<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/DTDs/Podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><itunes:author>BBC</itunes:author><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge ]]></title><link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/</link><language>en</language><description><![CDATA[Improve your English grammar with the BBC. Each week we challenge an English language student on an area of the English language such as verb forms, tenses, prepositions and pronunciation. Listen to a short presentation on the topic then try to answer the questions. The programmes are recorded on location in an English language classroom. Each episode lasts for six minutes and is made available every Friday.]]></description><generator>iVoox</generator><image><url>http://www.ivoox.com/canales/7241239365008g.jpg</url><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge ]]></title>	<link>http://www.ivoox.com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Newswords: Money laundering 19 Mar 10]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/newswords-money-laundering-19-mar-10-audios-mp3_rf_237114_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/newswords-money-laundering-19-mar-10_mf_237114_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[BBC journalist Clare Arthurs talks about the use of the phrase 'money laundering' in news contexts.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 10 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar challenge: Second conditional 4 Dec 09]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-second-conditional-4-dec-09-audios-mp3_rf_170704_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-second-conditional-4-dec-09_mf_170704_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[We look at the second conditional - a way of talking about impossible or unlikely events or situations. Our challenger is Anna Lee from South Korea. We ask Anna to imagine that she could meet anyone in the world... Who will she say she'd like to meet?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 09 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar challenge: To, for, so that 27 Nov 09]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-to-for-so-that-27-nov-audios-mp3_rf_162230_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-to-for-so-that-27-nov_mf_162230_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[We look at three ways to talk about the reason for doing something. Our challenger this time is Selman Ozturt from Turkey.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 09 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar challenge: Indirect questions 20 Nov 09]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-indirect-questions-20-nov-09-audios-mp3_rf_157831_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-indirect-questions-20-nov-09_mf_157831_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[There's more than one way to ask a question. Indirect questions are more polite and don't need a change in word order in the main question. Our challenger is Masa from Japan who plays the role of a Tour Rep passing on questions from a rude tourist in a more polite form to a hotel receptionist.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 09 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar challenge: Reported speech 13 Nov 09]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-reported-speech-13-nov-09-audios-mp3_rf_153522_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-reported-speech-13-nov-09_mf_153522_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[If someone tells you something and you want to tell another person, can use 'direct speech' or 'reported speech'. Find out the differences in this programme. Our challenger is Dong Jun from South Korea who plays the role of a spy who has to pass on important information about a conversation to his boss.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 09 14:32:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Present perfect and past simple 6 Nov 09]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-present-perfect-and-past-simple-6-audios-mp3_rf_149184_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-present-perfect-and-past-simple-6_mf_149184_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[There are many situations in English when we mix the verb forms which we use. In this programme we look at breaking news with the present perfect and describing the details with the past simple. Our challenger Yasmina from Belgium has to choose the correct forms to use in different situations.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 09 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Future plans 30 Oct 09]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-future-plans-30-oct-09-audios-mp3_rf_145255_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-future-plans-30-oct-09_mf_145255_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[We learn more about using 'going to' and the present continuous to talk about our future plans - and about the differences between them.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 09 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Still, yet and already 23 Oct 09]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-still-yet-and-already-23-oct-audios-mp3_rf_141367_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-still-yet-and-already-23-oct_mf_141367_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[Our challenger Alessia, from Italy, has to make good sentences using the correct adverbs in the correct places.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 09 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: The 'zero' article ]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-the-zero-article-audios-mp3_rf_137908_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-the-zero-article_mf_137908_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[Sometimes there is no article associated with a noun and this can be called the 'zero' article. In this programme, some simple rules for when not to use an article. We challenge Anastasiya from France... to spot correct and incorrect uses of 'zero' articles. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 09 14:36:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: 'Going to' ]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-going-to-audios-mp3_rf_134818_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-going-to_mf_134818_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[There are many ways to talk about the future in English. This time we look at using 'going to' for predicting what is about to happen. In the programme Mehmet from Turkey has a listening challenge.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 09 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Present Perfect Continuous]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-present-perfect-continuous-audios-mp3_rf_130613_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-present-perfect-continuous_mf_130613_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[Present perfect continuous is the verb form we use to talk about an activity that's recently stopped or just stopped and that has a connection with now. We challenge Gloria from Brazil to come up with... good explanations for what she has been doing in different situations. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 09 13:55:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Indefinite articles ]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-indefinite-articles-audios-mp3_rf_127313_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-indefinite-articles_mf_127313_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[We look in a little more detail at the use of the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an', concentrating on four basic rules. Our challenger is Hanibal from Libya.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 09 14:23:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Pronunciation: '-ed' endings]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-pronunciation-ed-endings-audios-mp3_rf_124431_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-pronunciation-ed-endings_mf_124431_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[Regular verbs in the simple past all end in '-ed'. These two small letters can be pronounced in three different ways. We find out what these different pronunciations are and give our challenger Sebast......ian the chance to produce the correct sounds in our role-play. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 09 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: For and since]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-for-and-since-audios-mp3_rf_124430_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-for-and-since_mf_124430_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[We take a look at the words 'for' and 'since' and how they are used to talk about how long something has been happening.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 09 18:57:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Definite articles]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-definite-articles-audios-mp3_rf_118267_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-definite-articles_mf_118267_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[Continuing our look at articles, we focus on the definite article 'the' and look at four different ways it is used. We challenge Diana from Colombia to identify the correct articles to complete our se...ntences. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 09 13:51:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Articles - Introduction]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-articles-introduction-audios-mp3_rf_115585_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-articles-introduction_mf_115585_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[In the programme we challenge Saleh from Saudi Arabia to spot correct and incorrect uses of definite and indefinite articles.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 09 14:49:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Zero Conditional ]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-zero-conditional-audios-mp3_rf_113511_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-zero-conditional_mf_113511_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[The zero conditional is a form which expresses what always happens if or when a certain action takes place. In the programme we challenge Jelena from Serbia-Montenegro to make correct sentences using ...this grammar. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 09 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Continuous Passives]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-continuous-passives-audios-mp3_rf_110908_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-continuous-passives_mf_110908_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[We're continuing our discussion of passives with a look at continuous passives. We challenge Guy from Martinique to come up with correct sentences using this very tricky grammar. How will he do?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 09 14:25:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Simple Passives ]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-simple-passives-audios-mp3_rf_108796_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-simple-passives_mf_108796_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[We're looking at simple passives - are they as simple as we would like them to be? We challenge Jin from South Korea to make correct sentences in the passive voice. Are you up for the challenge too?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 09 13:29:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar Challenge: Because / because of]]></title><link>http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-because-because-of-audios-mp3_rf_108522_1.html</link><enclosure url="http://www.ivoox.com/grammar-challenge-because-because-of_mf_108522_1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><description><![CDATA[Do you ever get confused over when to use because and when to use because of? Well, help is at hand in this episode of Grammar Challenge! Taka from Japan is up for the challenge... but are you?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 09 16:55:00 +0200</pubDate><itunes:keywords><![CDATA[English, inglés]]></itunes:keywords></item></channel></rss>
