'Used to' and 'would'
Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!
Jan 26, 2021•6 min
Learning English Grammar
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Episodes
Talking about the future
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.
Jan 19, 2021•6 min
Question tags
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.
Jan 12, 2021•6 min
Present perfect and past simple
Catherine and Neil talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
Jan 05, 2021•6 min
State verbs
Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs.
Dec 29, 2020•6 min
The second conditional
"If my team won, I'd be so happy!" Learn how to use the second conditional.
Dec 22, 2020•6 min
The first conditional
"If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional.
Dec 15, 2020•6 min
Present and past passives
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.
Dec 08, 2020•6 min
Indirect questions
Rob and Catherine tell you what they are, how to make them and when to use them.
Dec 01, 2020•6 min
Verb tenses
Neil and Catherine go on a 'tour' of 6 very important English tenses.
Nov 24, 2020•6 min
Too, very, enough
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.
Nov 17, 2020•6 min
Subject questions
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
Nov 10, 2020•6 min
'Used to'
Using the phrase 'used to' to talk about the past: "I used to meet my friends every day."
Nov 02, 2020•6 min
Defining relative clauses
How to use defining relative clauses. They give information about a noun in a sentence.
Oct 20, 2020•6 min
The present perfect with 'just', 'already' and 'yet'
'I've just been to the London eye!' Learn how to talk about your activities.
Oct 13, 2020•6 min
Comparatives and superlatives
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.
Oct 06, 2020•6 min
The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.
Sep 29, 2020•6 min
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.
Sep 22, 2020•6 min
Verb patterns
When is a verb followed by a gerund, and when is it followed by an infinitive?
Sep 15, 2020•6 min
Present continuous and 'going to'
We talk about making plans and... what is Finn doing tonight?
Sep 08, 2020•6 min
Articles
Rob and Emma talk about articles and Finn talks about elephants in Cambodia...
Sep 01, 2020•6 min
Past simple and past continuous
We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms.
Aug 25, 2020•6 min
The past simple tense
"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense.
Aug 18, 2020•6 min
'Have to' and 'must'
Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.
Aug 11, 2020•6 min
Adverbs of frequency
Learn how to use words like 'always', 'never' and 'sometimes'.
Aug 04, 2020•6 min
'Like' for preference and description
We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...
Jul 28, 2020•6 min
Present simple and continuous
There's nothing like the present! Learn about the present simple and present continuous.
Jul 21, 2020•6 min
Question forms
We’ll take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.
Jul 14, 2020•6 min
Future perfect continuous
How to describe the continuous nature of a future activity and how long it will last.
Jul 07, 2020•6 min
Verb patterns
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.
Jun 30, 2020•6 min