Today, we hear from Ryan in Canada, who tells us about a famous Canadian – Chris Hadfield. As we learn about his life and achievements, we also focus on the past simple and past continuous tenses.
Month: October 2021
CBG 3.01 | A Review of the Perfect Tense | Wir haben uns schon lange nicht mehr gesehen
In this first episode of Coffee Break German Season 3, Andrea and Mark review the German Perfect Tense. We’ll take a look back at how the Perfect Tense is formed, and then we’ll find out how some irregular verbs are conjugated in the tense. To put this grammar point into practice, we also listen to a dialogue in German between Chris and Sabine, who are on holiday in Switzerland.
If you’d like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.
CBI 3.01 | Direct object pronouns – Una vacanza studio a Siena
In this first episode of Coffee Break Italian Season 3, Francesca and Mark explain how Direct Object Pronouns work with simple verbs in the present tense. You’ll hear an explanation of the grammar point, then listen to a dialogue in which John, a Scottish student of Italian, is in Siena to improve his language skills. He has a chat with his teacher of Italian about his language learning experience.
If you’d like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break Italian Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.
CBE 2.08 | A classic British dish: Fish and Chips | Language focus: how to pronounce ‘ed’ verbs
In this episode we’re back in the UK with Susan, who talks about fish and chips. As we discuss this classic British dish, we also focus on the pronunciation of verbs ending in ed.
CBE 2.07 | What’s happening on Pukapuka Island? | Language focus: when to use ‘the’ and ‘a’
Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us about a mystery on Pukapuka island, and we focus on using articles.
Chapitre 30 – Il n’était donc plus question de faire demi-tour
In Chapter 30 of La Vérité éclate toujours, James draws up a “Plan B” and Guillaume, Claire and Yvette all listen carefully as he talks them through it. The next day, James and Guillaume set off for their meeting with Roger Martin and realise there’s no turning back now. Join Mark and Pierre-Benoît as they talk through lots of subjunctive triggers like pour que, afin que and il faut que, plus many more language points!
CBE 2.06 | Celebrating freedom: US Independence Day | Language focus: phrasal verbs
This week we’re with Kate, in the USA. She talks about an important day in her country – Independence Day, and we learn some phrasal verbs with take.
