Indirect questions
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
Episodes
Learning English Grammar
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Episodes
Verb tenses
Neil and Catherine go on a 'tour' of 6 very important English tenses.
Too, very, enough
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.
Subject questions
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
Used to and would
Listen to the programme to practise the grammar we've learned so far in the series.
Will, going to, might
Finn and Catherine 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
Catherine and Neil talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
State verbs
If you’re unsure about the difference between state verbs and action verbs, listen on.
The second conditional
If you need to learn about the second conditional, give us 6 minutes and we can help!
First Conditional
Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.
Present and past passives
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.
Indirect questions
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
Tenses
Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.
Too, very, enough
Does Catherine buy the very expensive red dress? Listen to find out and learn more.
Subject questions
How do we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object?
‘Used to’
Did Rob use to play video games? Listen to find out and learn more.
‘May’, ‘might’ and ‘could'
What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have.
Defining relative clauses
Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.
The present perfect with 'just', 'yet' and 'already'
Learn how to use the present perfect with 'just', 'yet' and 'already'.
Comparatives and superlatives
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.
The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.
Verb patterns
We explain when is a verb followed by a gerund and when is it followed by an infinitive.
Present continuous and 'going to'
Rob, Emma and Finn are going to help you talk about future arrangements in this podcast!
Articles
Join Rob, Emma and Finn to learn about articles.
Past simple and past continuous
We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms.
The past simple tense
"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense.
‘Have to’ and ‘must’
Do you know how to talk about obligations in English? Join Finn and Alice to find out!
Adverbs of frequency
Do you often listen to things in English? Learn more adverbs of frequency here.