Learning English Grammar Podcast
Learn English grammar with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new piece of grammar you need to improve your English.
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Episodes to download
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The third conditional
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.
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Adjectives and adverbs
Tue 3 Sep 2024
We discover that chocolate biscuits are a helpful learning tool when talking about this.
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The past perfect
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.
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Modals of deduction and speculation
Tue 13 Aug 2024
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.
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Phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs
Tue 30 Jul 2024
To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs.
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Quantifiers
Tue 23 Jul 2024
Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'.
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Present tenses
Tue 9 Jul 2024
Find out how to use the present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses.
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Subject questions
Tue 2 Jul 2024
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
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'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.
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Question tags
Tue 11 Jun 2024
"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 4 Jun 2024
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
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The second conditional
Tue 21 May 2024
Give us 6 minutes and we can help you learn about the second conditional!
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Present and past passives
Tue 7 May 2024
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.
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Indirect questions
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
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Tenses
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.
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Too, very, enough
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.
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Subject questions
Tue 9 Apr 2024
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
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Question tags
Tue 19 Mar 2024
"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 12 Mar 2024
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
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The second conditional
Tue 27 Feb 2024
We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.
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