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Learning English Grammar

BBC Radio•www.bbc.co.uk
Education
Language Learning

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.

Find more at bbclearningenglish.com

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Episodes

The third conditional

Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.

Jun 27, 2023•6 min

Adjectives and adverbs

We discover that chocolate biscuits are a helpful learning tool when talking about this.

Jun 20, 2023•6 min

The past perfect

Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.

Jun 13, 2023•6 min

Phrasals

To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs.

May 23, 2023•6 min

Quantifiers

Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'.

May 16, 2023•6 min

Present tenses

Find out how to use the present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses.

May 02, 2023•6 min

Question tags

"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.

Apr 11, 2023•6 min

State verbs

Catherine and Neil explain the right way to use these verbs.

Mar 28, 2023•6 min

The second conditional

We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.

Mar 21, 2023•6 min

The first conditional

"If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional.

Mar 14, 2023•6 min

Present and past passives

Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.

Mar 07, 2023•6 min

Indirect questions

Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.

Feb 28, 2023•6 min

Verb tenses

Neil and Catherine go on a 'tour' of 6 very important English tenses.

Feb 21, 2023•6 min

Too, very, enough

Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.

Feb 14, 2023•6 min

Subject questions

Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.

Feb 07, 2023•6 min

Used to and would

Listen to the programme to practise the grammar we've learned so far in the series.

Jan 31, 2023•6 min

Question Tags

"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.

Jan 17, 2023•7 min

State verbs

If you’re unsure about the difference between state verbs and action verbs, listen on.

Jan 03, 2023•6 min

The second conditional

If you need to learn about the second conditional, give us 6 minutes and we can help!

Dec 27, 2022•6 min

First Conditional

Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.

Dec 20, 2022•6 min

Present and past passives

Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.

Dec 13, 2022•6 min

Indirect questions

Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.

Dec 06, 2022•6 min
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