Do you know when to use how much and how many in English? In this final episode of The Coffee Break English Show, Josie and Maurizio talk about when to use how much and how many as well as looking at a few examples.

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Do you know how to say the words Tuesday and Thursday correctly in English? In this episode of The Coffee Break English Show, Josie and Mark chat about how to pronounce Tuesday and Thursday - and use these sounds in other words. By the end of this episode you will be more confident in pronouncing the 'tu' and 'thu' sounds in English!

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Welcome to our brand new podcast series - the Coffee Break English Show! Throughout this 10-episode series, Mark and Josie will help you take your English to the next level, one coffee break at a time. We cover a range of topics to help you deepen your understanding of tricky grammar, broaden your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation. You'll sound like a native speaker in no time!

Prefer to watch these lessons? You can do exactly that for free on Coffee Break TV, and download the episodes to your device so you can access them on the go. Or, you can head to our Coffee Break English YouTube channel to access the video version of each podcast episode there. Remember to subscribe to our channel so that you don’t miss an episode.

That's not all... each episode of the Show is accompanied by a blog article to increase your understanding of the topics covered.

We'll see you next Friday, 20th October, for the first episode of the Show. See you soon!

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In the extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Thomas and Mark about visiting Niagara Falls.

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In this episode, we hear from Kate in the USA. She talks to us about Niagara Falls, and we focus on phrasal verbs and expressions with the word ‘go’.

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In the extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Maurizio and Josie about the Lord of the Rings films.

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In this episode, we meet Zoe from New Zealand. She talks to us about the landscape of the country, and we focus on extreme adjectives.

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In this extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Francesca and Mark about some bad experiences in airports. There are lots of examples of the past perfect and past simple tenses in this conversation, so listen carefully!

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In this episode, we hear from Kate in the USA. She talks to us about the Founding Fathers of the United States, and we focus on the past perfect and past simple tenses.

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In this extra episode, we listen to a conversation between James and Josie about interesting kings and queens.

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In this episode, we hear from Susan in England. She talks to us about King Henry VIII, and we learn about relative pronouns.

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In this extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Mark and Thomas about their plans for the weekend. The conversation contains lots of examples of the first conditional, so listen carefully!

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In this new episode of The Coffee Break English Show, Mark and Josie chat about when to use ‘a’ and ‘the’ to talk about general and specific things. By the end of this episode you will feel confident using definite and indefinite articles.

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In this episode of Coffee Break English, we hear from Marcia in the Caribbean. She tells us about an important festival in Barbados, and we focus on the first conditional. 

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In this extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Josie and James, who is from England, about if they prefer living in the city or the countryside.

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In this episode, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us about living in the outback, and we focus on negative adjective prefixes.

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In the extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Mark and Francesca, who is from Italy, about things they are scared of.

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In this episode, we hear from Ryan in Canada. He tells us about an interesting experience in Toronto, and we focus on verbs 'have to' and 'don't have to'.

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In the extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Josie and Maurizio about visiting Mount Vesuvius.

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In this episode, we hear from Kate in the USA. She talks about a volcanic crater in Hawaiʻi, and we focus on pairs of adjectives and prepositions.

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In the extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Mark and Thomas, who is from Germany, about visiting zoos and safari parks.

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In this episode, we hear from Riaan in South Africa. He tells us about the Big Five, and we focus on the expression used to. 

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In our very first extra episode from Coffee Break English Season 4, Josie talks to Maurizio, who is from Italy, about his experiences wearing a kilt.

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Do you know when to use prepositions 'in', 'on', and 'at' in English? In this episode of The Coffee Break English Show, Josie and Maurizio talk about the rules for when to use these prepositions when we talk about time, and they give examples to help you understand.

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Welcome to a brand new season of Coffee Break English! In this first episode of Season 4, we hear from Gregor in Scotland. He tells us about the kilt, and we focus on phrasal verbs and expressions with the word ‘try’.

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In this final extra episode of Coffee Break English Season 3, we listen to a conversation between Josie and Mark containing lots of superlative adjectives.

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We have reached the end of Coffee Break English Season 3! In this final episode of the series we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us all about Uluru, and we focus on superlative adjectives.

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In this week's extra episode, Mark and Josie talk about films they have watched recently. We hope you enjoy our film recommendations!

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Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we hear from Kate in the USA who talks to us about Hollywood. We also focus on the words ‘something’, 'everything', 'nothing’, and ‘anything’.

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In the extra episode of Coffee Break English, we listen to a conversation between Josie and Mark about what they did last weekend. Pay attention to the irregular past tenses as you listen!

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Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we hear from Susan in England who talks to us about a very famous British person - David Attenborough. Throughout the episode we focus on irregular past tense verbs.

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In this extra episode of Coffee Break English, Mark and Josie talk about their experiences snorkelling and scuba diving.

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In this episode of Coffee Break English, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us about an interesting place in Australia, and we focus on how to pronounce the sounds i and ee.

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In this extra episode of Coffee Break English, we listen to a conversation between Josie and Mark about useful inventions.

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Do you know when to correctly use "is it?" at the end of a an English phrase? In this episode of The Coffee Break English Show we talk about the rules for how to use question tags such as "is it?". Then we also give some examples to practise!

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In this episode, Monica in Scotland tells us about a famous Scottish inventor. We also focus on phrasal verbs with the word ‘up’. 

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In this extra episode of Coffee Break English, Mark and Josie discuss their future predictions. Pay attention to how they express the future as you listen!

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In this episode of Coffee Break English, we hear from Ryan in Canada. He tells us about the future of North American space travel, and we learn about how to talk about the future using ‘will' and 'be going to’. 

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We hope you're hungry as Josie and Mark are talking about their favourite dishes to cook in this extra episode of Coffee Break English.

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In this episode, we hear from Marcia in the Caribbean. She talks about a traditional Jamaican way of cooking, and we focus on the modal verbs ‘might’, ‘may', ‘could' and ‘can'.

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Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we listen to a conversation between Josie and Mark about famous pop stars.

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In this episode, Kate from the USA talks about a very famous American singer - Elvis Presley. We also focus on using the gerund or infinitive after certain verbs.

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In the extra episode of Coffee Break English, our hosts Josie and Mark talk about their experiences visiting Australia.

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In this episode, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He talks about an important part of indigenous Australian culture, and we focus on when to use the present perfect tense for unfinished actions.

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In this season of Coffee Break English we're bringing you an extra episode related to the content covered in our main episode on a Tuesday. In today's extra episode, Josie and Mark are asking each other some quiz questions. Listen out for the comparatives!

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We are now halfway through The Coffee Break English Show series! In this episode we talk about when to use the words ‘like’ and ‘as’ and provide some useful examples to help you remember them. By the end of this episode you will know and exactly when to use 'like' and 'as'.

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In this episode, we hear from Kate in the USA. She tells us about the history of the cheeseburger, one of the world’s most popular foods. We also focus on the comparative adjectives.

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In the tenth and final episode of Coffee Break English Season 2, we meet Marcia, who takes us to Pig Beach in the Bahamas. We learn about the different uses of the verb get, and we focus on some phrasal verbs with get.

Coffee Break English can help you improve your English with short lessons - the perfect time to enjoy a cup of coffee while learning. The course is presented in slow English which is easy to understand. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every word, it’s more important to get the general meaning. This course is for you if you learnt some English at school or if you want to review the basics. Coffee Break English can help you improve your accuracy and understanding of English, to prepare you for many situations like using English at work, visiting an English-speaking country, taking exams, or talking with English-speaking friends. 

Find out more about Coffee Break English at https://coffeebreakacademy.com/p/coffee-break-english-season-2.

In each episode of the audio lessons, one of our colleagues from an English-speaking country tells us about an aspect of life or culture in their country. In season two, we will hear from our colleagues in the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia, and we will hear new voices from South Africa, Ireland and the Caribbean.

Mark and Josie guide you through the text, explaining the language and helping you understand it better. Each text focuses on a specific language point, including tenses, prepositions, phrasal verbs, and much more. 

In addition to the main audio lesson, the course contains lesson notes, which explain the language in the lesson in more detail and provide a transcript of the text; practice exercises; a video version of the lesson; bonus audio episodes; and vocabulary lists in many different languages.

Coffee Break English is presented in English, to give you lots of practice, but we also provide a vocabulary list for each lesson in lots of languages, to give you a little extra help. If you speak Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish, we have a vocabulary list for you.

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Today, we hear from Ryan in Canada, who tells us about a famous Canadian - Chris Hadfield. As we learn about his life and achievements, we also focus on the past simple and past continuous tenses.

Coffee Break English can help you improve your English with short lessons - the perfect time to enjoy a cup of coffee while learning. The course is presented in slow English which is easy to understand. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every word, it’s more important to get the general meaning. This course is for you if you learnt some English at school or if you want to review the basics. Coffee Break English can help you improve your accuracy and understanding of English, to prepare you for many situations like using English at work, visiting an English-speaking country, taking exams, or talking with English-speaking friends. 

Find out more about Coffee Break English at https://coffeebreakacademy.com/p/coffee-break-english-season-2.

In each episode of the audio lessons, one of our colleagues from an English-speaking country tells us about an aspect of life or culture in their country. In season two, we will hear from our colleagues in the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia, and we will hear new voices from South Africa, Ireland and the Caribbean.

Mark and Josie guide you through the text, explaining the language and helping you understand it better. Each text focuses on a specific language point, including tenses, prepositions, phrasal verbs, and much more. 

In addition to the main audio lesson, the course contains lesson notes, which explain the language in the lesson in more detail and provide a transcript of the text; practice exercises; a video version of the lesson; bonus audio episodes; and vocabulary lists in many different languages.

Coffee Break English is presented in English, to give you lots of practice, but we also provide a vocabulary list for each lesson in lots of languages, to give you a little extra help. If you speak Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish, we have a vocabulary list for you.

Follow Coffee Break English on social media:

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 In this episode we’re back in the UK with Susan, who talks about fish and chips. As we discuss this classic British dish, we also focus on the pronunciation of verbs ending in ed. 

Coffee Break English can help you improve your English with short lessons - the perfect time to enjoy a cup of coffee while learning. The course is presented in slow English which is easy to understand. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every word, it’s more important to get the general meaning. This course is for you if you learnt some English at school or if you want to review the basics. Coffee Break English can help you improve your accuracy and understanding of English, to prepare you for many situations like using English at work, visiting an English-speaking country, taking exams, or talking with English-speaking friends. 

Find out more about Coffee Break English at https://coffeebreakacademy.com/p/coffee-break-english-season-2.

In each episode of the audio lessons, one of our colleagues from an English-speaking country tells us about an aspect of life or culture in their country. In season two, we will hear from our colleagues in the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia, and we will hear new voices from South Africa, Ireland and the Caribbean.

Mark and Josie guide you through the text, explaining the language and helping you understand it better. Each text focuses on a specific language point, including tenses, prepositions, phrasal verbs, and much more. 

In addition to the main audio lesson, the course contains lesson notes, which explain the language in the lesson in more detail and provide a transcript of the text; practice exercises; a video version of the lesson; bonus audio episodes; and vocabulary lists in many different languages.

Coffee Break English is presented in English, to give you lots of practice, but we also provide a vocabulary list for each lesson in lots of languages, to give you a little extra help. If you speak Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish, we have a vocabulary list for you.

Follow Coffee Break English on social media:

Facebook - https://facebook.com/coffee-break-english-podcast

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coffeebreakenglish_/

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