Real Exam English - B2, C1, C2

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about decisions. This episode has lots of advanced English vocabulary and grammar, including a look at the passive voice and the past perfect. It has some useful idioms for speaking about making decisions and has 6 different speakers so you can practice listening to different accents. For classes with Trevor - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/...

Find your ideal English teacher on italki!   Use the code REALENGLISH5 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/realenglish5 Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about children. We speak about hobbies, chores, technology, siblings and how childhood today compares to the past. There is lots of advanced English vocabulary, including idioms and phrasal verbs. We...

Find your ideal English teacher on italki!   Use the code REALENGLISH5 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/realenglish5 Native English speakers answer questions about priorities. This episode is about priorities and has a fantastic mix of adverbs, spelling, idioms, pronunciation, collocations, common mistakes, connectors and a fancy grammatical structure that we haven’...

Find your ideal English teacher on italki!   Use the code REALENGLISH5 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/realenglish5 Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about help. Warning! This episode is full of phrasal verbs!!!!! As we have speakers from different parts of the world it’s fascinating to hear their opinions on this topic and how giving help is diff...

Trevor gives tips regarding speaking exams, from the examiner's point of view! These include how to interact well, the importance of staying focussed and why you shouldn't rehearse answers. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam English app - https://studio.com/realexamenglish Music: Wholesome by Kevin M...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about creativity. It’s a great topic to cover as it touches so many other topics like art, childhood, work, psychology, loads. We have lots of top-notch collocations, a bunch of phrasal verbs, some super-useful verbs and a lovely homophone.  For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about luck. We talk about the role luck plays in success, we talk about lucky habits, about lotteries and about being lucky in life in general. It’s a super-rich episode in terms of vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms.  For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam Eng...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about motivation. 7 different speakers, with different accents, talk about how they stay motivated. So you’re gonna hear some fantastic language, like idioms, phrasal verbs and top-level vocabulary. And there is a little word-formation quiz in the middle interval too. Trevor picks out the best bits and gives useful tips for exams. As usual we hav...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about complaining. Today we have American speakers from the Texas, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and New York, and we also have speakers from Limerick, in Ireland, and Chester, in England. Trevor picks out the best bits and gives useful tips for exams. As usual we have plenty of top vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms. For classes - https://realex...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about extremes. In this episode you will learn lots of useful vocabulary for talking about doing extreme things, plus some lovely idioms. In terms of grammar, we have inverted conditionals, past perfect tense and we also look at how to use either and neither. There’s input from quite a diverse bunch of speakers today, from snowstorms in Boston, t...

Native English speakers answer exam-style questions about the news. In this episode you will learn lots of key vocabulary about the news as well as some advanced phrasal verbs and idioms. You can practice listening to American accents, British accents and Irish accents too. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam E...

Today’s episode is an interview with an English teacher(Xing) from China, who lives in Tokyo.  We have a chat about the differences between English learning in different countries and also about how you can feel different when you speak different languages, which is super-interesting! Also, we talk about the pros and cons of being a non-native English teacher. You will learn plenty of idioms, phra...

Today’s episode is an interview with a Spanish student of mine, Helena. She tells us about her English-speaking journey, which is really relatable to a lot of English learners, so I think you’ll find it very interesting and maybe even a little motivational. Helena is a big fan of idioms so you’re gonna hear a bunch of those, there’s plenty of phrasal verbs too, some compound adjectives and lots of...

Trevor explains a bit about his new app for learning English. The app is designed for B2, C1 and C2 learners and has fantastic tools to help you achieve your language goals. The link for the app can be found at https://studio.com/realexamenglish Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support...

This is a monologue about tourism. It features lots of high level vocabulary and grammar. It also is a great example of how to organize a monologue, or an essay. For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/podcast/ For the Real Exam English app - https://studio.com/realexamenglish Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmm...

Native English speakers answer questions about the weekend. As usual we have speakers from a variety of countries telling us about their experiences, so we take a look at some of the cultural and linguistic differences between those countries. There’s loads of nice vocabulary and grammar to help you to improve your English, but in particular there are lots of really useful idioms for you to learn....

Native English speakers answer questions about climate change. If you are preparing for an exam you definitely gotta study this topic. So today, you’re gonna hear lots of top climate change vocabulary and phrasal verbs. Also, we have some advanced grammar in the form of mixed conditionals and cleft sentences.  The speakers are from Canada, Australia, South Africa, England and Wales, so lots of dif...

Native English speakers answer questions about the internet. We will take a look at some common errors that people make when speaking about technology, particularly with pronunciation. On top of that, we have some lovely phrasal verbs, some ways to add emphasis and we have a quiz about binomial pairs.  For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com...

Native English speakers answer questions about hometowns. As usual we’ll take a look at all of the nice grammar and vocabulary, particularly language relating to towns and cities. We have a bunch of speakers from different countries so you can practice listening to their wonderfully different accents and viewpoints.  For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://real...

Native English speakers answer questions about advertising. In this episode we have loads of nice advertising vocabulary, including some colloquial expressions from the US, the UK and Australia. We also look at how to make your speech more cohesive and we focus on different ways to use the verb do.  For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://realexamenglish.com/po...

Native English speakers answer questions with phrasal verbs. Everyone loves learning phrasal verbs, right??? Perfect, because this episode has lots of them, plus a bunch of top idioms and expressions. We have speakers from Canada, Wales, Australia, England and Ireland so you can improve your listening skills. Enjoy! For classes - https://realexamenglish.com/classes/ For transcripts - https://reale...

Native English speakers answer questions about school. This is definitely one of the most common topics in English exams, especially if you are a teenager and are doing exams like First for Schools for instance.  So we talk about useful school subjects, school trips, positive learning environments and a bunch of other schooly things. We focus on using auxiliary verbs for emphasis and on question t...

Native English speakers answer questions about space. Ok, it’s not the most common exam topic ever but it is a very interesting subject and a lot of people are really enthusiastic about it, as you are gonna hear, we have quite a few space fans speaking today. So there’s plenty of space vocabulary, lots of adjectives, some phrasal verbs and a wide variety of accents, including quite a funny convers...

Native English speakers answer questions about the manners. We have speakers from England, Wales, Canada, Australia, Ireland and South Africa so you are gonna get a good impression of what manners are expected in English-speaking countries. You’re gonna hear plenty of useful vocabulary, some top idioms, phrasal verbs, connectors, loads of great language, but more than anything it’s really interest...

Native English speakers answer questions about relaxing. It’s a great topic to cover as we all love to relax. So you’re gonna hear loads of different ways to talk about relaxing. There’s also a bunch of new phrasal verbs, there’s some stuff about comparatives, the differences between British and Australian English, yes we have some Australians this season, and also a Canadian too actually for the...