Learning English Grammar (BBC Radio)

Learn to talk about actions that happened regularly in the past.

Join us for this programme as we review four different types of conditionals.

Learn about the words and phrases we can use to link contrasting ideas together.

Learn about a tense that helps you to make predictions about the future.

Catherine and Callum explain all about present and past participle clauses.

"There was such a long queue for coffee!" Learn how to use intensifiers.

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

How to describe the continuous nature of a future activity and how long it will last.

We’ll take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.

There's nothing like the present! Learn about the present simple and present continuous.

We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...

Learn how to use words like 'always', 'never' and 'sometimes'.

Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.

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

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

Rob and Emma talk about articles and Finn talks about elephants in Cambodia...

We talk about making plans and... what is Finn doing tonight?

When is a verb followed by a gerund, and when is it followed by an infinitive?

Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.

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

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

'I've just been to the London eye!' Learn how to talk about your activities.

How to use defining relative clauses. They give information about a noun in a sentence.

Catherine might cook curry for dinner. Learn how to use 'might', 'may' and 'could'.

Using the phrase 'used to' to talk about the past: "I used to meet my friends every day."

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

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

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

Rob and Catherine tell you what they are, how to make them and when to use them.

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

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

"If my team won, I'd be so happy!" Learn how to use the second conditional.

Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs.

Catherine and Neil talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.

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

Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.

Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!

Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.

Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect.

'What have you been doing?' Learn how to use the present perfect continuous tense.

We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...

Learn how to use 'always', 'often', 'never' and 'sometimes'.

Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.

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

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

Rob and Emma talk about articles and Finn talks about elephants in Cambodia.

Taking about making plans… what is Finn doing tonight? Listen to the programme.

When is a verb followed by a gerund, and when is it followed by an infinitive?

Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.

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

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

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

How to use defining relative clauses. They give information about a noun in a sentence.

Catherine might cook curry for dinner. Learn how to use 'might', 'may' and 'could'.

Learn how to talk about something you did regularly in the past, but don’t do now.

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

We will help you understand how 'too', 'very', and 'enough' are used and what they mean.

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

Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.

Listen to this programme for examples of passives and explanations of how they're used.

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

For an explanation about the 2nd conditional, just give us 6 minutes and we can help!

Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs.

Learn when we use the present perfect and past simple tenses.

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

Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.

Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!

Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.

Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect.

How long have Neil and Catherine been talking about the present perfect continuous?

We’ll take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.

We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...

Learn how to use words like 'always', 'never' and 'sometimes'.

Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.

We look at the 'past simple' and give you examples in this 6 Minute Grammar.

Learn how to talk about past events using the past simple and past continuous.

Afraid of phrasal verbs? Relax - Finn and Catherine are here to help.

Rob, Finn and Emma are going to help you talk about future arrangements.

Learn how to make them, when to use them and listen to some example sentences.

Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.

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

Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.

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

Learn some useful phrases for talking about cause and effect.

What to do with pronouns, tenses and word order when you report what someone else says.

Learn how we can express sentences in two different ways: active voice and passive voice.

Learn the grammar of comparatives and superlatives

We talk about the three positions where adverbs usually go when used with verbs.

Learn all about the word 'the' and how to use it with abstract uncountable nouns.

Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.

Learn how to use defining and non-defining relative clauses.

We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs.

Learn how to use the past tenses to tell stories.

We explain the different types of phrasal verbs to use with different grammar.

Learn two ways of talking about the future.

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

Join us for this programme as we review four different types of conditionals.

We explain words and phrases we can use to link contrasting ideas together.

Finn and Catherine talk about the future perfect tense

Catherine and Callum explain all about present and past participle clauses.