Sigrid talks about two important US holidays, Memorial Day and Labor Day. They are quite different in what they commemorate, but they're combined here because many Americans see them as bookends to the summer season.

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.

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.

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.

Enjoy another walk through the fields with pig brothers Piggeldy and Frederick. This time, Piggeldy wants to know what a letter is.

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...

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.

Although we use the passive tense in the present tense, it's used in other tenses, too, and that's what we look at in this lesson.

Pressure from celebrities in combination with organized peaceful protests and marches can sometimes work to effectuate change. It's always worth a try when the cause is just.

"Enjoy another walk through the fields with brothers Piggeldy and Frederick. This time Piggeldy wants to learn about the concept of cleaning up."

Following the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, people spoke out. One of these people was a famous actor who went to Washington to give a speech.

In cities like New York, bike sharing has become more and more popular, and indeed, NYC has the largest bike share network in the country. What are the advantages of bike sharing?

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.

There has been a lot of attention on the second amendment and on gun safety. This is because there have been so many mass shootings in the United States, and in fact, two very big ones happened just a week apart. As Sigrid states, this is a very upsetting topic.

Here is some news about lunar soil, NATO membership, and the Eurovision Song Contest.