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These short, humorous skits feature a variety of characters and focus on one featured grammatical element or part of speech at a time. This makes it easy and fun to learn by listening and repeating.

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Side by Side - Beginners - Verb to be: Introduction

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

Canada, Japan, USA

This video focuses on the verb "to be," with useful phrases for when you first meet people or are asked for your personal information. The second part of the video has an amusing skit, which may not be that funny if you're the sick person in the hospital emergency room.

Side by Side - Beginners - Rooms in the house

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

This video will help you learn how to say where you are—and where other people are—in various rooms around the house, such as the attic, dining room, basement, and kitchen.

Side by Side - Beginners - Places around town

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In this video, you can review subject pronouns, and learn how to ask and talk about where people are around town, whether it be at the library, in the park, or at the hospital.

Side by Side - Beginners - Present Continuous Tense - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Here's a grammar lesson about how to use the present continuous tense to say what you and anyone else is doing right now at the moment

Side by Side - Beginners - Present Continuous Tense - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Here's Part 2 of the grammar lesson about using the present continuous tense to say what you and anyone else is doing right now at the moment. TV news reporter Gary Carter meets the Jones family in Central Park and finds out exactly what they’re doing today.

Side by Side - Beginners - Present Continuous Tense. Actions at the Moment of Speaking

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Learn how to say what you and others are doing at this exact moment using the present continuous tense, and meet Dennis, who is having a tough day. Everybody he calls is too busy to speak to him!

Side by Side - Beginners - The Weather

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

This episode of Side by Side is all about the weather and how to talk about it in English. The basic question is, "How is the weather today?"

Side by Side - Beginners - Family members

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

The "Side by Side" series always makes learning fun! In this lesson we use photos to learn the names given to close family members and some handy ways to say where these people are. And finally we hear a nostalgic country song from a family man whose photos bring his happy memories to life!

Side by Side - Beginners - Describing location

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

To get to know a place, you need to know where things are. The best way to do this is just to ask! But it’s not always straightforward, especially when you’re new to the neighborhood and have no points of reference!

Side by Side - Beginners - Looking for an apartment

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Learn to ask questions about an apartment you might be interested in when looking for a new place to live. Along with some essential vocabulary, we practice the crucial difference between “there is” and there are.”

Side by Side - Beginners - Clothing - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

This video introduces us to shopping, getting the salesperson’s attention and asking them for help. We also learn colors, and how to say which color is our favorite.

Side by Side - Beginners - Clothing - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Here we see shoppers asking for help finding the right item. Then we meet Clyde, the rather eccentric owner of Clyde’s Clothing, who shows us their range of clothing and goods, and is very keen to invite us to shop at his store.

Side by Side - Beginners - Clothing - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Here we get lots of practice hearing “this," “that,” "these,” and “those” used to ask questions and identify objects. Then a silly accident leads to a whole lot of confusion about belongings!

Side by Side - Beginners - Clothing - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

The laundromat is the setting for silly singing about "this" and "that," "these" and "those," and some possessive pronouns. At the same time, we learn about articles of clothing and colors.

Side by Side - Beginners - Simple Present Tense - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

On the Side by Side talk show “People Around the World," we meet people of different nationalities, ask what languages they speak, and what they like to do with their time.

Side by Side - Beginners - Simple Present Tense - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Stanley cooks a wide variety of food at his own very special international restaurant. We practice asking and answering simple questions in order to find out what is on the menu each day.

Side by Side - Beginners - Favorite types of entertainment

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Learn to say what kinds of movies and TV shows you like, what you like to read, and who your favorite sports stars, authors and actors are.

Side by Side - Beginners - Object pronouns

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Always, usually, sometimes, or never? Can you say who is doing what, and how often they do it? In this episode of "Side by side," we learn some useful adverbs of frequency.

Side by Side - Beginners - Describing people

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In this fun video, learn to describe people physically and talk about what they have and don't have. You can use the verb "to have" for inanimate objects and places as well!

Side by Side - Beginners - Feelings and emotions

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

It’s time to smile and be happy, because "Side by Side" has another enjoyable lesson for you! This time it's all about feelings and emotions.

Side by Side - Beginners - Describing activities

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Do you wash your dishes in the bathtub? Or bathe your cat on a Friday? "Side by side" helps us say what we do sometimes, always, or never, and also what we are doing “right now.”

Side by Side - Beginners - Expressing abilities

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

It’s important to be able to talk about our skills and abilities, especially when we’re looking for a job. Learn how to say what you can do, and what you can’t, and witness one man discover his true calling!

Side by Side - Beginners - Have to / can

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Today, we learn the difference between what we “can” do and what we “have to” do. We meet poor Herbert, who is sad that nobody can go to his party. Steve, on the other hand, finds it impossible to make plans with his friends, but is also quite inflexible himself.

Side by Side - Beginners - Future Tense: going to - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In English, the future tense can be formed with "going to" + infinitive, though "going to" is often shortened to "gonna" in conversation. In this video, meet some people and find out about their plans.

Side by Side - Beginners - Future Tense: going to - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Here you can hear lots of examples featuring the "going to" future, with sentences starting with "I'm going to" or "I'm gonna." We meet Lance, who has no plans to wash his clothes any time soon, and a businessman who runs us rapidly through his hectic schedule.

Side by Side - Beginners - Future Tense: going to - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Two partygoers discover that by amazing coincidence they have almost exactly the same plans for the year ahead. Surely it must be fate, that they have met on this special night...

Side by Side - Beginners - Telling time: future - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Can you tell the time in English, and say whether it will be foggy or drizzling later? In part two of this video for beginners, you will learn how to tell the time, follow TV weather reports, and say what you want to do in the future.

Side by Side - Beginners - Telling time: future - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In part 2 of this lesson, learn how to tell people what time it is, ask when things begin and end, and find out when certain events will occur.

Side by Side - Beginners - Past Tense

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Learn how to say what you did, how you feel, and describe some minor ailments, or “aches and pains,” that you might be suffering from.

Side by Side - Beginners - Past activities - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Learn how to ask and say what you did this morning, yesterday, or on the weekend. With their humorous take on everyday life, the Side by Side team shows you how!

Side by Side - Beginners - Past activities - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In this video, you'll hear people talk about the past and the present. A man recites his poem, and then we go to a commercial break, where the fictional company Presto seems to have cornered almost every market with its wonder products!

Side by Side - Beginners - Past activities - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Tommy is worried that nobody came to his baseball game, but it turns out that someone in his family did go. Find out who it was, and learn how to talk about past activities in the past tense!

Side by Side - Beginners - Past activities - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Elderly couple Harold and Gertrude reminisce about their first date together. Although their memories are a little hazy, they can agree that it was a very special day!

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