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Talking about creativity

Episode 250808 / 08 Aug 2025

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Introduction

Beth and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about art and making things. Learn to talk about your hobbies and ideas.

Vocabulary

creative
describes someone who likes art and making things, or has lots of ideas

sewing
making things from fabric, for example clothes or blankets

ceramics (or pottery)
making things like mugs and plates from a material called clay

take up
start doing something, for example a hobby, for the first time

Transcript

Georgie
Hello and welcome to Real Easy English. In this podcast, we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Georgie.

Beth
And I'm Beth. You can watch a video version of this podcast and find a worksheet to help you learn on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

Georgie
Hello Beth, how are you today?

Beth
I'm very well, thank you. How are you?

Georgie
Yes, I'm fine, thank you. Today we're talking all about being creative. If you are a creative person, you enjoy things like art or making things and you have lots of ideas.

Beth
OK, so let's get started. Are you a creative person? 

Georgie
Well, we have quite a creative job, don't we? We are always coming up with ideas for new series. Editing videos is quite a creative thing. I think I'm creative. What about you?

Beth
Yeah, I think especially when you talk about what we do for work. We invent new ideas and write scripts, and that is quite inventive. But what about outside of work?

Georgie
That's what I was going to say. Yes. Outside of work. I don't have any hobbies that are creative, but when I was at school, I used to do photography as a class, and that was quite creative. You have to have a good eye when you, when you do photography. But nowadays I don't do much, actually, sometimes I like colouring in with those colouring books. I enjoy that, but I also think you're not really creating much. You're just choosing the colours. 

Beth
Yeah, you almost need to draw the picture and then colour it in yourself.

Georgie
Yeah, maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll try that. What about you? Outside of work?

Beth
I think I was probably more creative when I was younger. Although, one of my friends at the moment is pregnant, so I have been making a blanket for her baby. It's a patchwork quilt, so that means there's different squares of fabric, and I've been cutting them out and sewing them together with my sewing machine.

Georgie
Wow. What, what colours are in your patchwork quilt?

Beth
Well, they're, they're kind of blues and whites and orange-y. Because she doesn't know if it's going to be a boy or a girl. And they're all a little bit patterned, so, yeah. So I've been making that so recently, I have been creative. 

Georgie
Nice. And, Beth, are there any creative things, hobbies you'd like to try? 

Beth
Actually, I know someone who does ceramics, so they make pots and mugs and plates and he does classes. So, I'd quite like to take up ceramics or something like that, just to give it a try. 

Georgie
That's a really good idea, because then you can have new things to have in your kitchen, things that you can actually use.

Beth
Exactly. Yeah. And again, it's something I did as a child for fun, but I wouldn't really think about doing it now. But if I, like, took it up as a hobby, then it's something creative to do. 

Georgie
Yeah. Nice to do with your hands.

Beth
What about you? 

Georgie
I, I don't have any ideas at the moment, but I would like to spend my free time doing something creative because I think it's quite therapeutic. It's a good way to take your mind off the stresses of life. So, yeah, no ideas yet. But watch this space.

OK, let's recap the language we heard during the conversation, starting with creative, which describes someone who likes art or has lots of ideas.

Beth
We also had sewing, which is when you make things from material like clothes or blankets.

Georgie
We also had ceramics, which is also called pottery, which is when you make things like bowls and plates out of a material called clay.

Beth
And if you take up a hobby, you start doing it for the first time.

Georgie
And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English. Remember, you can test what you've learnt using the worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

Beth
And next time we'll be talking about secrets. See you then.

Georgie
Bye.

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