 10: Choosing a film Alice: Oh, what do you fancy seeing? There's Must Love Dogs - a rom-com. Oh I love romantic comedies, don't you? Pride and Prejudice is on - I ad...
THE FLATMATES Quiz: Future forms For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. Oh no! Look at that man on the window-ledge. Someone phone the police quickly ! a. He going to jump b. He will jump c. He's going to jump d. He will to j...
Archive Language Point 9 Future forms We can use different forms to talk about future time in English, for example, will , going to and shall . We will look at other forms ( present continuous, present simple and future perfect ) in another language...
Archive Episode 9: You voted for - Ask the landlord's permission to keep the cat. Episode 9: The favour Michal: I'm going to see a film tonight. Will anyone like to come with me? Alice: Oh I'd love to Michal but I have to iron all these shirts for Ti...
THE FLATMATES Quiz: Homophones You can try the quiz online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode08/quiz.shtml For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. Did you that we found an old-fashioned and...
Archive Language Point 8 Homophones A homophone is a word which is pronounced the same as another word but spelt differently . For example, two (She has two sisters), too (Can I have a coffee too please?) and to (I'm going to lunch). Homophones from...
Archive Episode 8: You voted for - The catch is that Alice has to iron Tim's shirts for a month. Episode 8: The newcomer Alice: Hi Michal! Look what I found in a box, near the rubbish bins outside the hospital. Can you believe someone wanted to throw...
THE FLATMATES Quiz: Idioms: money You can try the quiz online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/epsiode07/quiz.shtml For each of these six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. He's always borrowing money from me....
Archive Language Point 7 Idioms: money Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally. If you paid 'through the nose' for something, it means you paid too high a price for it (the metaphorical meaning) not that you paid for something with m...
Archive Episode 7: Last week Michal's correct sentence was - My head hurts. Episode 7: Paying the rent Helen: Oh no, it's that time of the month again - time to pay the rent. Tim: Comes round fast enough, doesn't it? Alice: Yeah and I'm so broke just...