• Episode 54: Word Families | Brown bear wins Fat Bear Week 2025
    Oct 6 2025

    Practise your English listening, vocabulary, and grammar with this episode of Learn English With News. Today’s story is about a brown bear who, despite a broken jaw, won Fat Bear Week 2025!

    In the grammar section, you’ll practise word families: words which share a root and meaning.

    This episode is ideal for intermediate English learners (B1–B2+) who want to improve vocabulary, grammar, and listening comprehension with real news in English.

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    Keywords / Tags: English listening practice, ESL, EFL, grammar explained, word families, vocabulary building, news in English

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    18 mins
  • Episode 53: ‘Strongman’ wrestler pulls ship with teeth
    Oct 2 2025

    Practise your English listening and grammar with this episode of Learn English With News. Today’s story is about a wrestler who believes he has broken a world record for pulling a ship...with his teeth!

    This episode is ideal for intermediate English learners (B1–C1+) who want to improve vocabulary, grammar, and listening comprehension with real news in English.

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    11 mins
  • Episode 52: Indefinite Articles A and An | University Key Returned After 40 Years
    Sep 29 2025

    Practise your English listening and grammar with this episode of Learn English With News. Today’s story is about an American woman who finally returned a key to a university after 40 years!

    In the grammar section, you’ll learn how to use indefinite articles - a and an, with examples from the story.

    This episode is ideal for intermediate English learners (B1–B2) who want to improve vocabulary, grammar, and listening comprehension with real news in English.

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    16 mins
  • Episode 51: Future Simple | Small British Conkers
    Sep 25 2025

    Practise your English listening and grammar with this episode of Learn English With News. Today’s story is about how the hot summer has put the World Conker Championship in jeopardy.

    In the grammar section, you’ll learn how to use the Future Simple tense, with examples from the story.

    This episode is ideal for intermediate English learners (B1–B2) who want to improve vocabulary, grammar, and listening comprehension with real news in English.

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    21 mins
  • Episode 50: Past Simple vs Present Perfect | Austrian Nuns on the Run
    Sep 22 2025

    Practise your English listening, vocabulary, and grammar with this episode of Learn English With News. Today’s story is about three Austrian nuns who ran away from their care home to return to their old convent.

    In the grammar section, you’ll learn the difference between the past simple and the present perfect, with examples from the story — perfect for intermediate learners (B1–B2) who want to improve their English comprehension.

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    Keywords / Tags: English listening practice, ESL, EFL, grammar explained, past simple, present perfect, vocabulary building, news in English

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    19 mins
  • Episode 49: Mystery surrounding unknown wedding guest finally solved
    Sep 18 2025

    In today's news, a four-year mystery about a wedding guest is finally solved! In the grammar section, we look at participial phrases.

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    21 mins
  • Episode 48: Missing cat found at pub 50km away… TWICE!
    Sep 15 2025

    In today's news, a cat goes missing twice, and both times is found at a pub 50km away.

    In non-cat-related grammar content, we look at how to use modals verbs for deduction (might, must, might have, must have etc).

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    19 mins
  • Episode 47: Formula 1-style car driver arrested in Czech Republic
    Sep 11 2025

    In today's news, a mystery 'Formula One' driver spotted on the roads of the Czech Republic has finally been caught.

    We also look at some important car vocabulary.

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    15 mins