A doodle!

Yishu H.

Hello, and welcome to Speak good English with Yishu. Some things are easy to do – like learning an English phrase every day. Find out about an expression that describes doing simple things like this, most of the time!

 

If we say something is a doddle, it means it’s easy to do. It’s an informal expression. 

 

Let’s hear more examples of this phrase to get more practice.

  • According to the instructions, building this bookshelf should be a doddle.
  • Getting to the museum is a doddle; you only need to take one train straight there.
  • The test was a doddle, and I got full marks.

You' are listening to Speak Good English with Yishu and, and we are learning about the expression ‘a doddle’. We can say this to mean it’s an easy task to do.

 

Do you like the phrase today? I am Yishu. And see you tomorrow.

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