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How to be polite in English: Requests

Ben explains how to be polite when making requests

February pub quiz

Test your general knowledge with Ben's February quiz!

The South America diaries, part one: Iguazu Falls

Ben talks about his visit to one of the natural wonders of the world.

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Guess the band/singer

Can you guess the musical artist from Ben's clues?

Correct the mistakes

Can you find and correct the mistakes in Ben's sentences?

Identify the Phrasal Verb

Can you replace the word or expression with a phrasal verb?

The Patagonia Diaries, part four: Ushuaia

In part four, Ben talks about visiting penguins and going on the end of the world train.

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Using the present perfect tense for life experiences

Ben looks at how to use the present perfect tense to talk about life experiences.

My favourite film: Notting Hill

Ben talks about one of his favourite romantic films: Richard Curtis's classic Notting Hill

For a free transcript of today's episode, go to patreon.com/learnenglishwithben

Common mistakes: What’s the difference between miss and lose?

Do we lose the bus? Or miss the bus? Ben takes a look at a common mistake amongst English learners.

The Patagonia Diaries, part three: Glacier Perito Moreno

Part three of Ben's travel diary features the epic glacier Perito Moreno!

See photos of the glacier on Ben's Instagram page: learnenglishwithben

And read the full transcript over on the Learn English with Ben fan club page: patreon.com/learnenglishwithben

What’s the missing word?

6 sentences. Two missing words. Can you find them?

Correct the mistakes

Can you find and correct the mistakes in Ben's sentences?

Common mistakes: What’s the difference between ‘let’ and ‘leave’?

Ben looks at the difference between two words that people often confuse

The Patagonia Diaries, part two: El Chalten

The second in a new mini-series about Ben's trip to Patagonia. In today's episode, Ben talks about hiking in El Chalten.

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Also, Ben will be posting photos of the trip on his Instagram page: instagram.com/learnenglishwithben

Is February the worst month of year?

Welcome to February! In today's episode, Ben looks at the pros and cons of the second month of the year.

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Identify the Phrasal Verb

Can you replace the word or expression with a phrasal verb?

January pub quiz

8 general knowledge questions for you to answer

The Patagonia Diaries, part one: Bariloche

The first in a new mini-series about Ben's trip to Patagonia. In today's episode, Ben talks about the lake district and the city of Bariloche.

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Also, Ben will be posting photos of the trip on his Instagram page: instagram.com/learnenglishwithben

Practising question forms, part three: other tenses (present perfect, future simple etc)

Today we look at how to ask questions in other tenses

Practising question forms, part two: do, does and did

We look at how to structure present simple and past simple questions

Practising question forms, part one: subject questions

In part one, we look at how to form subject questions

My favourite city: Buenos Aires

Ben explains why he loves the Argentinian capital so much.

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Correct the mistakes

Can you find and correct the mistakes in Ben's sentences?

Using ‘very’ and ‘really’ in different ways (PLUS answers to yesterday’s quiz)

In part two, Ben looks at the other ways we can use 'very' and 'really'

Part One: The difference between ‘very’ and ‘really’ (as adverbs)

Ben looks at when we can use 'very' and 'really' as adverbs

Being British, part 13: Being English

Ben considers what it means to be English.

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Guess the musical artist

Three famous singers or bands. Lots of clues. Can you guess who Ben is talking about?

What’s the missing word?

6 sentences. Two missing words. Can you find them?

Using 'yet' with different tenses

Ben explains which tenses we can use with the word 'yet'