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Hi. I'm Shaun, from BBC, learning English, and today we're going to look at the difference between raise and rise.

They raise and rise, both

refer to something go in up.

But there's a difference in how we use raise always needs a direct object.

So if you

raise something, you move it up,

e.g., I raise my eyebrows when I'm surprised.

And it doesn't have to be literal.

So the government plan to raise taxes, don't forget this is a regular verb.

So the past and past participle are both raised, but with rise, there's no direct object.

So if something rises, it goes up or increases.

Ul This is an irregular verb to the past is rose, and the past participle is risen.

Hi, guys, down for BBC, learning English.

Here today we're going to talk about the verbs wish and hope.

Now, the verb wish can be used in many ways, and you can get much more detailed information on our website.

However, we generally use wish to talk about a present or past situation that we want to change.

But understand that it can't present wishes, our wish plus a past.

Simple verb, e.g. I wish I were taller.

Past wishes are wish plus past perfect.

I wish I had grown taller.

Hope can also be used in different ways, but generally, when we hope, we talk about something that we want or expect for the future.

Hope can be followed by a full infinity, e.g., I hope to see you soon.

But more commonly, we follow it with a present tense that has a future meaning, or with wealth.

I hope you pass your driving test.

I hope you'll have a good time, though.

I'm Tom and today I'm going to show you how we really say hello to our friends.

In British English, if you're with your friends, you can say, all right, E.G.

All right, ellie. You could also say Hello mate, but say it like this.

Hello mate. Another thing we could say is, how are you doing?

But we say it like this.

How you doing? My favorite is what's happening?

And you say it like this.

Hey, what's happening? You can use any of these expressions when you meet British people, and sound supernatural.

Excellent. So now you know how to use these new expressions.

You can come and say hi to us on the BBC, learning English social media pages.

Hi everyone. I'm James. We're going to look at the difference between in case and if in today's English.

In a minute, look at these examples.

I'll call you if I need help with my homework, I'll call you in case I need help with my homework.

In the example with if it means that I might call you in the future, but it depends if I need help or not.

The 2nd sentence with in case means I'm going to call you before I do my homework to prevent any problems.

Let's take a look at another example.

I'll take an umbrella in case it rains.

I'll take an umbrella if it rains, just like in our 1st example.

In case means I'm going to take my umbrella anyway to prevent any problems.

But in the example with if this means that you only take an umbrella because it is raining when you leave.

So if you want to learn more English, join us on social media or on our website.

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Hi, I'm Phil from BBC, learning English.

Today, I'm going to tell you the difference between even though and even if.

Now, we use them both for emphasis, but they don't mean the same.

We use even though to introduce something that's true.

That might be a little bit unexpected.

It's a bit like despite even though I hate driving, I'm still going to Scotland by car, even though I hate tennis, I'm still gonna watch the final We use, even if to introduce something hypothetical, so it might not be real, even if it's sunny when we're in Scotland, I'm not going swimming, even if you paid me, I wouldn't watch that film.

So even though is for things that are true but unexpected, and even if, if the things that are hypothetical, so they might not be real, even though they look the same, they are different, even if you didn't notice it.

1st Welcome. Today, we're going to look at the difference between few and a few.

Have a look at these two sentences.

Which sentence has a more negative feeling?

Number one, I have few friends.

Number two

I have a few friends who live in London.

It was sentence number

one. Right? When we use few, we're saying that the total number of something is not as many as we would like, that the number is small.

Here I'm telling you that I don't have many friends.

When we use a few, we're not talking

about the total number, but a category of something.

It has a similar meaning to some Here I'm telling you that some of my friends live in London.

Just remember, we always use this accountable nouns owners.

so please be careful. See you next time.

Hi everyone. James here. We're gonna take a look at some quick and easy ways to agree with other people's opinions.

If someone says something positive that you agree with, you can say, so do I or so?

Am I-I love sushi, so do I?

I'm really tired today, so am I?

You can also say, me too.

However, when somebody says something negative with the word not, E.G., we use the word neither or neither.

Neither do I or neither. Am I-I don't go to the cinema very often.

Neither do I? I'm not very well at the moment.

Neither am I? We can also just say me neither.

So to agree with something positive, you use the word so, but to agree with something negative, we use the word neither or neither.

Thanks for joining us, everybody. Hi.

I'm Roy, and today I'm going to tell you the difference between when and if.

Firstly, you can use when or if with the present simple when it is a fact or a repeated action.

If or when you put water in the freezer, it becomes ice.

We use if for unknown or possible situations.

If it rains today, I'll take my umbrella.

We use when to say we are certain something's going to happen in the future.

When I go home, I'll watch a film.

Compare these two sentences. If I eat breakfast today, I'll have toast.

I might not eat breakfast. When I eat breakfast today, I have toast.

I will eat breakfast anyway. That's everything for today.

I've got to go, because I'm hungry.

If I don't eat breakfast, I get grumpy.

By Hi. Saskyer for BBC, learning English here.

And today I'm going to tell you about how we use verbs of perception in English.

There are a number of these verbs, but I'm just going to look at two with you now.

See. And here, when we use these verbs, this is the form 1st, the verb of perception, then the object of the sentence.

Then we have either the infinitive without two, or the I-N-G form.

Here's an example. I heard him go down the stairs, or I heard him going down the stairs.

There's a slight difference between these two forms.

When we use the infinitive, it suggests that we hear or see the whole action, or event.

Using the I-N-G forms, suggest that we hear or see something in progress.

I saw her cross the street means I saw her cross from one side to the other.

I saw her crossing the street means I saw her in the middle on the way across.

I'm Georgina, from BBC, learning English.

Have you ever thought about the difference between lend and borrow?

They are both verbs, but they are used in different ways.

Lend means to give something to someone, generally for a short time, e.g.

the bank lent me some money.

If you want to say who you lent something to, you can use the preposition to, I lent my mobile phone to James.

Oh no, I forgot my pen.

Can you lend me a pen?

Borrow means to ask someone for something.

Oh no, I can't read this.

Can I borrow your glasses? If you want to say who you borrow something from?

You can use the preposition from, E.G.

I borrowed a book from the library.

Oh, I'm late. I need to borrow a laptop from Sam for my meeting.

Got to go.

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