Practising English

About Practising English

Listening practice for learners of B1 intermediate and B2 upper-intermediate levels of British English. Learn British English by listening to stories. Original and exciting stories written for learners and students of British English. Practise and prepare for Cambridge: B1 PET Preliminary and FCE First Certificate exams. IELTS: level 4, level 5 and level 6. Includes English grammar explanations and practice exercises, examples of vocabulary use, phrasal verbs and collocations help, British English pronunciation practice, advice and help for passing B1 and B2 English examinations: Cambridge, IELTS and Trinity. Start practising and improving your British English listening, vocabulary and speaking levels today!

Publisher

M. A. Bilbrough

Category

education · education · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2021

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

348 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   332. The New Accelerator (B1 story)

   This is a B2 story with B2 vocabulary. Here is what we'll study: 1) Have something sorted 2) Try something out 3) Let somebody down 4) Get on with something 5) Pop out 6) Talk somebody out of something 7) Dash in/out/off/over to Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass th...

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   B1 grammar practice - present perfect, since, for, ever

   This is the first of my weekly B1 grammar practice podcasts. Today, you can practise present perfect simple and the use of "for" and "since" and the structure "the most beautiful cathedral they've ever visited". See help at my website on this: https://www.practisingenglish.com/english-grammar/present-perfect.htm#for_since Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vo...

3. 

   19 Oct 2026

   B2 grammar practice - active to passive voice

   This is the first in my series of weekly B2 grammar practice sessions. Ten minutes of listening and repeating B2-level grammar structures so that you perfect your B2 grammar in spoken British English. Today it's about the use of the passive voice and changing from active to passive. Help on the passive at my website on the passive: https://www.practisingenglish.com/english-grammar/passive-voice.htm Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podca...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

677 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

97

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