English with Monty - The Podcast about the English Language

43. The origins of the English language

Jon and Gideon talk about the origins of the English language. They cover the history and influences English has taken from other languages and people. Not a definitive guide by any means but it should give you a good background knowledge of how English became the language it is today.
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8-minute English - Modifiers: Part 2

Jon and Jules from Italy talk for around 8 minutes about modifiers. This part covers adjective, adverb, phrase and clause modifiers. Squinting modifiers are also included at the end of the episode.
Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :)
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42. Common English errors – when a learner’s first language is French

Jon and Gideon talk about common English errors that French speakers make. Gideon has an English language school in Paris, he gives some useful insights from his own personal experience.
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8-minute English - Modifiers: Part 1

Jon and Jules from Italy talk for around 8 minutes about modifiers. This part covers adjective order, misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers.
Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :)
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41. 10 British dialects you need to know

Jon and Gideon talk about 10 different British dialects you need to know which are commonly heard. We cover Scottish, Geordie, Yorkshire, Welsh, Brummie, West Country, RP, Mancunian and Cockney.
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8-minute English - Punctuation: Part 2

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about punctuation. This part covers avoiding multiple punctuation at the end of a sentence, using a colon, commas for non-essential information, a dictionary to help, dots after abbreviations, the number of clauses in a sentence, and some more on hyphens and dashes.
Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :)
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8-minute English - Punctuation: Part 1

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about punctuation. This part covers apostrophes, quotation marks, brackets, hyphens, colons and semicolons.
Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :)
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40. Linking words - Addition, contrast and purpose

Jon and Gideon talk about linking words (or connectives). Different words you can use to express addition, contrast and purpose.
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8-minute English - Second and third conditional

Jon is joined by Gideon to talk about how to use the second and third conditional forms.
Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :)
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39. Narrative tenses - Tenses we use to talk about past events

Jon and Gideon talk about narrative tenses. Verb tenses we use to talk about the past.
 
We cover past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. You can often find them in stories, textbooks, spoken accounts and in descriptions of past events.Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon:
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