LEARNİNG ENGLİSH GRAMMAR

What did you know how to cook before you learnt properly? Maybe it was a simple cake, or you could boil an egg and put bread in a toaster! Pippa and Phil talk about how they learnt to cook, and our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use adverbs like 'finally', 'previously' and 'once before' with the past perfect tense.

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What language can you use when you notice or see something suspicious? Pippa and Phil talk about surprises they've had in their life, and our grammar guru Georgie explains language we can use when we're curious about what's happening.

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What's the best advice you've been given? Learn some grammar for giving advice and making suggestions.

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What does it mean to be on the verge of crying? And what are some other ways we can talk about our emotions? Learn 'make someone do or feel something', 'on the verge of' and 'about to' in this episode, with Pippa, Phil and grammar guru Georgie.

How can you ask questions politely? Find out with our grammar guru.

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What's the most interesting job you've ever had? What did you have to do? Neil and Beth talk about the most interesting jobs they've had while grammar guru Georgie explains how to use whose to make relative clauses.

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Do you want a house that's a bit, sort of or a lot bigger? Neil and Pippa talk about why they chose to live where they do, while grammar guru Georgie explains how to use 'a bit', 'sort of' and 'a lot' with comparisons, as well as how to compare something to a clause.

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Do you have any social obligations? Beth and Neil talk about doing things they don't really want to do and our grammar guru Georgie explains ways to talk about social obligations. Learn to use 'have to', 'be meant to', 'be supposed to' and how to use the second conditional.

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What are your predictions about the future? Neil and Pippa talk about what they think will happen in the future, and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of future predictions. Learn to use 'will', 'going to' and how to use the future perfect tense.

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Do you have any hobbies you'd like to start doing? Beth and Neil talk about things they enjoy and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of -ing verbs and infinitives. Learn which verbs to use when we have two verbs together in English.

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What's the difference between 'loads of' and 'lots of'?

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Learn to talk about regrets using the third conditional, 'wish' and regret plus -ing.

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We talk about our memories all the time. Learn how to reminisce in English with Neil, Pippa and grammar guru Georgie, using used to, would and the past simple.

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Do you prefer dogs or cats? Neil and Phil talk about choices and preferences and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of these choices. Learn to use prefer, would prefer and would rather.

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How long is your to-do list? Beth and Neil talk about the jobs they need to do, and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of your to-do list. Learn to use 'need to', 'have to', 'got to' and 'needs doing'.

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

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

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

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

Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.

"There was such a long queue for coffee!" Learn how to use intensifiers.

Catherine and Callum explain all about present and past participle clauses.

Finn and Catherine talk about the future perfect tense

Learn about the words and phrases we can use to link contrasting ideas together.

Finn and Callum look at all kinds of 'if' clauses.

We explain and demonstrate the different way these verbs, which look similar, are used.

Learn two ways of talking about the future.

Callum and Catherine discuss four different types of phrasal verb

Learn how to use the past tenses to tell stories.

We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs.

Learn how to use defining and non-defining relative clauses.

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

Learn all about the word 'the' and how to use it with abstract uncountable nouns.

We talk about the three positions where adverbs usually go when used with verbs.

Learn how we can express sentences in two different ways: active voice and passive voice.

What to do with pronouns, tenses and word order when you report what someone else says.

Learn some useful phrases for talking about cause and effect.

Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.

Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.

Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.

Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.

Learn how to use two types of conditional sentences

To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs.

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Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'.

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

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

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

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

Finn and Catherine talk about the future.

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

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

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

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

Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.

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

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

Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.

Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.

Listen to the programme to practise the grammar we've learned so far in the series.

Learn how to make sentences using passive voice.