Englisch aus London: Hörübungen

Present Continuous: Form and Everyday Use

Present Perfect: Connect Past to Now

Present perfect progressive: how to use have been working

Present perfect: use have and has

Principle or Principal: How to Choose

Project handover

The research is finished, the slides are not, and two colleagues own different next actions. Who must do what, and by when?

Project status update

A colleague reports three tasks, but each has a different status. Which task is finished, which is blocked, and what happens next?

Proper Adjectives: Rules and Examples

Prose or poetry: telling them apart

Public speaking nerves: Four recovery steps

Public speaking: steps for clear delivery

Pull out

A company may pull out of a deal, a parent may pull a child out of a team, and a car may pull out into the road. The grammar shows who chooses to leave.

Punctuation Marks: Rules and Everyday Examples

Put behind

A mistake may still be part of your history, but it does not have to control your next decision. You can learn from it and put it behind you.

Put off

Rain can put off a picnic until Friday, while an unpleasant smell can put you off your lunch. One meaning changes the time; the other changes how you feel.

Put on

Before guests arrive, you might put on a clean shirt, put the lights on and put on some music. The object tells you which action happens.

Put out

You can put out a candle, a company can put out a statement, and a late request can put someone out. The object changes the meaning.

Put up with

A neighbour's music may be annoying, but you might accept it for one evening. If you continue accepting the annoyance, you put up with it.

Reasons to Learn English: Practical Personal Goals

Redelivered parcel

The parcel has visited one address, could go to a depot, and may reach a neighbour. Where will it actually be left tomorrow?

Reflexive Pronouns: Choose the Right Form

Reflexive Pronouns: Rules and Examples

Relative pronouns: choose the right word

Renewing library items

A borrower has two books and one DVD, but only two items receive new due dates. What blocks the other renewal?