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Episode 9: Another challenge!

Easy English level – Pre-intermediate, A2

Introduction

All the teams are together for a new challenge. One team will win an extra letter. Which team will win it?

And there’s a big surprise from Ned…

Language in this episode

Past simple tense

knocked over

tried

had

was/were

blew

got down on

said

TRANSCRIPT

Paula
This is The London Letter Challenge. So, every team has one or more failed letters. Welcome teams! Isn't this a great view? So, I have a challenge for all of you today. If you win the challenge, you win one extra letter! Are you ready?

Graham and Harry
Yes.

Astrid and Eden
Yes!

Ned
Yes, we're ready.

Paula
Choose your bag.

In each of your bags are some things you can use to build a tower. The team with the tallest tower at the end of five minutes wins the challenge and the extra letter. So...

Graham
We'd already chosen our bag. We opened it and it was full of marshmallows and spaghetti.

Eden
Astrid and I had chosen bag number two.

Ned
So, we were doing this challenge. I knocked over the tower. 

Clare
Well, immediately, Ned knocked over the tower.

Ned
Oh, it was bad.

Clare
It was bad. 

Astrid
In our bag we had egg boxes and wooden sticks, so we thought there was no hope, but we really tried.

Eden
We tried so hard.

Paula
One minute left!

Ned
But then we started working well together. Clare had a plan. And I thought we might win. 

Graham
I was just eating the marshmallows.

Harry
Dad was eating marshmallows. 

Graham
They were so nice.

Clare
Astrid and Eden had a really tall tower.

Eden
We were about to win – I really thought we would.

Astrid
And then the wind knocked our tower right over!

Ned
And Paula blew the whistle... and we won!

Paula
Congratulations, Ned and Clare! You win one extra letter!

Ned
And that's when I knew…

Clare
And that's when it happened…

Harry
I was so surprised.

Astrid
It was so exciting.

Eden
And romantic. He got down on one knee…

Paula
Eeeeee!

Ned
And I said…

Clare
He said 'Will you marry me?'

Astrid
And Clare said…

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Next

A race? In boats? Wow! Which team is going to win?... Watch Episode 10 here.

To learn more about tenses in English, watch Tenses with Georgie.

Is this too difficult?

Watch The London to Edinburgh Challenge – an easy series for elementary/A1 learners. Three teams race from London to Edinburgh with just £100 each!