Explore every episode of the podcast Learning English Grammar
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The past perfect | 27 Aug 2024 | 00:05:59 | |
Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app. | |||
| Modals of deduction and speculation | 13 Aug 2024 | 00:06:18 | |
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app. | |||
| Question tags | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:06:05 | |
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app. | |||
| Articles | 30 Aug 2022 | 00:06:07 | |
Join Rob, Emma and Finn to learn about articles. | |||
| Past simple and past continuous | 23 Aug 2022 | 00:06:22 | |
We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms. | |||
| The past simple tense | 16 Aug 2022 | 00:06:15 | |
"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense. | |||
| ‘Have to’ and ‘must’ | 09 Aug 2022 | 00:06:02 | |
Do you know how to talk about obligations in English? Join Finn and Alice to find out! | |||
| Adverbs of frequency | 02 Aug 2022 | 00:06:02 | |
Do you often listen to things in English? Learn more adverbs of frequency here. | |||
| Like for preference and description | 26 Jul 2022 | 00:06:01 | |
This week Sophie and Finn explain different meanings of the word 'like'. | |||
| Present simple and present continuous | 19 Jul 2022 | 00:06:07 | |
Listen to Finn and Sophie explain the present simple and present continuous tenses. | |||
| Question forms | 12 Jul 2022 | 00:06:05 | |
How do you ask questions in English? Join Finn and Sophie and find out! | |||
| Future perfect continuous | 05 Jul 2022 | 00:06:11 | |
Learn how to use the future perfect continuous grammar form in English. | |||
| Verb patterns | 28 Jun 2022 | 00:06:18 | |
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns. | |||
| Present perfect and past simple | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:06:04 | |
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app. | |||
| So, such, enough, too | 21 Jun 2022 | 00:06:19 | |
Learn how to use these intensifiers in English. | |||
| -ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses | 07 Jun 2022 | 00:06:10 | |
We explain all about present and past participle clauses. | |||
| The future perfect | 31 May 2022 | 00:06:10 | |
How to use the future perfect to make educated guesses about things that will happen. | |||
| Linking devices of contrast | 24 May 2022 | 00:06:17 | |
Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas. | |||
| Conditionals review | 17 May 2022 | 00:06:09 | |
Finn and Callum look at all kinds of 'if' clauses. | |||
| Used to, be used to and get used to | 10 May 2022 | 00:06:10 | |
We explain and demonstrate the way these verbs, which look very similar, are used. | |||
| Future continuous | 03 May 2022 | 00:06:11 | |
Today's programme is all about the future continuous tense | |||
| Verb patterns | 26 Apr 2022 | 00:06:18 | |
We talk about three different verb patterns. | |||
| So, such, enough, too | 19 Apr 2022 | 00:06:19 | |
"There was such a long queue for coffee!" Learn how to use intensifiers. | |||
| -ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses | 12 Apr 2022 | 00:06:10 | |
Catherine and Callum explain all about present and past participle clauses. | |||
| State verbs | 28 May 2024 | 00:06:15 | |
Catherine and Neil explain the right way to use these verbs. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app. | |||
| Future perfect | 05 Apr 2022 | 00:06:10 | |
Finn and Catherine talk about the future perfect tense | |||
| Linking devices of contrast | 29 Mar 2022 | 00:06:17 | |
We explain words and phrases we can use to link contrasting ideas together. | |||
| Review of conditionals | 22 Mar 2022 | 00:06:09 | |
Join us for this programme as we review four different types of conditionals. | |||
| Used to, be used and get used to | 15 Mar 2022 | 00:06:10 | |
We explain and demonstrate the different way these verbs, which look similar, are used. | |||
| Future continuous and be + infinitive | 08 Mar 2022 | 00:06:08 | |
Learn two ways of talking about the future. | |||
| Multi-word verbs | 01 Mar 2022 | 00:06:16 | |
We explain the different types of phrasal verbs to use with different grammar. | |||
| Narrative tenses | 22 Feb 2022 | 00:06:14 | |
Learn how to use the past tenses to tell stories. | |||
| Adverb position 2 | 15 Feb 2022 | 00:06:08 | |
We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs. | |||
| Relative clauses | 08 Feb 2022 | 00:06:09 | |
Learn how to use defining and non-defining relative clauses. | |||
| Talking about the future | 01 Feb 2022 | 00:06:14 | |
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future. | |||
| The second conditional | 21 May 2024 | 00:06:12 | |
Give us 6 minutes and we can help you learn about the second conditional! FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app. | |||
| The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns | 25 Jan 2022 | 00:06:09 | |
Learn all about the word 'the' and how to use it with abstract uncountable nouns. | |||
| Adverb position | 18 Jan 2022 | 00:06:02 | |
We talk about the three positions where adverbs usually go when used with verbs. | |||
| Comparatives and superlatives | 11 Jan 2022 | 00:06:12 | |
Learn the grammar of comparatives and superlatives | |||
| Active and passive voice | 04 Jan 2022 | 00:06:17 | |
Learn how we can express sentences in two different ways: active voice and passive voice. | |||
| Reported speech | 28 Dec 2021 | 00:06:12 | |
What to do with pronouns, tenses and word order when you report what someone else says. | |||
| Linking devices: cause and effect | 21 Dec 2021 | 00:06:18 | |
Learn some useful phrases for talking about cause and effect. | |||
| The third conditional | 14 Dec 2021 | 00:06:17 | |
Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do. | |||
| Adjectives and adverbs | 07 Dec 2021 | 00:06:20 | |
Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs. | |||
| The past perfect | 30 Nov 2021 | 00:05:59 | |
Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer. | |||
| Modals of deduction and speculation | 23 Nov 2021 | 00:06:18 | |
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation. | |||
| First Conditional | 14 May 2024 | 00:06:10 | |
Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app. | |||
| The zero and first conditionals | 16 Nov 2021 | 00:06:05 | |
Learn how to make them, when to use them and listen to some example sentences. | |||
| Present continuous and 'going to' | 09 Nov 2021 | 00:06:05 | |
Rob, Finn and Emma are going to help you talk about future arrangements. | |||
| Phrasal verbs | 02 Nov 2021 | 00:06:17 | |
Afraid of phrasal verbs? Relax - Finn and Catherine are here to help. | |||