This is a comedy clip from Faulty Towers.

During this 10 minute lesson Duncan tells us a few jokes and explains about humor in English.

This is video is very funny! Is the man calling the coast guard “thinking” or “Sinking” ???

These is a funny video that you need to watch!

Check out this video for a fun English lesson on pronunciation!!!

What does he want to buy???

Popular English Idioms

Increase your vocabulary and speak more natural English by studying the idioms and expressions below. These are some of the most common expressions in English. Study the example sentences which show how idioms are used in context when you speak English.

Most of all, Have Fun!

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English Expression 1. as easy as pie means “very easy” (same as “a piece of cake”)
Example: He said it is a difficult problem, but I don’t agree. It seems as easy as pie to me!

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English Expression 2. be sick and tired of means “I hate” (also “can’t stand”)
Example: I’m sick and tired of doing nothing but work. Let’s go out tonight and have fun.

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English Expression 3. bend over backwards means “try very hard” (maybe too much!)
Example: He bent over backwards to please his new wife, but she never seemed satisfied.

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English Expression 4. bite off more than one can chew means “take responsibility for more than one can manage”
Example: John is so far behind in his studies. Besides classes, he plays sports and works at a part-time job. It seems he has bitten off more than he can chew.

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English Expression 5. broke means “to have no money”
Example: I have to borrow some money from my Dad. Right now, I’m broke.

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English Expression 6. change one’s mind means “decide to do something different from what had been decided earlier”
Example: I was planning to work late tonight, but I changed my mind. I’ll do extra work on the weekend instead.

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English Expression 7. Cut it out! means “stop doing something bad”
Example: That noise is really annoying. Cut it out!

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English Expression 8. drop someone a line means “send a letter or email to someone”
Example: It was good to meet you and I hope we can see each other again. Drop me a line when you have time.

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English Expression 9. figure something out means “come to understand a problem”
Example: I don’t understand how to do this problem. Take a look at it. Maybe you can figure it out.

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English Expression 10. fill in for someone means “do their work while they are away”
Example: While I was away from the store, my brother filled in for me.

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Stay tuned for more fun and useful idioms!!!

One fun way to improve your English pronunciation is to practice with tongue twisters. Start off by saying the sentences slowly and out loud. As soon as you are pronouncing the words correctly, try speeding the sentences up.

If you would like to hear these tongue twisters, please go to esllearningpod.com and look for our tongue twister podcast.

- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

- Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.

- Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick.

- A big black bug bit a big black bear,
made the big black bear bleed blood.

- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

More coming soon!

Lovers of the English language might enjoy this. It is yet another example of why people learning English have trouble with the language.  Learning the nuances of English makes it a difficult language. (But then, that’s probably true of many languages.)

There is a two-letter word in English that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is ‘UP.’ It is listed in the dictionary as being used as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends and we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has a real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this up is confusing:
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UPabout UP !

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on & on, but I’ll wrap it UP , for now  ……..my time is UP , so time to shut UP!

Don’t screw up. Send this on to everyone you look up in your address book.

Now I’ll shut up

See how many of these jokes you can understand. Sometimes words have more than one meaning. Share them with your friends or your English class.
Normally, Doctor Doctor jokes are conversations between a doctor and a patient. You can see that each conversation has two people, person (A) and person (B) Enjoy!

(A)- Doctor, doctor I keep thinking I’m a bee

(B) - Buzz off can’t you see I’m busy?
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(A) - Doctor, Doctor everyone keeps throwing me in the garbage.

(B) - Don’t talk rubbish!
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(A) - Doctor, Doctor you have to help me out!

(B) - Certainly, which way did you come in?
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(A) - Doctor: You need new glasses

(B) - Patient: How do you know?, I haven’t told you whats wrong with me yet

(A) Doctor: I could tell as soon as you walked in through the window!
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(A) - Doctor, Doctor I think I’m an adder

(B) -  Great, can you help me with my accounts then please!

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(A) - Doctor, Doctor I’ve broke my arm in two places

(B) - Well don’t go back there again then!

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(A) - Doctor, Doctor I think I’m a dog.

(B) - How long have you felt like this?

(A) - Ever since I was a puppy!

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(A)- Doctor Doctor I feel like biscuits!

(B) - What, you mean those square ones?

(A) - Yes!

(B) - The ones you put butter on?

(A) - Yes!

(B) -  Oh, You’re Crackers!

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(A) - Doctor, Doctor I’ve just swallowed a pen

(B) - Well sit down and write your name!
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(A) - Doctor, Doctor I’ve lost my memory!

(B) - When did this happen?

(A) - When did what happen?

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