Ordering fish and chips
In the UK, many people enjoy eating fish and chips.
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Describing an image: a house
Listen to Penny describing a photo of a living room in a house and the practise yourself. The language focus here is modal verbs of deduction.
Vegetarian UK
There are over 3 million vegetarians – people who don’t eat meat - in the UK today and the number is rising.
Red Nose Day
Raising money for charity is a strong tradition in the UK, and people do some strange things. Read about some of them below.
British worst at learning languages
The British are the worst language learners in Europe! This is according to a survey published by the European Commission. Only 38% of British people can speak a foreign language, as against the European Union average of 56%.
Texting a friend
Read the text message, written in 'text speak' and then try the activities.
Writing through history
Can you imagine life without writing - not just with a pen but on a computer, a laptop or sending text messages on your phone?
Our dog is lost
Here's a poster for a lost dog. Read it then do the exercises to practise your reading.
Retirement speech
James Dawson, a company manager, is retiring. Listen to this speech given at his retirement party then try the activities.
How to write a CV
Listen to an interview with a recruitment expert, who talks about his experience of reading CVs and offers some good advice on writing them.