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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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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鈥楳ay鈥�, 鈥榤ight鈥� and 鈥榗ould'
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 鈥榚ver鈥� and 鈥榥ever鈥�
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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Past simple and past continuous
Tue 23 Aug 2022
We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms.
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The past simple tense
Tue 16 Aug 2022
"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense.
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鈥楬ave to鈥� and 鈥榤ust鈥�
Tue 9 Aug 2022
Do you know how to talk about obligations in English? Join Finn and Alice to find out!
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Adverbs of frequency
Tue 2 Aug 2022
Do you often listen to things in English? Learn more adverbs of frequency here.
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Like for preference and description
Tue 26 Jul 2022
This week Sophie and Finn explain different meanings of the word 'like'.
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Present simple and present continuous
Tue 19 Jul 2022
Listen to Finn and Sophie explain the present simple and present continuous tenses.
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Question forms
Tue 12 Jul 2022
How do you ask questions in English? Join Finn and Sophie and find out!
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Future perfect continuous
Tue 5 Jul 2022
Learn how to use the future perfect continuous grammar form in English.
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Verb patterns
Tue 28 Jun 2022
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.
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-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses
Tue 7 Jun 2022
We explain all about present and past participle clauses.
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The future perfect
Tue 31 May 2022
How to use the future perfect to make educated guesses about things that will happen.
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Linking devices of contrast
Tue 24 May 2022
Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas.
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Used to, be used to and get used to
Tue 10 May 2022
We explain and demonstrate the way these verbs, which look very similar, are used.
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So, such, enough, too
Tue 19 Apr 2022
"There was such a long queue for coffee!" Learn how to use intensifiers.
