Learning English Grammar

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Practise your English grammar with these short programmes.

Each week we explore a new piece of grammar you need to improve your English.

Hear how grammar is used in everyday situations, and test what you’ve learnt with games and quizzes.

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Episodes

Tenses

Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.

Nov 29, 2022•6 min

Too, very, enough

Does Catherine buy the very expensive red dress? Listen to find out and learn more.

Nov 22, 2022•6 min

Subject questions

How do we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object?

Nov 15, 2022•6 min

‘Used to’

Did Rob use to play video games? Listen to find out and learn more.

Nov 08, 2022•6 min

‘May’, ‘might’ and ‘could'

What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have.

Nov 08, 2022•6 min

Defining relative clauses

Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.

Oct 25, 2022•6 min

The present perfect with 'just', 'yet' and 'already'

Learn how to use the present perfect with 'just', 'yet' and 'already'.

Oct 18, 2022•6 min

Comparatives and superlatives

Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.

Oct 11, 2022•6 min

The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'

Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.

Oct 04, 2022•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 27, 2022•6 min

Verb patterns

We explain when is a verb followed by a gerund and when is it followed by an infinitive.

Sep 20, 2022•6 min

Present continuous and 'going to'

Rob, Emma and Finn are going to help you talk about future arrangements in this podcast!

Sep 13, 2022•6 min

Articles

Join Rob, Emma and Finn to learn about articles.

Aug 30, 2022•6 min

Past simple and past continuous

We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms.

Aug 23, 2022•6 min

The past simple tense

"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense.

Aug 16, 2022•6 min

‘Have to’ and ‘must’

Do you know how to talk about obligations in English? Join Finn and Alice to find out!

Aug 09, 2022•6 min

Adverbs of frequency

Do you often listen to things in English? Learn more adverbs of frequency here.

Aug 02, 2022•6 min

Like for preference and description

This week Sophie and Finn explain different meanings of the word 'like'.

Jul 26, 2022•6 min

Present simple and present continuous

Listen to Finn and Sophie explain the present simple and present continuous tenses.

Jul 19, 2022•6 min

Question forms

How do you ask questions in English? Join Finn and Sophie and find out!

Jul 12, 2022•6 min

Future perfect continuous

Learn how to use the future perfect continuous grammar form in English.

Jul 05, 2022•6 min

Verb patterns

Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.

Jun 28, 2022•6 min

So, such, enough, too

Learn how to use these intensifiers in English.

Jun 21, 2022•6 min

-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses

We explain all about present and past participle clauses.

Jun 07, 2022•6 min

The future perfect

How to use the future perfect to make educated guesses about things that will happen.

May 31, 2022•6 min

Linking devices of contrast

Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas.

May 24, 2022•6 min

Conditionals review

Finn and Callum look at all kinds of 'if' clauses.

May 17, 2022•6 min

Used to, be used to and get used to

We explain and demonstrate the way these verbs, which look very similar, are used.

May 10, 2022•6 min

Future continuous

Today's programme is all about the future continuous tense

May 03, 2022•6 min

Verb patterns

We talk about three different verb patterns.

Apr 26, 2022•6 min

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