BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13

We look at the BBC's newest building - New Broadcasting House and learn the language of describing and comparing places using comparatives and superlatives.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 1

Come on in and take a look at the BBC's newest building - and the home of BBC Learning English. Along the way you'll learn about comparatives and superlatives, so you can talk about the biggest and best things in your life.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 1 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 1 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 1 / Activity 3

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 2

Let's find out more about Broadcasting House and focus on the language used to describe the changes that have taken place there (comparative adjectives) and also some of the features that make the building unique (superlative adjectives)

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 2 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 2 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 2 / Activity 3

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 2 / Activity 4

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 3

We've created a personalised tour of the BBC just for you! Here's your chance to take a look around the old and new headquarters, learn some history, hear some comparatives and superlatives in action and practise what you've learned so far.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 3 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 3 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 4

Is there a new leisure centre or hospital near you? How do you describe changes in your community? Hear some people talking about new developments in their neighbourhood. Then it's your chance to describe places you know using the comparatives and superlatives you've learnt in this unit.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 4 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 4 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 4 / Activity 3

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 5

A murder takes Viktor Frankenstein back to his hometown in the latest episode of our dramatisation of Mary Shelley's famous novel. And it's also time to find out what you've learnt about comparatives and superlatives from Unit 13 in our weekly quiz.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 5 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 13 / Session 5 / Activity 2