Word Building - Podcast 57
Word Building - Podcast 57
In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the quarter-finals at Euro 2016 and the final of the Copa America between Chile and Argentina. The language focus is word building and we have some exercises to help you think about different parts of speech such as; nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Which Premier League player do you think will score most goals at Euro 2016? Enter our competition and you can win a Premier League shirt for the start of the new season!
How much did you understand?
Vocabulary
In the podcast, Rich and Jack used some vocabulary that might be new for you. Try the activity below to see how much you understand:
My favourite match was Hungary against Portugal in a three-all thriller.
Are Wales the tournament's surprise team?
Language - Word Building
In this week's podcast, we spoke about word building and different parts of speech. Parts of speech are the different categories that a word can be placed. For example, the word 'house' is normally a noun but it can also be a verb. In English, we usually say that there are 9 different parts of speech. Take a look at the table to find out what they are:
Parts of Speech
| Part of Speech | Examples | Part of Speech | Examples |
| verb | get, do, take, play | pronoun | he, she, it, you |
| noun | penguin, house, football | preposition | in, on, of, after |
| adjective | strong, small, fantastic | conjunction | and, because, but |
| determiner | the, some, many | interjection | oh! hi! ouch! |
| adverb | well, quickly, fast |
Now, have a go at this activity, which focusses on different parts of speech. Can you describe the different words using the parts of speech from the table?
Chile have won the Copa America after beating Argentina again!
Word Building - Use
Words often have a root or base word that changes depending on what part of speech is being used. This is often the case when you need to use nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs.
Take a look at the examples from the podcast below:
In the final last year, Chile beat Argentina in a penalty shootout.
We’ve finally made it to the final match of the competition.
In the first sentence we use the noun 'final', but in the second sentence we need an adverb so we use 'finally' and followed by an adjective, 'final'. It can be useful to know what each part of speech is. In the table below you can see some common words and how they are categorised depending on the part of speech being used.
| noun | verb | adjective | adverb |
| final | finalise | final | finally |
| difference | differentiate | different | differently |
| strength | strengthen | strong | strongly |
| thought/thinking | think | thoughtful | thoughtfully |
| success | succeed | successful | successfully |
Now, have a go at this activity, which focusses on word building in more detail. If you want to more, then, take a look at the Learn English Teens website from the British Council.
Swansea City's Lukasz Fabianski has helped Poland reach the quarter-finals for the first ever time.
Transcript
Welcome
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 more about what’s happened at Euro 2016, the Copa America Final and the language focus is word building. We are also going to remind you about our latest Euro 2016 competition.
Jack: Yes, you still have a chance to win a new Premier League shirt for the start of the Premier League season. All you have to do is say which Premier League player you think will score the most goals at Euro 2016.
Rich: You can either write your answer in the comments section at the bottom of the page on the Premier Skills English website or click next to the player who you think will score the most goals in the vote on the same page.
Jack: But remember, you have to be registered to win the prize. If you’re not registered you are anonymous - we don’t know who you are!
Rich: We now have the result of our first Euro 2016 competition. The competition was to name the group that would have most goals by Premier League players. The answer was group B which included England, Wales, Slovakia and Russia.
Jack: There were Premier League goals in all of the groups apart from group D so it was very close. We had lots of correct entries so we chose a winner from the correct entries at random and congratulations to Liubomyr from Ukraine.
Rich: We will be in contact with you this week about how we’ll get your prize to you.
Social segment
Jack: Right, what’s been happening on the website this week?
Rich: We have a new player article for you to read - it’s all about Dimitri Payet, West Ham’s attacking midfielder. He’s been doing really well at Euro 2016.
Jack: Yes, he’s been playing really well for France and scored 2 goals. He might win our competition.
Rich: Yes, he’s got a good chance. France are in the quarter-finals too, after coming from behind to beat Ireland.
Jack: Yes, a good result for the French and not much luck for the Irish.
Rich: We’ve had quite a few comments on our visiting Leicester article. It seems that people are much more interested in visiting the city now the football club are Premier League champions.
Jack: It’s sometimes surprising what you can find in cities outside the capital. Kwesimanifest from Ghana was surprised that you can find the National Space Centre in Leicester and Alex from Ukraine thought it was amazing that the remains of King Richard III were found in a car park in Leicester over 500 years after he died.
Rich: London is a great place to visit but there are lots of things to see and do in the rest of the country, too.
Language Focus / Latest News
Jack: What’s been happening in the world of football this week, Rich?
Rich: Well, Chile have won the Copa America. In the final last year, Chile beat Argentina in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw and on Sunday they beat Argentina in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw.
Jack: Bad news for Argentina’s Premier League players.
Rich: Yes, but great news for Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez and Chile. And after the match there was more news, Lionel Messi, who missed one of the penalties for Argentina, retired from international football.
Jack: That is big news. I missed the match. It kicked off at 2 ‘o'clock in the morning in the UK. I have been watching Euro 2016 though.
Rich: Me too. There have been some great matches. My favourite was Hungary against Portugal in a three-all thriller. We now know the quarter finalists at Euro 2016. The quarter finals have been finalised.
Jack: Yes, the group stages are over and the last-16 was completed yesterday.
Rich: The quarter finalists are Poland, Portugal, Wales, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy and Iceland.
Jack: There are some strong teams there. So, we use the words quarter-finalist and quarter-final. Quarter-finalist describes a person, or in this case a team, that is taking part in the quarter final match.
Rich: So, we have quarter-finalists, semi-finalists and finalists. These are people or teams taking part in the quarter-final, semi-final or final. So, the quarter-final is the match and a quarter-finalist is the person or team that is playing in the quarter-final.
Jack: Yes, both quarter-finalist and quarter-final are nouns. When you learn a word it can be very useful to find out and learn different parts of speech for that word. This is often called word building. You learn the noun but it’s useful to know the verb or the adjective, too.
Rich: International English exams often test your knowledge of this in grammar and vocabulary papers but it can be useful to do word building exercises to expand your vocabulary more generally, too.
Jack: Let’s look at an example. I’m going to use the word final in the different forms. I’m going to use the word as a noun, an adverb and an adjective. Try to listen for them all.
Finally, we make it to the final of Euro 2016. The finalists are ready and waiting. After two hard fought semi-finals we’ve finally made it to the final match of the competition at the Stade de France in Paris.
Rich: Right, we’ve got some word building exercises and more examples on the podcast page. Have a go at the exercises and let us know if you have any questions or problems.
Football Phrase
Rich: Right, last week’s football phrase was to book a place. It means to reserve a place or to guarantee something. Germany booked a place in the next round of Euro 2016 after beating Slovakia 3-0. You can also book a place or a seat on airplane or maybe book a table at a restaurant.
Jack: Well done to HassanRaja447 from Pakistan and Haydi from Tunisia and thanks again to Kwesimanifest from Ghana for suggesting last week's football phrase.
Rich: What’s this week’s football phrase, Jack?
Jack: This week’s football phrase is ******* ********. When a cup competition finishes as a draw after 90 minutes, the teams play extra-time. If the two teams are still tied after extra-time, there is a ******* ********. We’ve already seen one ******* ******** at Euro 2016, when Poland knocked out Switzerland to reach the quarter-finals. If you were listening to the podcast carefully, you might have heard Rich use this phrase when talking about the Copa America final.
Rich: I hope we don’t see many more of these. It’s a horrible way to lose!
Strange but true
Rich: Before we finish, I’ve got a strange football story for you.
Jack: Go on then I’m all ears.
Rich: I read recently about a football match in Denmark that finished very strangely.
Jack: Tell me more.
Rich: Well, the match was between Norager and Ebeltoft and Norager were winning 4-3 with just a few seconds to go and then the referee blew the final whistle.
Jack: There’s nothing strange there.
Rich: No, but nobody heard the whistle. The referee’s false teeth had fallen out and when he blew the whistle no noise came out.
Jack: How funny!
Rich: And while he was looking for his teeth, Ebeltoft scored an equaliser to make it 4-4.
Jack: So, it finished as a draw?
Rich: Actually no. The ref disallowed the goal and blew the final whistle with his false teeth back in his mouth!
Jack: I never knew you couldn’t blow a whistle without teeth!
Rich: Right, that’s all we have time for today!
Jack: Don’t forget to write your answers to our questions, football phrase and competition in the comments below.
Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football!
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Competition - Top Goalscorer
Choose the Premier League player that you think will score most goals at Euro 2016. Choose from the list below or write another player in the box below. All entries must be received before 2400 on Tuesday 5th of July.
What do you think?
In this week’s podcast, we spoke about Euro 2016, word building and parts of speech.
Who will win the quarter-finals? Who will be the semi-finalists?
Is thinking about different categories of a word useful? How do you remember vocabulary?
Remember to enter the Euro 2016 competition by telling us which Premier League player is going to score most goals at Euro 2016. Click on the vote above or tell us in the comments section.
And finally, make your guess at this week's football phrase in the comments section below.
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Comments
30/06/2016
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Do you have a plan for second course, or Champions of England is last course?
30/06/2016 07:17
Liverpool
837
Do you have a plan for second course, or Champions of England is last course?
30/06/2016
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Hi Hassan_raja447
Thanks for your comment. Yes, we have plans for more courses. We hope to have a new course to coincide with the start of the Premier League season. Well done for completing the Leicester City course! Did you enjoy it? Did you print out your certificate?
Let us know if there is a topic that you would like to see included in a future course!
Best wishes,
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
30/06/2016 08:57
Liverpool
594
Hi Hassan_raja447
Thanks for your comment. Yes, we have plans for more courses. We hope to have a new course to coincide with the start of the Premier League season. Well done for completing the Leicester City course! Did you enjoy it? Did you print out your certificate?
Let us know if there is a topic that you would like to see included in a future course!
Best wishes,
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
12/07/2016
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yes, I loved this way! It obligated me to work harder! ;)
12/07/2016 19:37
Newcastle United
3189
yes, I loved this way! It obligated me to work harder! ;)
30/06/2016
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Yes I enjoyed it a lot. I was happy to see inclusion of other contents of site which I probably would not touch. My favorite topic is players history. Will be happy to see another course.
30/06/2016 14:24
Liverpool
837
Yes I enjoyed it a lot. I was happy to see inclusion of other contents of site which I probably would not touch. My favorite topic is players history. Will be happy to see another course.
12/07/2016
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Mine are 'email lessons' and 'the English game'. They are exceptionally helpful.
12/07/2016 19:40
Newcastle United
3189
Mine are 'email lessons' and 'the English game'. They are exceptionally helpful.
30/06/2016
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This week's football phrase is ******* ********.
30/06/2016 07:11
Liverpool
837
This week's football phrase is ******* ********.
30/06/2016
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Yes, you're right. Well done! I think we might see one tonight.The quarter-final at Euro 2016 between Poland and Portugal will be very close.
30/06/2016 09:00
Liverpool
594
Yes, you're right. Well done! I think we might see one tonight.The quarter-final at Euro 2016 between Poland and Portugal will be very close.
30/06/2016
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Congratulations to Swansea city goalie fabianski
30/06/2016 06:14
Manchester United
4779
Congratulations to Swansea city goalie fabianski
30/06/2016
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I look forward for that final before the final between Germany and Italy.
I couldn't imagine them meeting at 5 his time of the competition.
30/06/2016 05:09
Manchester United
4779
I look forward for that final before the final between Germany and Italy.
I couldn't imagine them meeting at 5 his time of the competition.
30/06/2016
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Wales and Iceland strange faces in the quarters.
30/06/2016 05:07
Manchester United
4779
Wales and Iceland strange faces in the quarters.
30/06/2016
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I also couldn't stay up to watch the Copa America finals because of the time but I read of the details at 4:30 am when I was up. A bug disappointment to the argentine team and Messi at large
30/06/2016 04:59
Manchester United
4779
I also couldn't stay up to watch the Copa America finals because of the time but I read of the details at 4:30 am when I was up. A bug disappointment to the argentine team and Messi at large
29/06/2016
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This week's phrase is ******* ********
29/06/2016 12:53
Manchester United
4779
This week's phrase is ******* ********
28/06/2016
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A very interesting lesson (Word Building)! I know about the word root. It’s same concept in Arabic and French, but not with these details. Thank you to clarify things in my mind; I know now that there are 9 different parts of speech.
28/06/2016 19:16
Newcastle United
3189
A very interesting lesson (Word Building)! I know about the word root. It’s same concept in Arabic and French, but not with these details. Thank you to clarify things in my mind; I know now that there are 9 different parts of speech.
28/06/2016
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Finally, an easy football expression, easy in term and concept! This week’s football phrase is ******* ********.
28/06/2016 18:39
Newcastle United
3189
Finally, an easy football expression, easy in term and concept! This week’s football phrase is ******* ********.
28/06/2016
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Ha ha - we'll have to make it trickier next week. Unless you would like to suggest a phrase to challenge people ... ?
28/06/2016 22:36
Arsenal
560
Ha ha - we'll have to make it trickier next week. Unless you would like to suggest a phrase to challenge people ... ?
12/07/2016
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Me, a word in football context, I don't think so, even in my own language, I can’t give one!!
12/07/2016 19:34
Newcastle United
3189
Me, a word in football context, I don't think so, even in my own language, I can’t give one!!
28/06/2016
points
Correct me please- I thought that the competition will cover all stages of Euro2016, not only the first one (stage of groups). Like you said earlier Rich, “The competition is trickier than it appears at first glance”!
By the way, it’s the first time that I know this expression “at first glance”, and by coincidence I saw it in a couple of articles titles last week.
I’m so happy, since I have followed this website although it’s specialised in football, I have observed that I’m using ‘Google translate’ less and less.
28/06/2016 18:36
Newcastle United
3189
Correct me please- I thought that the competition will cover all stages of Euro2016, not only the first one (stage of groups). Like you said earlier Rich, “The competition is trickier than it appears at first glance”!
By the way, it’s the first time that I know this expression “at first glance”, and by coincidence I saw it in a couple of articles titles last week.
I’m so happy, since I have followed this website although it’s specialised in football, I have observed that I’m using ‘Google translate’ less and less.
28/06/2016
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That's great to hear. Here's a little correction for you. As you used the past form of think it should be followed by would not will. Also, in the correction, I have added the. The reasons are difficult to explain - mostly, it just feels better to me. We use no article when we are describing things in a general way - Group stages are often held before knockout rounds of cup competitions - however, I think that the sense of your sentence is more specific and readers will know which stages you are referring to.
RE: at a glance - This is one of the best things about learning a language. There's a recognised illusion where you learn a new phrase and then spot it everywhere as soon as you have learnt it - it's called the Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon and it's really satisfying. I bet you see this phrase again soon!
28/06/2016 22:51
Arsenal
560
That's great to hear. Here's a little correction for you. As you used the past form of think it should be followed by would not will. Also, in the correction, I have added the. The reasons are difficult to explain - mostly, it just feels better to me. We use no article when we are describing things in a general way - Group stages are often held before knockout rounds of cup competitions - however, I think that the sense of your sentence is more specific and readers will know which stages you are referring to.
RE: at a glance - This is one of the best things about learning a language. There's a recognised illusion where you learn a new phrase and then spot it everywhere as soon as you have learnt it - it's called the Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon and it's really satisfying. I bet you see this phrase again soon!
12/07/2016
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a big thanks Jack! yes, the articles are another English language challenge. 'Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon', I will learn about it later, hope I understand what is it!
12/07/2016 19:30
Newcastle United
3189
a big thanks Jack! yes, the articles are another English language challenge. 'Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon', I will learn about it later, hope I understand what is it!
28/06/2016
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So I picked up the right group, but unfortunately, I didn't get the prize!
There is an Arabic proverb that says: "no matter winning or not, the important that you have participated".
28/06/2016 18:35
Newcastle United
3189
So I picked up the right group, but unfortunately, I didn't get the prize!
There is an Arabic proverb that says: "no matter winning or not, the important that you have participated".
28/06/2016
points
a huge thank you Rich, You make me laugh loudly for that real joke. Thank you to mention this story, God bless you Rich and jack and all team.
28/06/2016 18:20
Newcastle United
3189
a huge thank you Rich, You make me laugh loudly for that real joke. Thank you to mention this story, God bless you Rich and jack and all team.