Real Easy English: Talking about birthdays

About this episode

This episode discusses milestone birthdays and features a conversation about celebrating birthdays in easy English.

What's a milestone birthday? Listen to a real conversation in easy English about birthdays – the time of year you celebrate the day you were born. Learn to talk about throwing parties, blowing out candles and making wishes. Receive an email from your favourite presenters each week! Subscribe to our newsletter: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters Watch a video of this podcast, with or without subtitles, and find a free worksheet and transcript here: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/real-easy-english/260220 And if you like podcasts, why not try some of other other ones: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/podcasts

Topics covered

• birthdays
• celebration
• parties
• wishes
• candles

Keywords

• birthdays
• milestone
• celebrate
• parties
• wishes
• candles
• conversation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC

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