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’ve learnt with games and quizzes.
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Episodes to download
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Present perfect and past simple
Tue 13 May 2025
Learn when we use the present perfect and past simple tenses.
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State verbs
Tue 6 May 2025
Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs
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The second conditional
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Give us 6 minutes and we can help you learn about the second conditional!
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The first conditional
Tue 22 Apr 2025
"If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional.
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Indirect questions
Tue 8 Apr 2025
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
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Tenses
Tue 1 Apr 2025
Neil and Catherine go on on a 'tense tour' of six very important English tenses.
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Too, very, enough
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.
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Subject questions
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
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‘May’, ‘might’ and ‘could'
Tue 11 Mar 2025
What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have.
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Defining relative clauses
Tue 4 Mar 2025
Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.
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The present perfect with ‘just’, ‘already’ and ‘yet’
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Learn how to use the present perfect with just, already and yet.
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Comparatives and superlatives
Tue 18 Feb 2025
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 11 Feb 2025
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.
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The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Tue 4 Feb 2025
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.
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Verb patterns
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.
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-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses
Tue 7 Jan 2025
We explain all about present and past participle clauses.
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Future perfect
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Learn about a tense that helps you to make predictions about the future.
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Linking devices of contrast
Christmas Eve 2024
Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas.
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Used to, be used and get used to
Tue 10 Dec 2024
We explain and demonstrate the different way these verbs, which look similar, are used.
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4 types of phrasal verbs
Tue 26 Nov 2024
Callum and Catherine discuss four different types of phrasal verb
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Adverb position 2
Tue 12 Nov 2024
We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs.
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Talking about the future
Tue 29 Oct 2024
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 22 Oct 2024
Learn all about the word 'the' and how to use it with abstract uncountable nouns.
