Learn English With News

Episode 56: Spanish treasure worth $1 million found off Florida coast | Regular verbs pronunciation

Practise your English listening, vocabulary, and pronunciation with this episode of Learn English With News. Today’s story is about $1m worth of Spanish treasure discovered off the coast of Florida.
In the second part, you'll practise the pronunciation of regular verbs. This podcast is ideal for intermediate learners (B1–B2+) who want to improve their English comprehension.
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Episode 55: AI ‘actor’ causes controversy in Hollywood | Using 'want' with objects

Practise your English listening and grammar with this episode of Learn English With News. Today’s story is about how an AI actress called Tilly Norwood has managed to upset Hollywood!
In the grammar section, you’ll learn how to use the verb 'want' with objects. 
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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Episode 54: Word Families | Brown bear wins Fat Bear Week 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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Episode 53: ‘Strongman’ wrestler pulls ship with teeth

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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Episode 52: Indefinite Articles A and An | University Key Returned After 40 Years

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.
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Episode 51: Future Simple | Small British Conkers

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.
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Episode 50: Past Simple vs Present Perfect | Austrian Nuns on the Run

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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Episode 49: Mystery surrounding unknown wedding guest finally solved

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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Episode 48: Missing cat found at pub 50km away… TWICE!

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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Episode 47: Formula 1-style car driver arrested in Czech Republic

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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