Learning English Grammar Podcast
Practise your English grammar with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new piece of grammar you need to improve your English.
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.
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Episodes to download
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The second conditional
Tue 21 Mar 2023
We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.
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The first conditional
Tue 14 Mar 2023
"If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional.
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Present and past passives
Tue 7 Mar 2023
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.
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Indirect questions
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
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Too, very, enough
Tue 14 Feb 2023
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.
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Subject questions
Tue 7 Feb 2023
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
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Used to and would
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Listen to the programme to practise the grammar we've learned so far in the series.
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Question Tags
Tue 17 Jan 2023
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.
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Present Perfect and Past Simple
Tue 10 Jan 2023
Catherine and Neil talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
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State verbs
Tue 3 Jan 2023
If you’re unsure about the difference between state verbs and action verbs, listen on.
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The second conditional
Tue 27 Dec 2022
If you need to learn about the second conditional, give us 6 minutes and we can help!
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Present and past passives
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.
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Indirect questions
Tue 6 Dec 2022
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
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Tenses
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.
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Too, very, enough
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Does Catherine buy the very expensive red dress? Listen to find out and learn more.
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Subject questions
Tue 15 Nov 2022
How do we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object?
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‘May’, ‘might’ and ‘could'
Tue 8 Nov 2022
What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have.
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Defining relative clauses
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.
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The present perfect with 'just', 'yet' and 'already'
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Learn how to use the present perfect with 'just', 'yet' and 'already'.
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Comparatives and superlatives
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.
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The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
Tue 4 Oct 2022
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.
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The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.
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Verb patterns
Tue 20 Sep 2022
We explain when is a verb followed by a gerund and when is it followed by an infinitive.
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Present continuous and 'going to'
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Rob, Emma and Finn are going to help you talk about future arrangements in this podcast!
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