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Indirect questions

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

• 6 mins

Present and past passives

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

• 6 mins

The first conditional

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

• 6 mins

The second conditional

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

• 6 mins

State verbs

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

• 6 mins

Present perfect and past simple

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

• 6 mins

Question tags

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

• 6 mins

Talking about the future

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

• 6 mins

'Used to' and 'would'

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

• 6 mins

'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'

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

• 6 mins

Present tenses

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

• 6 mins

Present perfect continuous

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

• 6 mins

'Like' for preference and description

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

• 6 mins

Adverbs of frequency

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

• 6 mins

'Have to' and 'must'

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

• 6 mins

The past simple tense

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

• 6 mins

Past simple and past continuous

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

• 6 mins

Articles

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

• 6 mins

Present continuous and 'going to'

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

• 6 mins

Verb patterns

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

• 6 mins

The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’

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

• 6 mins

The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'

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

• 6 mins

Comparatives and superlatives

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

• 6 mins

Present perfect with 'just', 'already' and 'yet'

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

• 6 mins

Defining relative clauses

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

• 6 mins

Might, may, could

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

• 6 mins

How to use 'used to'

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

• 6 mins

Subject questions

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

• 6 mins

Too, very, enough

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

• 6 mins

Verb tenses

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

• 6 mins