Jon and Gideon talk about common mistakes between words in English. We cover the difference between using 'sensitive' and 'sensible'; 'beside' and 'besides'; and 'lend' and 'borrow' among others. For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please click on the link below: https://linktr.ee/englishwithmonty…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how and when to use the present simple or the present continuous. These tenses are commonly confused but after listening to this episode it should make things much clearer. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) For more information about Monty and to support our po…

Jon and Gideon talk about different idioms that Shakespeare first used. We cover expressions such as: 'lie low', 'heart of gold', 'faint-hearted' and 'laughing stock' plus five more! For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please click on the link below: https://linktr.ee/englishwithmonty…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use adjectives when they end in '-ed' and '-ing'. They discuss when to use them depending on the situation and how you feel. This useful guide should help you use them correctly every time! Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) For more information about Mon…

Jon and Gideon talk about how to use different words with prefixes and suffixes. Looking at how words in their base form can some sometimes change a great deal by adding something at the beginning or at the end. For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please click on the link below: https://linktr.ee/englishwithmonty…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use 'as' or 'like'. They discuss which situations you can use them in and how they can be easily confused. This useful guide should help you use them correctly every time! Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) For more information about Monty and to support …

Jon talks to Kevin, who is an English coach, about how to change your mindset towards English language learning. He talks about the idea of seeing your English as 'young' rather than 'bad' and other ideas that can help you change the way you think about your English. You can find Kevin on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kevin-batchelor-079a601…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use the past perfect. Using it to tell stories, general expressions and with adverbs. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please click on the link below: Connect with Monty through Linktr.ee…

Jon and Gideon talk about the English conversation group that Monty organises on a weekly basis in London. If you would like to come along then register a profile at the following address and from here you can see all the dates and the venue location: https://www.meetup.com/monty-english-conversation/ For more information about Monty and to support…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use 'used to', 'be used to' and 'get used to'. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) This is an exclusive episode that was released to Patreon subscribers back in April 2023 so if you like to receive some exclusive episodes too then sign up to our page on Pa…

Jon and Gideon talk about ten different positive expressions. Covering expressions such as: 'the early bird catches the worm', 'good things come to those who wait', 'you reap what you sow', 'laughter is the best medicine' and 'always look on the bright side of life'; plus five more! For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please…

8-minute English - Prepositions: Time and place (in, at and on) Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use prepositions of time and place with 'in', 'at' and 'on'. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please click on the link below: Con…

Jon and Ben (To The Point English with Ben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxHbqh9Pxk9sV4W66jIbjA) talk about British music. From Pink Floyd to Ed Sheeran and Freddie Mercury to Amy Winehouse to name a few. We give you an idea of what bands and artists have clear lyrics and music you can listen to to help you improve your English. For more infor…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use modal verbs when talking about probability. Covering certainty with 'must', 'to be bound to' and 'can't'; degrees of uncertainty with 'should' / 'shouldn't', 'might', 'may' and 'could'; and general possibility with 'can'. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your gramm…

Jon and Amy read a short extract from the book Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. They talk about some of the less common words and their meanings. They also give some useful insights on the book. A great, short introduction to the classics! You can download the transcript of the episode here. For more information about Monty and to support our podc…

Jon and Amy (https://englishwithamyonline.com/) talk for around 8 minutes about how to use modal verbs with the word 'have'. Covering 'will have', 'might have', 'would have' and some more. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please click on the link …

Jon and Gideon talk about participle clauses. These clauses give information in a briefer form or to add some drama. They are typically used in written texts in academic, journalistic or literary style. Ideal if you would like to write more or for reading these kind of texts! For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please click …

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use modal verbs to express requests, offers and invitations. Covering more polite and formal forms as well as everyday usage. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) They help make your speaking more natural! For more information about Monty and to support our…

Jon and Gideon talk about British literature throughout the ages. From Beowulf to Chaucer and Shakespeare to Jane Austin to name but a few. We give you can insight to what they wrote and also give you an idea of what books are easier to read as an English learner. For more information about Monty and to support our podcast please click on the link …

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about when and how you use infinitives of purpose - e.g. I went to the shop to buy some milk Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https…

Jon and Gideon talk about how to use discourse markers when speaking. Discourse markers are words and phrases that are used to organise and manage the structure of discourse. Examples include 'well', 'I mean', 'you know' plus quite a few more. They help make your speaking more natural! For more information about Monty and to support our podcast ple…

Jon and Ben (To The Point English with Ben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxHbqh9Pxk9sV4W66jIbjA) talk for around 8 minutes using separable and non-separable phrasal verbs. How and when to use them and in what context. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create g…

Jon and Tessa from the Netherlands talk about common English errors that Dutch speakers make. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, newcontent and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternatively, you can make a one-off donation here (you don't need a PayPal acco…

Jon and Ben (To The Point English with Ben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxHbqh9Pxk9sV4W66jIbjA) talk for around 8 minutes using separable and non-separable phrasal verbs. How and when to use them and in what context. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create g…

Jon and Amy (from English With Amy Online - https://englishwithamyonline.com/) talk about three positive and three negative aspects of British culture. We have a bit of a chat about our viewpoints, which should hopefully give you a better insight of what British culture is like. So, if you want to learn more about British culture then give it a lis…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about when to use stative verbs in the continuous form. Many state verbs have two different forms (a state one and a dynamic one) with the meaning changing in each form. We cover look / looking, have / having, hear / hearing, feel / feeling, smell / smelling, think / thinking, weigh / weighing and see / seei…

Jon and Gideon talk about idioms that you can use at work. Covering: Cut corners; it's not rocket science; get the ball rolling; up to speed; on the back burner; back to the drawing board; for the long haul; burn the midnight oil; change of pace; think outside the box, plus one or two more. If you would like to sound smart at work then give it a li…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about when to use adjectives or adverbs. In this part they cover spellings of adverbs with an -ly ending, what we do when we use linking verbs and comparatives or superlatives with adverbs. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me …

Jon and Ben (from To The Point English - http://ttpenglish.com) talk about proverbs that can help motivate you as an English learner. Covering: Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime; you can lead a horse to water...; a Jack of all trades is a master of none; fortune favours the brave; two heads are …

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about when to use adjectives or adverbs. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: English with Monty on Patreon Alternatively, you can make…

Jon and Gideon talk about the origins of the English language. They cover the history and influences English has taken from other languages and people. Not a definitive guide by any means but it should give you a good background knowledge of how English became the language it is today. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new co…

Jon and Jules from Italy talk for around 8 minutes about modifiers. This part covers adjective, adverb, phrase and clause modifiers. Squinting modifiers are also included at the end of the episode. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and giv…

Jon and Gideon talk about common English errors that French speakers make. Gideon has an English language school in Paris, he gives some useful insights from his own personal experience. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Engl…

Jon and Jules from Italy talk for around 8 minutes about modifiers. This part covers adjective order, misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Pa…

Jon and Gideon talk about 10 different British dialects you need to know which are commonly heard. We cover Scottish, Geordie, Yorkshire, Welsh, Brummie, West Country, RP, Mancunian and Cockney. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about punctuation. This part covers avoiding multiple punctuation at the end of a sentence, using a colon, commas for non-essential information, a dictionary to help, dots after abbreviations, the number of clauses in a sentence, and some more on hyphens and dashes. Perfect if you don't have much time and wa…

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about punctuation. This part covers apostrophes, quotation marks, brackets, hyphens, colons and semicolons. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through…

Jon and Gideon talk about linking words (or connectives). Different words you can use to express addition, contrast and purpose. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternatively, you can make a one-off donatio…

Jon is joined by Gideon to talk about how to use the second and third conditional forms. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternati…

Jon and Gideon talk about narrative tenses. Verb tenses we use to talk about the past. We cover past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. You can often find them in stories, textbooks, spoken accounts and in descriptions of past events. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you …

Jon and Gideon talk about how you can be fluent in English. We give you some tips and ideas which will help you speak better in English. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternatively, you can make a one-off…

Jon and Gideon talk about how you can be fluent in English. We give you some tips and ideas which will help you speak better in English. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternatively, you can make a one-off…

Jon is joined by Gideon to talk about how to use quantifiers: any, some, much, many, a lot of, lots of, none and enough to name but a few. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: …

Jon and Ben (from To The Point English with Ben) talk about taking an English exam. Covering if it's a good idea to take one and what preparation you can do. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternatively, y…

Jon and Gideon talk about slang that we use in the UK. Covering a number of commonly used words and expressions. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternatively, you can make a one-off donation here (you don'…

Jon is joined by Gideon to talk about how the structures of zero and first conditional are formed and in what situations we would use them. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon:…

Jon and Gideon talk about how to use the word 'wish' and its grammatical forms. We also cover how to express regret. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternatively, you can make a one-off donation here (you …

Jon is joined by Gideon to talk about how to use relative clauses: which, who, whom, that and whose. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMon…

Jon and Gideon talk about different forms of the perfect tense and compare it to the use of the past simple. We cover the common mistakes made by English learners and give some clear examples as to how these tenses are used differently. Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subsc…

Jon is joined by Niccolò to talk about how to use different forms of the future. Perfect if you don't have much time and want to brush up on your grammar :) Supporting my podcast is easy and helps me create great, new content and gives you something extra! You can subscribe through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EnglishwithMonty Alternatively, yo…