Grammar Conversations with Ruth & Beth
By Beth and Ruth
Grammar Conversations with Ruth & BethMay 30, 2022
Episode 22 - Countable and Uncountable Nouns Part 2
Today in Episode 22 we continue showing you how to use countable and uncountable nouns, this time in positive and negative sentences. We give you MANY examples of how to use words like MUCH and MANY in questions and answers. And you can learn how to say "it's a problem" by using TOO much and TOO many.
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Episode 21 - Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Today in Episode 21 we show you countable and uncountable nouns, especially when we talk about food! Listen to Ruth explain how she makes scones, and find out which one of us chooses ice cream instead of chocolate cake.
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Episode 20 - Review
Today in Episode 20, we review episodes #1-19.
We have a conversation using all of the grammar from the podcast so far: present simple, present continuous, past simple, can, could, comparative, superlative and verb patterns. We tell you about how we create the podcast, and share our favorite moments.
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Episode 19 - Verb Patterns
Today in Episode 19, we introduce 2 very useful Verb Patterns:
- VERB + "to" verb (infinitive form) = I like to chat.
- VERB + verb-ing (gerund form) = I hate washing dishes!
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Episode 18 - Could
Today in Episode 18, we talk about ability in the past. We practice using COULD and COULDN'T to talk about our languages, and we talk about famous people: a scientist, a golfer, painters and more!
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Episode 17 - Can
Today in Episode 17, we talk about CAN. What languages can Ruth speak? What instrument can Beth play? What can you do in Prague or Manchester in winter? And why can't Beth read the menu?
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Episode 16 - Comparative and Superlative
Today in Episode 16, we talk about the hottest, the nicest, the rainiest, the sunniest, and simply the best of familiar things like weather, food and wine. We explain the superlative, give many examples, and we play another guessing game!
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Episode 15 - Comparisons
Today in Episode 15 we compare food, weather, seasons of the year, and places to live. Why does Beth like Czech food? How does Ruth compare weather in Italy with the UK?
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Episode 14 - Past Simple (part 5)
Today in Episode 14 we play another guessing game! We practice asking and answering questions about people in the past. Play along, see if YOU can guess before we do!
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Episode 13 - Irregular Verbs in Past Simple
Today in Episode 13 we practice irregular verbs in questions and answers. Ruth explains her accent and Beth talks about a visit to a Bohemian spa.
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Episode 12 - Questions and Negatives in Past Simple
Today in Episode 12 we focus on the past simple tense with questions and negatives, and we talk about the jobs we had when we were at university.
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Episode 11 - Past Simple, regular verbs
Today in Episode 11 we practice the past simple verb tense and talk about our last holiday. We focus on regular verbs, and we explain the 3 different ways to pronounce the -ed ending.
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Episode 10 - Past Simple
Today in Episode 10 we introduce the past simple to talk about what we did last weekend. We focus on the verb BE in the past simple tense, and include positives and negatives, as well as questions.
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Episode 9 - Present Continuous (part 2)
Today in Episode 9 we use the present continuous again, both to talk about what's happening now, and also to talk about our plans.
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Episode 8 - Present Continuous (part 1)
Today in Episode 8 we use the present continuous verb tense to talk about what we are doing now.
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Episode 7 - Present Simple for Habits and Personality
Today in Episode 7 we use the present simple verb tense to talk about habits and personalities.
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Episode 6 - Questions in Present Simple (Part 3)
Today in Episode 6 we review question words like what, when, who and how. And we play another guessing game!
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Episode 5 - Questions in Present Simple (Part 2)
Today in Episode 5 we talk about more questions in present simple, and we talk about who we admire and where we want to visit.
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Episode 4 - Questions in Present Simple (Part 1)
Today in Episode 4 we talk about questions in present simple, and we talk about our favorite / favourite (US/UK) thing: food!
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Episode 3 - Answers to yes/no questions
Today in Episode 3 we talk about answers to yes/no questions in present simple. And we play the guessing game again!
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Episode 2 - Yes/No Questions
Today in Episode 2 we talk about yes/no questions in present simple. And we play a guessing game about people. Can you guess before we do? Try your listening skills in this fun episode!
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Episode 1 - Introductions and Present Simple
Who is Fat Tony? Listen and find out!
In this episode, you will learn how and when to use the present simple. We introduce ourselves, and give some basic facts about our lives.
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