Linking devices: cause and effect
Learn some useful phrases for talking about cause and effect.
Episodes
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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.
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.
The past perfect
Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.
Modals of deduction and speculation
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.
The zero and first conditionals
Learn how to make them, when to use them and listen to some example sentences.
Present continuous and 'going to'
Rob, Finn and Emma are going to help you talk about future arrangements.
Phrasal verbs
Afraid of phrasal verbs? Relax - Finn and Catherine are here to help.
Past simple and past continuous
Learn how to talk about past events using the past simple and past continuous.
Past simple
We look at the 'past simple' and give you examples in this 6 Minute Grammar.
'Have to' and 'must'
Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.
Adverbs of Frequency
Learn how to use words like 'always', 'never' and 'sometimes'.
'Like' for preference and description
We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...
Question forms
We’ll take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.
Present perfect continuous
How long have Neil and Catherine been talking about the present perfect continuous?
Present tenses
Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect.
'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'
Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.
'Used to' and 'would'
Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!
Talking about the future
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.
Question tags
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.
Present perfect and past simple
Learn when we use the present perfect and past simple tenses.
State verbs
Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs.
The second conditional
For an explanation about the 2nd conditional, just give us 6 minutes and we can help!
The first conditional
'If it rains, I will take my umbrella'. Learn how to use the first conditional.
Present and past passives
Listen to this programme for examples of passives and explanations of how they're used.
Indirect questions
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
Verb tenses
Neil and Catherine go on a 'tour' of 6 very important English tenses.
Too, very, enough
We will help you understand how 'too', 'very', and 'enough' are used and what they mean.
Subject questions
Learn how we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object.
How to use 'used to'
Learn how to talk about something you did regularly in the past, but don’t do now.