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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-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses
Tue 12 Apr 2022
Catherine and Callum explain all about present and past participle clauses.
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Linking devices of contrast
Tue 29 Mar 2022
We explain words and phrases we can use to link contrasting ideas together.
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Review of conditionals
Tue 22 Mar 2022
Join us for this programme as we review four different types of conditionals.
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Used to, be used and get used to
Tue 15 Mar 2022
We explain and demonstrate the different way these verbs, which look similar, are used.
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Multi-word verbs
Tue 1 Mar 2022
We explain the different types of phrasal verbs to use with different grammar.
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Adverb position 2
Tue 15 Feb 2022
We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs.
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Talking about the future
Tue 1 Feb 2022
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.
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The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Learn all about the word 'the' and how to use it with abstract uncountable nouns.
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Adverb position
Tue 18 Jan 2022
We talk about the three positions where adverbs usually go when used with verbs.
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Active and passive voice
Tue 4 Jan 2022
Learn how we can express sentences in two different ways: active voice and passive voice.
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Reported speech
Tue 28 Dec 2021
What to do with pronouns, tenses and word order when you report what someone else says.
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Linking devices: cause and effect
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Learn some useful phrases for talking about cause and effect.
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The third conditional
Tue 14 Dec 2021
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 7 Dec 2021
Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.
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The past perfect
Tue 30 Nov 2021
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 23 Nov 2021
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.
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The zero and first conditionals
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Learn how to make them, when to use them and listen to some example sentences.
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Present continuous and 'going to'
Tue 9 Nov 2021
Rob, Finn and Emma are going to help you talk about future arrangements.
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Past simple and past continuous
Tue 26 Oct 2021
Learn how to talk about past events using the past simple and past continuous.
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Past simple
Tue 19 Oct 2021
We look at the 'past simple' and give you examples in this 6 Minute Grammar.
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'Have to' and 'must'
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.
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'Like' for preference and description
Tue 28 Sep 2021
We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...
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Question forms
Tue 21 Sep 2021
We鈥檒l take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.
