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COOL ENGLISH

COOL ENGLISH

John Turner 119 Episodes Jun 30, 2026

The COOL ENGLISH podcast helps learners review English vocabulary, pronunciation, and culture in a fun and dynamic way. It includes links to interactive activities that complement the episodes. The podcast is hosted by John Turner and is based on the coolenglish.net website.

Episodes

Prefixes and Suffixes: Grammar and Vocabulary Jun 30, 2026 00:10:52 Want to teach (or learn) how prefixes and suffixes work in English? This complete lesson covers grammar and vocabulary prefixes and suffixes with clear explanations and practice.Whether you're prepping a lesson, assigning homework, or learning on your own, this structured approach gives you the foundation you need. Find this lesson and our other free weekly lessons at coolenglish.org.
Phrasal Verbs the Professional Workplace Complete Guide Jun 23, 2026 00:10:11 Want to master essential phrasal verbs for professional communication? This complete lesson covers fill out, hand in, burnout, follow up, layoff, run by, set up, slack off, take over, and keep up through interactive practice and real workplace contexts.Whether you're prepping a lesson, assigning homework, or learning on your own, you'll get practical exercises from flashcards to conversati
Basic Verbs Set 3: Home and Daily Life Complete Guide Jun 16, 2026 00:09:45 Want to teach or learn essential daily life verbs? This complete lesson covers cook, wash, clean, wear, carry, open, lock, buy, fix, make with multiple practice activities and verb tense exploration.Whether you're prepping a lesson, assigning homework, or learning on your own, you'll get structured practice from flashcards to conversations with plain-English explanations. Find this lesson
Phrasal Verbs Travel and Navigation Complete Guide Jun 9, 2026 00:09:39 Want to master essential phrasal verbs for travel and navigation? This complete lesson covers check in, get in, head out, look around, run out of, show up, speed up, slow down, turn around, and pull over through interactive practice.Whether you're prepping a lesson, assigning homework, or learning on your own, you'll get definitions, flashcards, story choices, and conversation practice. Fi
Phrasal Verbs Money and Consumption Complete Guide Jun 2, 2026 00:07:29 Want to teach or learn essential money and shopping phrasal verbs? This complete lesson covers payback, save up, ripoff, run up, shop around, sell out, splurge on, take back, give away, and cut back through multiple practice activities.Whether you're prepping a lesson, assigning homework, or learning on your own, you'll get clear definitions, interactive exercises, and real-world examples.
Conversation Questions Complete Guide May 26, 2026 00:09:46 Want to teach (or learn) better conversation skills? This complete lesson covers types of questions, helping you ask and answer conversation questions with confidence.Whether you're prepping a lesson, assigning homework, or learning on your own, you'll get practical question formation practice and clear explanations. Find this lesson and our other free weekly lessons at coolenglish.org.
Basic Verbs: Mind & Communication Complete Guide May 19, 2026 00:10:47 Want to teach (or learn) ten everyday English verbs in one go? This complete audio lesson covers Set 2 of our Basic Verbs series — Mind & Communication: speak, listen, read, write, think, say, ask, learn, teach, and understand. Clear definitions, real examples, and the four main tenses in positive, negative, and question forms. Whether you're prepping a lesson, assigning homework, or learn
Basic Verbs: Body & Movement Complete Guide May 12, 2026 00:09:05 Want to teach (or learn) ten everyday English verbs in one go? This complete audio lesson covers Set 1 of our Basic Verbs series — Body & Movement: eat, drink, run, walk, sleep, sit, stand, jump, swim, and dance. Clear definitions, real examples, and the four main tenses in positive, negative, and question forms. Whether you're prepping a lesson, assigning homework, or learning on your own
Adjectives vs Adverbs Complete Guide Mar 12, 2026 00:07:47 Ready to tackle one of the trickiest grammar topics in ESL teaching? This complete audio guide breaks down adjectives vs adverbs in a way that actually makes sense! We share practical classroom strategies, engaging review games, and assessment ideas that work for students at every level.Whether you're prepping lessons or studying on your own, you'll get clear explanations of formation rule
Picture Dissection Game: Parts of Speech Made Fun & Visual! Mar 5, 2026 00:06:04 Get ready for Picture Dissection, the visual grammar game that transforms how students learn parts of speech! We use amazing images to help learners identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, then put them together to create beautiful descriptive phrases. This activity works for all English levels and brings grammar to life through stunning visuals.Perfect for ESL teachers looking for engagin
Minimal Pairs Workshop: Mastering Short A vs. Short E Feb 21, 2026 00:07:16 Are you a "bad" cook or a "bed" cook? 🛏️In this video podcast, we tackle the final set in our Minimal Pairs series: the tricky Short A (/æ/) and Short E (/e/) vowels. These sounds cause confusion for millions of learners.Watch the video to practice tricky pairs like:Bat vs. Bet 🦇🎰Man vs. Men 🧍‍♂️👬Pan vs. Pen 🍳🖊️See the interactive games and movie clips in action, then head over
The "Hat vs. Rat" Minimal Pairs Challenge (/h/ vs /r/) Feb 4, 2026 00:07:27 In this video podcast, we continue our Minimal Pairs series with the tricky /h/ and /r/ sounds. These two sounds often trip up learners, leading to funny (or embarrassing!) misunderstandings.Watch the video to practice pairs like:Hat vs. Rat 🎩🐀Hair vs. RareHeat vs. ReadSee the interactive games and movie clips in action, then head over to CoolEnglish.net to take the full test!🔗 Link to Activity: [

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