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鈥檝e learnt with games and quizzes.
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Episodes to download
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Adjectives and adverbs
Tue 20 Jun 2023
We discover that chocolate biscuits are a helpful learning tool when talking about this.
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The past perfect
Tue 13 Jun 2023
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 6 Jun 2023
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.
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Phrasals
Tue 23 May 2023
To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs.
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Quantifiers
Tue 16 May 2023
Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'.
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Present perfect continuous
Tue 9 May 2023
Neil's got paint all over his clothes. What's he been doing?
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Present tenses
Tue 2 May 2023
Find out how to use the present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses.
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'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.
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Question tags
Tue 11 Apr 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 4 Apr 2023
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
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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鈥檙e 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.
