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Do you think you can guess what somebody looks like from the sound of their voice? In this English podcast you can try! We have eight different speakers for you, with Canadian, English and American accents. You’ll practise getting general and detailed information from listening to individuals as well as a conversation between three people. It’s also a good chance to review common ways to describe appearance.

Describing Appearance - Zapp! English Listening 2.9

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Listening Unique Customs

Basic Difference between DO and MAKE
Use DO for actions, obligations, and repetitive tasks.
Use MAKE for creating or producing something, and for actions you choose to do.
DO generally refers to the action itself, and MAKE usually refers to the result. For example, if you “make breakfast,” the result is an omelet! If you “make a suggestion,” you have created a recommendation.

Episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/difference-between-do-and-make-60-collocations/

10 - Common English Collocations with DO and MAKE

In this lesson you’re going to expand your vocabulary with 37 words to describe a person’s appearance.

Let’s begin with the word beautiful – in English, this word is mostly used for women. We use the word handsome for men. To describe beautiful women, we also have the words pretty, lovely, gorgeous, and stunning – “stunning” means extremely beautiful, like a woman who is so beautiful that she attracts a lot of attention!

Episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/37-english-words-for-describing-a-persons-appearance/

11 - English Vocabulary Words for Describing a Person's Appearance

Forming questions in English can be confusing.

Don’t worry – I’m going to teach you a simple formula that works for asking questions in almost ALL the verb tenses!

This formula is called QUASM:

QU estion word
A uxiliary verb
S ubject
M ain verb

In this episode, you'll learn how QUASM works for forming questions in various verb tenses.

Episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/an-easy-way-to-form-almost-any-question-in-english/

06 - An Easy Way to Form Questions in English

If you frequently confuse the words SAY, TELL, and SPEAK, you’re not alone – these are some of the most commonly confused English words! In this lesson, I’ll teach you the rules for the difference between say, tell, and speak.

Episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/difference-between-say-tell-and-speak/

14 - Difference Between SAY, TELL, and SPEAK

Should have, could have, and would have are sometimes called “modals of lost opportunity” because they describe situations when we are imagining that the past was different.

Episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/past-modals-should-have-could-have-would-have/

03 - How to use Should Have, Could Have, and Would Have

The difference between should, could, and would is difficult for many English learners – this lesson will help you understand when to use each one! This is a free sample from the e-book  600+ Confusing English Words Explained. It will help clear up your doubts about how to use English words correctly, so that you can speak and write more confidently.

Episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/difference-between-should-could-and-would/

02 - Difference between Should, Could, and Would

Direct questions are the “normal” questions that we can ask to friends, family members, and people who we know well. You can form direct questions using the QUASM model that we learned last lesson.

Example of a direct question:
“Where’s the bathroom?”

Indirect questions are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don’t know very well, or in professional situations, and their form is a little different.

Example of an indirect question:
“Could you tell me where the bathroom is?

Episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/direct-and-indirect-questions-in-english/

01 - Direct and Indirect Questions

There are two ways to talk about the future in English: will/won't and going to.

Use going to for plans/arrangements

Use will for promises, offers, and decisions made in the moment

Use either will or going to for predictions

Click here for the episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/grammar-in-use-willwont-vs-going-to/

17 - Will or Going To?

#1 - “My boss hit the ceiling when I told him I’d lost the documents.”

The idiomatic expression “hit the ceiling” means to get very angry and upset. Other expressions for sudden anger include “go ballistic” and “blow a fuse.”

Listen to the episode to learn more expressions!

Click here for the episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/10-english-phrases-for-extreme-emotion/

18 - English Expressions for Extreme Emotion

Listen to the conversation and learn phrasal verbs naturally, in context! Click here for the episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/phrasal-verbs-for-romantic-relationships/

11 - English Vocabulary Words for Describing a Person's Appearance

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