Learn English With The British Council And Premier League

Gameweek 10 finished with 79 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. Our best Gameweek of the season! Sergio Aguero was our top scorer with 16 points. We sold Hull City's Shaun Maloney and bought Stoke City's Joe Allen and Allen scored 10 points for the team! You voted for Romelu Lukaku as captain last week and he got the team 24 points! Who should be captain this week?

Gameweek 9 finished with 34 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. This week, we want you to buy a new midfielder. To make your vote and join the discussion, take a look on our website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/fantasy-football/fantasy-football-gameweek-10 #FPL #LearnEnglish

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the Premier League table - there is only one point between the top five teams! The language focus is on words and expressions we use to talk about small and big differences. We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, a new football phrase for you to guess and a Premier League prediction for you to make in our weekly vote. Enjoy! Find the free language learning activities for this podcast on our website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/differences-1617-ep12

Gameweek 9 finished with 29 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. We're selling Zlatan or Mahrez this week. You decide in our vote. You can find it here: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/fantasy-football/fantasy-football-gameweek-9

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich talks about half and half football scarves and why they make him angry. Jack tries to calm him down. The language focus is on expressions we use when we are angry and expressions we use to calm people down. We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, a new football phrase for you to guess and a Premier League prediction for you to make in our weekly vote. Enjoy! You can find learning activities for this podcast on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/getting-angry-1617-ep11

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the first American to become manager of a Premier League team. They get confused on the phone by an American who uses too many American words. They then take a look at some of the main differences between American and British English. We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, a new football phrase for you to guess and a Premier League prediction for you to make in our weekly vote. Enjoy! Go to the website for the activities to help you with this podcast: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/british-or-american-english-1617-ep10

Gameweek 7 finished with 25 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. The worst week of the season so far! You voted for Aguero as captain last week. Who should be captain this week?

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest round of Premier League matches. They also take a look at different sentences that use the present perfect and look at how it is used in different situations. They also take a shopping trip and Rich buys a strange item of football merchandise. We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team and a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Go to the website for the activities and discussion connected to this podcast: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/shopping-1617-ep9

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest round of Premier League matches. While they are talking they use lots of different idiomatic expressions or idioms and it's your job to guess what each idiom means. In our pronunciation section, we help you with consonant clusters and we also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, your chance to make a prediction on this week's big Premier League match and a new football phrase for you to guess. You can find all the online activities for this podcast, on the Premier Skills English website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/tricky-expressions-1617-ep8

Gameweek 6 finished with 48 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. You made some big decisions last week and the biggest worked very well. You decided to buy Manchester City's Sergio Aguero for a second time and he scored 13 points. Maybe next week we should choose Aguero as captain. He seems to score all the time! Last week, we chose Zlatan Ibrahimovic as our captain but he only managed 4 points. Maybe it is time to give the armband to a different player. What do you think? You can vote and join the discussion on the Premier Skills English website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/fantasy-football/fantasy-football-gameweek-7

How did the Premier Skills Fantasy Football team do last week? Pick the team and join the discussion! You can vote and join the discussion on the Premier Skills English website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/fantasy-football/fantasy-football-gameweek-6

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest in the Premier League and focus on a player who has been playing Premier League football for 18 years and has become only the third player to make 600 Premier League appearances. The language focus is on the past continuous and how it can be used to describe long periods in the past as well as to describe something that was happening when a specific action happened. In our pronunciation section, we look again at weak forms and the schwa. We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, your chance to make a prediction on this week's big Premier League match and a new football phrase for you to guess. You will find interactive grammar and vocabulary activities on the Premier Skills English website to help you with this podcast: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/600-not-out-1617-ep7

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest in the Premier League and focus on the history behind the nicknames of three Premier League clubs: Manchester Utd, West Ham and Arsenal. The language focus is on narrative tenses, which are tenses in the past that are often used to tell stories and anecdotes. In our pronunciation section, we take a look at some place names and Premier League clubs that are difficult to pronounce. Here's the link to the podcast page with language activities and a discussion: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/nicknames-1617-ep6

Gameweek 4 finished with 38 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. You chose the team and decided to go with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (10 points) as your captain, in a 2-5-3 formation! You voted for all-out attack, which gave us the opportunity to play all our midfielders and forwards. Every week, you choose the team, select the captain (double points) and nominate players to sell and buy. In the Premier Skills League, we are in mid-table place with 182 points. . How is your team doing? Here's the link to the podcast page with language activities and a discussion: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/fantasy-football/fantasy-football-gameweek-5

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about some of the latest transfers in the Premier League and Saturday's Manchester Derby which puts Jose Mourinho up against Pep Guardiola for the first time as manager's of United and City. The language focus is on used to for past states and repeated actions as Jack talks about when he lived in Manchester. In our pronunciation section, we have a look at the difference between voiced and voiceless sounds with an emphasis on the /s/ and /z/ sounds. We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, your chance to make a prediction on the Manchester Derby and a new football phrase for you to guess. Here's the link to the podcast page with language activities and a discussion: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/manchester-derby-1617-ep5

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest action in the Premier League; including Manchester Utd's last-minute winner against Hull City. The transfer window closes this week so the language focus is on the vocabulary you need to speak about transfers. In our pronunciation section, we have a look at the three different ways you can pronounce regular verbs in the past simple. We also have news about our Fantasy Football team after Gameweek 3 and a new football phrase for you to guess.

Gameweek 3 finished with 32 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. You chose the team and decided to go with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (4 points) as your captain, in a 3-4-3 formation. Every week, you choose the team, select the captain (double points) and nominate players to sell and buy.

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest action in the Premier League; including West Ham's first ever Premier League match at their new stadium. The language focus is on the structures 'get used to' and 'be used to', which are phrases that are used to describe things that were unusual but have become normal. In our pronunciation section, we have a look at how we pronounce 'used to'. We have news about our Fantasy Football team after Gameweek 2, another Premier League prediction for you and a new football phrase.

Gameweek 2 finished with 62 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. You chose the team and decided to go with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (26 points) as your captain, in a 3-4-3 formation. Every week, you choose the team, select the captain (double points) and nominate players to sell and buy.

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the first Premier League matches this season; including an exciting 4-3 win for Liverpool against Arsenal. The language focus is on the difference between the words 'say' and 'tell' and different collocations that use these two words. In our pronunciation section, we have a look at weak forms in some common questions. We have news about our Fantasy Football team after the first gameweek, and another Premier League prediction for you.