Podcast 27
Podcast 27
In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack disagree about who is the Premier League's best striker. The language focus is phrases you can use to agree or disagree with someone. We also have a new riddle in our 'What's my Team?' competition!
How to enter the competition?
Press play on the podcast below
Listen to Chris, who is this week's Premier League fan.
Guess Chris' favourite team.
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How much did you understand?
Vocabulary
In this podcast, Rich and Jack used some vocabulary that might have been new for you. Try the activities below to see how much you understand:
"Leicester City are the best team in the Premier League on current form."
"We were trying to raise awareness about issues connected to the environment."
Jamie Vardy has scored in 10 consecutive matches, which is a Premier League record.
Language - Agreeing and Disagreeing
In the podcast, Jack and Rich disagreed about who has been the best Premier League striker in the last 10 years. If you want to learn more about the language of agreeing and disagreeing, have a go at the activities below, or, take a look at this on our Learn English Teens website.
"You say Rooney is the best striker of the last 10 years! I’m afraid I’m going to have to disagree with you there."
"Well, we don’t see eye to eye on this one but I suppose we can agree on Jamie Vardy being the best on current form?"
Some more phrases for agreeing and disagreeing:
Agreeing
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Disagreeing
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Partly agreeing
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That's right!
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I don't agree!
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I agree up to a point, but...
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Absolutely!
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I totally disagree!
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I see your point, but....
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Exactly!
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Absolutely not!
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That's partly true, but....
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Me too!
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That's not right!
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I'm not so sure about that.
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Yes, I agree!
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I'm not sure about that.
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I totally agree!
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We don't see eye to eye on this one.
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I couldn't agree more!
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I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with you there.
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I see exactly what you mean!
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You're right. That's a good point!
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Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to this week’s Premier Skills English podcast.
Jack: Hi everyone. I’m Jack and every week we talk about football and help you with your English.
Rich: This week, we’re going to talk about Premier League strikers, the language focus is on phrases that are used to agree and disagree and later I will make another Premier League prediction.
Jack: I’m going to talk about the striker I think is the best in the Premier League.
Rich: And I don’t agree with you, but let’s talk about that later.
Jack: And you have another chance to win a Samsung Galaxy tablet in our ‘What’s my Team?’ competition.
Rich: What was the answer to last week’s riddle Jack?
Jack: Ah, yes. Last week it was Ellie... her favourite Premier League team is West Ham Utd.
Rich: We had lots of correct entries so congratulations to everybody who got it right. I think this one was quite difficult because of the name Ellie used to describe West Ham’s ground. She correctly called it the Boleyn Ground.
Jack: But, it’s more commonly known as Upton Park, which is the area of London where the stadium is.
Rich: The stadium is named after Anne Boleyn, who was Queen of England in the 16th century and the second of Henry VIII’s six wives.
Jack: I never know why it’s pronounced the Boleyn Ground like ten pin bowling rather than Boleyn like Anne Boleyn.
Rich: No idea, on that one. It could be the local accent. Maybe a West Ham fan can let us know?
Jack: Right, anyway, who is this week’s winner?
Rich: We have selected a winner at random from the correct answers and the ninth winner of the What’s my team? competition is Elghoul an Arsenal fan from Algeria. Congratulations Elghoul, we’ll be in contact with you this week.
Jack: Well done Elghoul! Later on in the podcast, you can listen to this week’s What’s my team riddleRich: Last week, we spoke a little bit about the environment and asked you what environmental problems there are in your country.
Jack: We had lots of responses and it was really interesting to learn about some of the problems that people face in countries across the world.
Rich: Sadulla, GunnerUZ and RuslanJon, all from Uzbekistan spoke about the Aral Sea, which has been shrinking, which means getting smaller, for the past few decades. This is a big problem in the region and means there is less drinking water for the local population.
Jack: Volodymyr from Ukraine and Polevoy2000 from Belarus spoke about the continuing problems of nuclear radiation from Chernobyl after a nuclear accident there nearly 30 years ago.
Rich: Volodymyr also spoke about soil erosion, which is when the top level of soil disappears, because of people digging in the ground for amber.
Jack: Amber is a fossilised part of the tree that is orange and often used in jewellery like necklaces and bracelets.
Rich: Abdallah from Kuwait and JelenaN from Bosnia spoke about old cars on the street that cause lots of pollution.
Jack: And Michelterzikhan from Armenia talked about water pollution and how rubbish or waste is often just thrown in rivers and streams.
Rich: Antonio Contreras from Portugal and Rafael24 from Ecuador both said the biggest problem was that people aren’t aware of these problems because they aren’t taught about them. They have no awareness of the problems.
Jack: ‘Awareness’ that’s a good word. It means to know that something, often a problem, exists and usually to be interested in it.
Rich: So in last week’s podcast we were trying to raise awareness about issues connected to the environment.
Jack: And we also had lots of responses about what you do help the environment or to be environmentally friendly.
Rich: Aragorn1986 from Montenegro helps clean up the area he lives by picking up any plastic and waste every Saturday.
Jack: Safwan 20000 from Saudi Arabia saves water when he shaves and brushes his teeth.
Rich: Nyinyi from Myanmar is part of a group at university that helps clean the local neighbourhood and talks about environmental problems.
Jack: And Shefeek, in India, reuses rain water and grows his own vegetables without fertilisers because they often contain chemicals that harm the environment.
Rich: Rafael24 in Ecuador will go on a march, which is a kind of organised protest, with many others this month to put pressure on global leaders to take action on climate change.
Jack: It’s great to see so many of our listeners doing things to help the environment.
Rich: But our favourite comment from last week has to be Nikosonris from Ukraine. He says to save electricity he has a candlelit dinner with his wife once a week. How romantic!
Jack: You said earlier that we were going to talk about Premier League strikers.
Rich: Yes, I did. Last weekend, Leicester City striker, Jamie Vardy, scored for the 10th consecutive Premier League match.
Jack: And by doing this, he equalled the Premier League record. Ruud van Nistelrooy did the same thing for Manchester Utd back in 2003.
Rich: And Vardy will want to break that record this weekend when Leicester play, surprise, surprise, Manchester Utd.
Jack: It’s not the only surprise. Leicester, thanks to Vardy’s goals, are now top of the Premier League. So this weekend’s match will be first against second. Who would have predicted that at the start of the season?Rich: Not me, that’s for sure - you know what my predictions are like!
Jack: And Vardy, the best striker in the Premier League on current form will be playing against, probably the best Premier League striker of the last 10 years - Wayne Rooney.
Rich: Wayne Rooney? I’m not sure about that, but, first, let’s look at this word ‘form’, it’s one that we often use. We say ‘current form’, ‘in great form’, ‘in bad form’.
Jack: It means how well, or badly, a player or team is performing, so we say Jamie Vardy is ‘in great form’ or Leicester City are the best team in the Premier League ‘on current form’ and ‘current’ means ‘at the moment’.
Rich: Anyway, you say Rooney is the best striker of the last 10 years. I’m afraid I’m going to have to disagree with you there. What about Sergio Aguero, Luis Suarez, Robin van Persie??
Jack: Yes, I know. I knew this might cause a few disagreements.
Rich: How did you decide? What was your criteria?
Jack: Well, the first thing I thought about was the amount of goals they had scored. I didn’t want to include strikers that only played in the Premier League for one or two seasons. I wanted to find the best Premier League striker of the last 10 years.
Rich: So what did you do?
Jack: I only included strikers that had scored more than 100 Premier League goals.
Rich: That’s not right! You can’t do that! By doing that it means you can’t choose Luis Suarez, who only got 69 goals or Sergio Aguero who’s currently got 85.
Jack: Well Suarez only played in the Premier League for three and a half seasons and I’m looking at Premier League strikers so we’re going to have to agree to disagree there.
Rich: And Aguero?
Jack: Well, I see your point and he might become the best Premier League striker but he’s still only got 85 goals and Rooney has got 187 - more than double Aguero’s total and he’s been doing it for over 10 years.
Rich: Well, we don’t see eye to eye on this one but I suppose we can agree on Jamie Vardy being the best on current form?
Jack: Yes, absolutely! I’m with you 100% on that one!
Rich: You may have noticed that we used some different phrases to agree and disagree there. We’ve put some activities to help you with these below and a link to our Learn English Teens website to help you with this topic.
Jack: And in the comments tell us if you agree or disagree with what we said by using the same phrases or any other phrases you use to agree or disagree with someone.
Rich: Right, I think it’s time for this week’s competition: ‘What’s my Team?’
Jack: Here is what you have to do. Listen to a Premier League fan, who will talk about their favourite team and then write the name of the team in the comments section on the Premier Skills English website.
Rich: And for each of the 20 podcast competitions the lucky winner will receive a fantastic Samsung Galaxy Tablet. We wish you the best of luck!
Jack: Right, so this week, our Premier League fan is Chris. Listen to Chris’ riddle and try to work out what’s her team?
Chris: The area around our club was really well-known for coal mining and our new stadium was called The Stadium of Light - named after the thousands of coal miners and Black Cat supporters who would come back to the surface after working all day underground. There aren’t as many miners these days but we all still get behind the team especially when we play the Geordies from up the road!
Jack: The Stadium of Light - what a great name for a football stadium. Now, it’s time for your prediction Rich. How did you do last week?
Rich: Not many of you predicted a Liverpool win last weekend but well done to SasaDj from Bosnia and to Ruslanjon, GunnerUZ and Alexsandr who all predicted a Liverpool win. There are some great predictors in Uzbekistan!
Jack: And you?
Rich: Last week I got my prediction wrong again. I said Manchester City would draw with Liverpool but I did say that Liverpool might surprise CIty and they definitely did that in an amazing 4-1 win. The first 30 minutes were probably the best any team have ever played anywhere…
Jack: Ok, Rich, calm down. Liverpool played well, I totally agree..now what about this week.
Rich: Well, I’m going to talk about the top of the table match between Premier League leaders Leicester City, let me repeat that, Premier League leaders Leicester City and Manchester Utd in second place. Jamie Vardy could break the record for scoring in consecutive matches and Leicester could continue their amazing form and increase their lead at the top of the table. I usually want the underdog to win and my heart says a Leicester win and a Jamie Vardy hat-trick but I’m going to listen to my head. Final score: Leicester City 0-1 Manchester Utd
Jack: That’s a bit miserable Rich. I think you’re wrong on this. Can’t you remember last season? Leicester beat Man Utd 5-3 in one of the the best matches of the season. I’m predicting a Leicester win!
Rich: That’s it for today - we’ve run out of time! Thanks for listening. And don’t forget to write your answers to the competition, whether you agree or disagree with our Wayne Rooney discussion, your predictions and any questions you have about the website or football English in the comments below.
Jack: Don’t forget if you sign in, you can score points to see if you can get your club, your country and your name to the top of our leaderboard.
Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
The answer to last week's 'What's my Team?' competition was West Ham United. Congratulations Elghoul from Algeria! Your prize is on its way!
Quiz
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What do you think?
Who do you think is the best Premier League striker of the last 10 years?
Do you often have disagreements with friends and family?
What topics do you often disagree on?
Rich predicts that Manchester Utd will beat Leicester City 1-0 this weekend. Do you agree?
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Comentários
09/09/2022
points
I totally agree that each episode is a gold nugget.
09/09/2022 10:53
Arsenal
566
I totally agree that each episode is a gold nugget.
09/09/2022
points
I agree that Wayne Rooney is one of the Best Striker of the Premier league but definitely Haaland will be the top scorer in the Premier league history if he continues like this!
09/09/2022 10:52
Arsenal
566
I agree that Wayne Rooney is one of the Best Striker of the Premier league but definitely Haaland will be the top scorer in the Premier league history if he continues like this!
09/09/2022
points
I would go for a win for Leicester against Man United. Jamie Vardy is on fire currently :)
09/09/2022 10:49
Arsenal
566
I would go for a win for Leicester against Man United. Jamie Vardy is on fire currently :)
09/09/2022
points
Chris's favourite team is Sunderland
09/09/2022 10:48
Arsenal
566
Chris's favourite team is Sunderland
06/06/2021
points
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
1-In my opinion H.Kane-M.Salah-R.Firmino who are the best Premier League strikers on current form.
2- I like disagree with people to encourage them to think again on the issue that they are believed absolutely correct-:) Being opposed is a way to discover new things. There is no special topic. It's generally about daily life activities such as shopping,eating,timing so on and football or politics.
CHRIS' FAVOURITE TEAM
Sunderland-I think coal miners fans showed their yearn for light which is very important at the underground by naming stadium "The Stadium of Light"
PHRASES
• We have to raise awareness about issues related to the addiction of gambling, alcohol and narcotics which is potential risk for youth.
• This soap's shrunk fast before using.There must be some unusual chemical ingredient in it.
P.S.
A documentary movie by Wim Wenders called "Salt of the Earth" is recommended everybody who care about environment.
06/06/2021 10:43
Tottenham Hotspur
5558
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
1-In my opinion H.Kane-M.Salah-R.Firmino who are the best Premier League strikers on current form.
2- I like disagree with people to encourage them to think again on the issue that they are believed absolutely correct-:) Being opposed is a way to discover new things. There is no special topic. It's generally about daily life activities such as shopping,eating,timing so on and football or politics.
CHRIS' FAVOURITE TEAM
Sunderland-I think coal miners fans showed their yearn for light which is very important at the underground by naming stadium "The Stadium of Light"
PHRASES
• We have to raise awareness about issues related to the addiction of gambling, alcohol and narcotics which is potential risk for youth.
• This soap's shrunk fast before using.There must be some unusual chemical ingredient in it.
P.S.
A documentary movie by Wim Wenders called "Salt of the Earth" is recommended everybody who care about environment.
18/07/2020
points
I might only disagree on ultimate life-connected topics like human rights, corruption or environmental problems.
18/07/2020 03:53
Liverpool
6577
I might only disagree on ultimate life-connected topics like human rights, corruption or environmental problems.
18/07/2020
points
I rarely disagree with people : each has the right to have their own word.
18/07/2020 03:49
Liverpool
6577
I rarely disagree with people : each has the right to have their own word.
07/05/2020
points
Chris's favourite team is Sunderland where they play in the stadium of light :)
07/05/2020 21:40
Manchester United
6539
Chris's favourite team is Sunderland where they play in the stadium of light :)
07/05/2020
points
I wish United won the game but I would go for a draw 1-1
07/05/2020 21:39
Manchester United
6539
I wish United won the game but I would go for a draw 1-1
07/05/2020
points
I often disagree with my brother because he's an Arsenal fan and I support United but we agree when we play football together in our local team :)
07/05/2020 21:38
Manchester United
6539
I often disagree with my brother because he's an Arsenal fan and I support United but we agree when we play football together in our local team :)
07/05/2020
points
I love Wayne Rooney but I think Aguero is the best and Mo Salah is the best in the last 3 seasons :)
07/05/2020 21:36
Manchester United
6539
I love Wayne Rooney but I think Aguero is the best and Mo Salah is the best in the last 3 seasons :)
01/02/2017
points
500 points earned!
01/02/2017 19:52
Manchester United
684
500 points earned!
01/02/2017
points
oh no, once more
01/02/2017 19:48
Manchester United
684
oh no, once more
01/02/2017
points
what does mean to follow his head? =D
01/02/2017 19:46
Manchester United
684
what does mean to follow his head? =D
16/12/2016
points
Good
16/12/2016 17:01
Liverpool
25
Good
29/06/2016
points
yes
29/06/2016 16:02
Manchester City
1734
yes
29/06/2016
points
yes
29/06/2016 16:01
Manchester City
1734
yes
02/06/2016
points
I seldomly have disagreements with friends and family
02/06/2016 07:44
Manchester United
4779
I seldomly have disagreements with friends and family
02/06/2016
points
Best striker over the past 10 years in think is Wayne Rooney
02/06/2016 07:42
Manchester United
4779
Best striker over the past 10 years in think is Wayne Rooney
02/01/2016
points
i think the best striker ever is alan sherar
02/01/2016 20:06
Liverpool
3705
i think the best striker ever is alan sherar
03/12/2015
points
I think there were a few great strikers for last 10 years in EPL.
For sure Rooney one of them. Also Suarez, Aguero, Van Persie, Torres
03/12/2015 08:18
Liverpool
774
I think there were a few great strikers for last 10 years in EPL.
For sure Rooney one of them. Also Suarez, Aguero, Van Persie, Torres
30/11/2015
points
Chris's team is Sunderland A.F.C. Good luck to everyone!
30/11/2015 18:20
Manchester United
146
Chris's team is Sunderland A.F.C. Good luck to everyone!
30/11/2015
points
chris's favourite team is Sunderland
30/11/2015 15:03
Liverpool
19
chris's favourite team is Sunderland
30/11/2015
points
Hi Rich could you please add mp3 file for 27 podcast... thanks
30/11/2015 09:25
Chelsea
214
Hi Rich could you please add mp3 file for 27 podcast... thanks
30/11/2015
points
Done :)
30/11/2015 09:54
Liverpool
594
Done :)
30/11/2015
points
Answer to this week's riddle is Sunderland.
30/11/2015 09:05
Chelsea
58
Answer to this week's riddle is Sunderland.
29/11/2015
points
SUNDERLAND
29/11/2015 21:47
Liverpool
5
SUNDERLAND
29/11/2015
points
Sunderland
29/11/2015 21:30
Manchester United
77
Sunderland
29/11/2015
points
The answer of the competition is Sunderland!
29/11/2015 20:45
Chelsea
2
The answer of the competition is Sunderland!
29/11/2015
points
Chris' favourite team is Sunderland, because the stadium of light is the stadium of Sunderland.
29/11/2015 20:41
Arsenal
66
Chris' favourite team is Sunderland, because the stadium of light is the stadium of Sunderland.
29/11/2015
points
Wayne Rooney is the best EPL striker ☺
29/11/2015 20:15
Chelsea
3
Wayne Rooney is the best EPL striker ☺
29/11/2015
points
Yes, I agree!
I totally agree! If we are talking about the last 10 years Rooney is the best, simply because of #1: number of goals #2: number of trophies and #3: number of appereances.
No, I don't have disagreement with my family or friend often. I am just capable of finding compromises for both sides to be satisfied.
However, when we disagree, it is mainly about football match results.
The game showed that Rich made wrong prediction and Leicester FC played to a 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
29/11/2015 20:07
Aston Villa
7
Yes, I agree!
I totally agree! If we are talking about the last 10 years Rooney is the best, simply because of #1: number of goals #2: number of trophies and #3: number of appereances.
No, I don't have disagreement with my family or friend often. I am just capable of finding compromises for both sides to be satisfied.
However, when we disagree, it is mainly about football match results.
The game showed that Rich made wrong prediction and Leicester FC played to a 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
29/11/2015
points
I think that Aguero from Man city is the best currently
29/11/2015 17:57
Manchester City
17
I think that Aguero from Man city is the best currently
29/11/2015
points
I can't completly agree with Rich about Wayne Rooney. I don't see the point if Rooney played 10 years in EPL then we should regard him best striker even I don't know who was or is the best. But I know strikers like Aguero, Suarez, RVP, Henry and Drogba better than him.
29/11/2015 15:38
Arsenal
41
I can't completly agree with Rich about Wayne Rooney. I don't see the point if Rooney played 10 years in EPL then we should regard him best striker even I don't know who was or is the best. But I know strikers like Aguero, Suarez, RVP, Henry and Drogba better than him.
29/11/2015
points
The club is Sunderland
29/11/2015 14:58
Manchester City
813
The club is Sunderland
29/11/2015
points
I think Wayne Rooney is the best. And the match will be Man Utd 1:0 Leicester City
29/11/2015 14:26
Manchester United
24
I think Wayne Rooney is the best. And the match will be Man Utd 1:0 Leicester City
29/11/2015
points
Chris's team should be Sunderland I think, because of the story about the miners. And just to mention, miners are to be WELL RESPECTED! I guess everybody knows what I mean.
29/11/2015 14:18
Arsenal
298
Chris's team should be Sunderland I think, because of the story about the miners. And just to mention, miners are to be WELL RESPECTED! I guess everybody knows what I mean.
29/11/2015
points
I think Rich is right. Manchester United will beat Leicester City. 1-0.
29/11/2015 14:10
Manchester United
24
I think Rich is right. Manchester United will beat Leicester City. 1-0.
29/11/2015
points
I have a question to Rich and Jack. Rich says: "I suppose we can agree on Jamie Vardy being the best on current form?" Is it correctly to say "is" instead of "being". I don't understand why you use being form. Thank you.
29/11/2015 13:58
Chelsea
279
I have a question to Rich and Jack. Rich says: "I suppose we can agree on Jamie Vardy being the best on current form?" Is it correctly to say "is" instead of "being". I don't understand why you use being form. Thank you.
02/12/2015
points
Hi Natka, We could say, 'We can agree that Jamie Vardy is the best on current form.' but when we introduce the preposition 'on' we use the -ing form like in the sentence above. There are quite a few verbs that take the gerund (-ing) form; 'worry about', 'carry on', 'complain about' are some other examples.
02/12/2015 15:48
Liverpool
594
Hi Natka, We could say, 'We can agree that Jamie Vardy is the best on current form.' but when we introduce the preposition 'on' we use the -ing form like in the sentence above. There are quite a few verbs that take the gerund (-ing) form; 'worry about', 'carry on', 'complain about' are some other examples.
05/12/2015
points
Hi Rich! Thank you for the clear explaning.
05/12/2015 12:03
Chelsea
279
Hi Rich! Thank you for the clear explaning.
29/11/2015
points
The answer to the "What's my team?" competition is Sunderland!!!!!))))
29/11/2015 13:49
Chelsea
279
The answer to the "What's my team?" competition is Sunderland!!!!!))))
29/11/2015
points
I don't have sharp disagreements with my friends and family. But if I sometimes have disagreement I will be angry, argue and speak loudly like Angry Albert form your nice cartoons))). After that I regret not speaking more quietly and ready to excuse. You have tought me how to speak politely when you have disagreements with somebody.
29/11/2015 13:46
Chelsea
279
I don't have sharp disagreements with my friends and family. But if I sometimes have disagreement I will be angry, argue and speak loudly like Angry Albert form your nice cartoons))). After that I regret not speaking more quietly and ready to excuse. You have tought me how to speak politely when you have disagreements with somebody.
01/12/2015
points
Hi Natka- Nice comment. I'm not sure how to correctly use word IF and I think that I always make mistakes when I use this word (if jack or rich can explain briefly to us about this word that's would be great).
01/12/2015 10:11
West Ham United
538
Hi Natka- Nice comment. I'm not sure how to correctly use word IF and I think that I always make mistakes when I use this word (if jack or rich can explain briefly to us about this word that's would be great).
02/12/2015
points
I know that after if goes present simple and then you use will+verb speaking about possible events. For example If the weather is fine I will go for a walk. )))
02/12/2015 15:08
Chelsea
279
I know that after if goes present simple and then you use will+verb speaking about possible events. For example If the weather is fine I will go for a walk. )))
29/11/2015
points
Manchester united
29/11/2015 12:39
Manchester United
4
Manchester united
29/11/2015
points
I think Wayne Rooney was the best EPL striker in last 10 years
29/11/2015 12:36
Manchester City
7
I think Wayne Rooney was the best EPL striker in last 10 years
29/11/2015
points
Actually I like Barcelona's, and I am newer in Premier league, and I don't know who is the best
29/11/2015 12:19
Chelsea
7
Actually I like Barcelona's, and I am newer in Premier league, and I don't know who is the best
29/11/2015
points
Sunderland
29/11/2015 11:29
Arsenal
13
Sunderland
29/11/2015
points
As I understand, Chris tells us about Sunderland A.F.C., its nickname is Black Cats. I agree with Rich and Jack - Wardy in the best APL striker at the moment. I saw the match between Lester City and Manchester United and there was no doubt Wardy looked better than Rooney.
29/11/2015 11:17
Manchester United
6
As I understand, Chris tells us about Sunderland A.F.C., its nickname is Black Cats. I agree with Rich and Jack - Wardy in the best APL striker at the moment. I saw the match between Lester City and Manchester United and there was no doubt Wardy looked better than Rooney.