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The race for the Champions League

15 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this week's Premier League Prediction! Every Monday we have a new prediction for you to make. This week, Rich and Jack talk about the race ...

Jobs and football

12 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League and some of the jobs footballers do wh...

Prediction Matchweek 37 - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United

08 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this week's Premier League Prediction! Every Monday we have a new prediction for you to make. This week, Rich and Jack talk about the match...

How to drive a car

05 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League and an amazing goal by Liverpool's Emr...

Arsenal vs Manchester United - Rich's Prediction

01 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this week's Premier League Prediction! Every Monday we have a new prediction for you to make. This week Rich and Jack talk about the match ...

What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?

28 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League and last weekend's FA Cup semi-finals....

Spurs v Arsenal - Rich's Prediction

24 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this week's Premier League Prediction! Every Monday we have a new prediction for you to make. This week Rich and Jack talk about the North ...

English Language Day

21 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League and also look forward to this weekend'...

Prediction FA Cup Semi-Finals: Chelsea v Tottenham & Arsenal v Manchester City

17 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this week's Premier League Prediction! Every Monday we have a new prediction for you to make. This week Rich and Jack talk about the FA Cup...

Five ways music can help your English

14 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League as the nominations for the PFA Player ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.32 How to spot a fake fan

07 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about two rounds of action from the Premier League and talk about some phrases that ...

Prediction Matchweek 32 - Bournemouth vs Chelsea

03 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this week's Premier League Prediction! Every Monday we have a new prediction for you to make. This week Rich and Jack talk about Chelsea an...

Are you an April Fool?

31 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League and have some surprising news for next...

The Merseyside Derby - Rich's Prediction

27 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this week's Premier League Prediction! Every Monday we have a new prediction for you to make. This week Rich and Jack talk about the Mersey...

Five tips to improve your reading skills

17 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the world of football as Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs and Manc...

Prediction Matchweek 29 - Manchester City vs Liverpool

13 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rich makes a prediction about the big match this weekend between the Blues and the Reds. Who do you think is going to win? To make your pr...

Five tips to improve your writing skills

09 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League as Chelsea continue to win and Liverpo...

Prediction Matchweek 28 - Chelsea vs Manchester United

06 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The prediction is published every Monday on Premier Skills English. This week's big match is Chelsea v Man Utd in the FA Cup. Who do you think will w...

Five tips to improve your listening skills

03 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League as Leicester City get back to winning ...

Liverpool vs Arsenal - Rich's Prediction

28 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We've moved our regular football prediction section from our weekly podcast to its own section on the Premier Skills English website. This means that ...

Five ways to improve your speaking skills

24 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League as Manchester City win in the Champion...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.26 - Do you know what a banana skin is?

17 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League as Manchester Utd make it 16 matches u...

Premier Skills English Podcast - What's a headless chicken? - 16/17 ep.25

09 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League as Everton's Romelu Lukaku goes into t...

Premier Skills English Podcast - Things worth seeing - 16/17 ep.24

05 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League as Chelsea extend their lead at the to...

Premier Skills English Podcast - Group nouns 16/17 ep.23

19 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League and a fantastic performance from Harry...

Premier Skills English Podcast - Cliches 16/17 ep.p22

10 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Wayne Rooney and his incredible goalscoring record and the 'magic' of the FA C...

Premier Skills English Podcast - Happy New Year - 16/17 ep.21

04 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about two fantastic 'scorpion' kicks by Arsenal's Olivier Giroud and Manchester Utd'...

Premier Skills English Podcast - Festive football 16/17 ep.20

20 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Christmas in the Premier League. The language focus this week is on words and ...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Premier League - Gameweek 17

16 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

There have been two Gameweeks in the last week. Gameweek 15 finished with 36 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fanta...

Premier Skills English Podcast The Past Perfect 16/17 ep19

14 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest from the Premier League and a return to form for Leicester City and...

Premier Skills English - Football Vocabulary 1

08 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Hello – It’s time for some Premier Skills English – Football Vocabulary. Listen to the description and try to work out what the mystery word or ...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Premier League - Gameweek 15

08 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Gameweek 14 finished with 41 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. Last week, we sold Southampton...

Premier Skills English Podcast - Seeing Red 16/17 ep.18

07 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Jack and Rich talk about a bad-tempered match between Manchester City and Chelsea and some words and ph...

Premier Skills English Podcast Show your Support 16/17 ep.17

02 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest from the Premier League and also the Rainbow Laces campaign which a...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Premier League - Gameweek 14

01 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Gameweek 13 finished with 36 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. Last week, we sold Leicester C...

Premier Skills English Podcast Phrasal Verbs 16/17 ep.16

22 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Yaya Toure's surprise return to Manchester City's first-team and they have som...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.15 Because / Because of

16 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about last weekend's Worl Cup qualifiers and the performances of some Premier League...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 12

10 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Gameweek 11 finished with 37 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. Congratulations to Dream On m...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.14 Reporting what people say

08 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest from the Premier League - there were big wins for Liverpool and Che...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.13 - Newspaper Headlines

02 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest from the Premier League - there were big away wins for the top four...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 11

01 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 seaso...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 10

26 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.12 Differences

26 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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!...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 9

19 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.11 Getting Angry

17 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 dow...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.10 British or American English?

11 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 confus...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 8

07 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.9 - Shopping

04 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.8 - Tricky expressions!

27 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 lo...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 7

27 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 las...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 6

20 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 Prem...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.7 - 600 Not Out!

20 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 Pr...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.6 - Nicknames

14 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football: Gameweek 5

14 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.5 - The Manchester Derby

06 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 D...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.4 - The Language of Transfers

30 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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-minut...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 4

30 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.3 - New Home

23 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 Premi...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 3

22 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Say and Tell - 16/17 ep.2

17 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 fo...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Gameweek 2

16 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Gameweek 1 finished with 54 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. Last week, we had problems in ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 16/17 ep.1 - New Season

10 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the new Premier League season, which starts this weekend. They talk about some...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football: Gameweek 1

09 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

You have helped us choose the Premier Skills squad for the official Fantasy Football game on www.premierleague.com. Now, every week, we need your help...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football - Defenders

04 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We are building a Fantasy Football team on Premier League.com for Premier Skills English and we need your help. We need your knowledge of the Premier ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 62 - Charity

02 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the Community Shield between Manchester Utd and Leicester City, and the langua...

Premier Skills English - Fantasy Football

28 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We are building a Fantasy Football team on Premier League.com for Premier Skills English and we need your help. We need your knowledge of the Premier ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 61 - The Weather

27 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about pre-season tours and what happens when the weather stops you from doing what y...

Premier Skills English Podcast 60 - Changes

19 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about two Premier League clubs where there have been lots of changes this summer: Ch...

Premier Skills English Podcast 59 - Fantasy Football

12 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack choose a Premier League team of the best players at Euro 2016. Do you agree with our choi...

Premier Skills English Podcast 58 - Wales!

05 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

At Euro 2016, Wales have been the surprise team and have achieved more than anyone expected. In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and J...

Premier Skills English Podcast 57 - Word building

28 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 Chil...

Premier Skills English Podcast 56 - Present Perfect

21 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Euro 2016 and the language focus is on the present perfect. How do we use it a...

Premier Skills English Podcast 55 - Pronunciation

14 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Euro 2016 and the problems they have pronouncing the names of different player...

A Day in the Life of a Manager

09 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a manager speaking about his day. Listening practice for elementary learners. When you've finished, try the activities on the Premier Skill...

A Day in the Life of a Player

09 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Practise your listening skills and then check out the activities on the Premier Skills English website to check your understanding. #Elementary #Engli...

A Day in the Life of a Goalkeeper

09 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a goalkeeper speaking about a special day, then try the language learning activities on the Premier Skills English website. #English #ELT #L...

Premier Skills English Podcast 54 - Euro 2016

07 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the Euro 2016 competitions and the Premier League players who will be taking p...

Premier Skills English Podcast 53 - I'm confused

01 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the three new teams that will be in the Premier League season. They also dis...

Premier Skills English Podcast 52 - Idioms

24 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the FA Cup Final between Manchester Utd and Crystal Palace and a movie that...

Premier Skills English Podcast 51 - Party time

17 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the end of the Premier League season, celebrations in Leicester and sightsee...

Premier Skills English Podcast 50 - Leicester Special

10 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Rich and Jack talk about all things Leicester and Leicester City in our 50th Premier Skills English Podcast - a Leicester special. We celebrate one of...

A Day in the Life of a Physio

05 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

#English #Listening #ELT

Premier Skills English Podcast 49 - Prepositions

03 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Leicester City winning the Premier League and an interesting story about the word 'nutmeg', which has...

Premier Skills English Podcast 48 - False Friends

26 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and some awkward and embarrassing moments both on and off...

Premier Skills English Podcast 47 - The Future Perfect

19 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and some of the changes that could happen in football in ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 46 - Apologies and Excuses

11 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and Manchester Utd's late arrival at White Hart Lane for ...

A Day in the Life of a Referee

11 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

A listening exercise from the Premier Skills English website for elementary learners of English. Find online activities and worksheets on the website.

Premier Skills English Podcast 45 - Leaders

05 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and the qualities needed to be a great Premier League cap...

Premier Skills English Podcast 44 - Instructions

29 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and the sad news that one of the greatest ever footballer...

Premier Skills English Podcast 43 - Circumlocution Strategies

22 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and some of their favourite football words and phrases. T...

Premier Skills English Podcast 42 - More Linking Words

15 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jack and Rich talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and a the race for this season's Golden Boot. The language focus is on linking wo...

Premier Skills English Podcast 41 - Sports relief

08 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and a charity match that finished 547-529 after 57 hours ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 40 - Being Polite

29 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the League Cup Final between Manchester City and Liverpool, the latest news in the Premier League tit...

Premier Skills English Podcast: The history of English football

23 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about some key moments in the history of football and last week's action in the Premier League. We also ask...

Premier Skills English Podcast 38 - The Passive

16 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about last weekend's big matches in the Premier League between Arsenal and Leicester City, and Manchester C...

Premier Skills English Podcast 37 - So and Such

09 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Leicester City leading the Premier League and whether they can win a first-ever league title. The lan...

Premier Skills English Podcast 36 - How to Remember New Vocabulary

02 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about last weekend's FA Cup matches and some football vocabulary connected to cup competitions. The languag...

Premier Skills English Podcast 35 - Linking Words

26 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about a crazy and spectacular match between Norwich City and Liverpool. The match finished 5-4 to Liverpool...

Premier Skills English Podcast 34 - Football Transfer Vocabulary

19 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the January Transfer Window. Arsenal have already bought Egyptian midfielder, Mohamed Elneny, which o...

Premier Skills English Podcast 33 - Football and Films

12 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about football and films. They talk about Star Wars talks about Star Wars an . We also have news about our...