Paul's English Podcasts

Plans and Intentions

Hello again!
Here's my latest podcast - this one is about future plans and intentions, and looks at going to and present continuous. You'll find a transcript and exercises here.

Promises and intentions

Hello everybody!
I hope you haven't missed me too much! Here's the latest podcast, all about New Year resolutions. You'll find the transcript and a worksheet here, thanks to google docs. I promise you'll be hearing a lot more from me soon!

Only Joking!

Happy Easter everybody!
This podcast gives me a chance to tell you one of my favourite jokes, as well as to look at a, an and the - articles.
You'll find a tasksheet and transcript here to help you with the listening.
If  you have any comments about this podcasts or any questions, please feel free to write them here.

Past Habits

Hello again!
Here's the latest podcast. This one is all about past habits, and using 'used to' and 'would'.
you can find the worksheet and transcript here - please feel free to download them!

Episode 6-dictation:giving advice

Hello again!
This podcast is a listening exercise. You will need a pen and paper while you listen. It's all about giving advice for someone who wants to visit the UK.
This type of dictation exercise is very useful because it can show you what sounds you find difficult to hear - and when it's hard to understand something while listening, it means that it's hard to be accurate when you're speaking or writing. Here's the worksheet and transcript, but please don't look at the speech until after you have finished listening.

Strange UK Laws

Hello again!
Do you know what to do with a dead whale if you find one on a beach in the UK? Do you know what foods you can't eat at certain times?
You don't? In that case, you'll love this podcast - it's all about strange laws in the UK.
This podcast is a listening task, and you'll find a worksheet and the transcript on this link here. Download it, and try to listen and do the tasks before you look at the transcript.

giving advice: should and have to

Hello again!
this podcast is all about giving advice, using should and have to. You'll find a transcript here which you can download.
Enjoy!

Have to and don't have to

Hi everybody!
This episode is all about 'have to' and 'don't have to'.
What kind of things do you have to do at school or work? What rules do you have to follow?
You'll find a transcript of this podcast here.

Phrasal Verbs II

Hi everyone, today's podcast is all about separable and inseparable phrasal verbs. Why can we say turn on a light, turn a light on, turn it on, but not turn on it? Why can we say look after a cat and look after it, but not look a cat after or look it after? You may find that a dictionary is useful while you listen to this podcast.

Phrasal Verbs I

Hello everyone!
This is my first attempt at doing a podcast, and I'm afraid that the sound quality isn't perfect on this. Someone started off the fan on my desk as I was recording from underneath it (yeah, it's a long story, but hey, it's most of your English teachers will have lived under a desk at some stage. Often in a nest made from your homework :) )
This lesson is about Phrasal verbs. I'm only looking at one verb in particular, and focusing on literal and idiomatic meanings.
This podcast includes cats, dogs, and Italian dwarfs.