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Learning English Grammar

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. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

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BBC Radio

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www.bbc.co.uk

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Past simple and past continuous 25.08.2020

We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms.

The past simple tense 18.08.2020

"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense.

'Have to' and 'must' 11.08.2020

Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.

Adverbs of frequency 04.08.2020

Learn how to use words like 'always', 'never' and 'sometimes'.

'Like' for preference and description 28.07.2020

We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...

Present simple and continuous 21.07.2020

There's nothing like the present! Learn about the present simple and present continuous.

Question forms 14.07.2020

We’ll take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.

Future perfect continuous 07.07.2020

How to describe the continuous nature of a future activity and how long it will last.

Verb patterns 30.06.2020

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

So, such, enough, too 23.06.2020

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

-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses 16.06.2020

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

The future perfect 09.06.2020

Learn about a tense that helps you to make predictions about the future.

Linking devices of contrast 02.06.2020

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

Review of conditionals 26.05.2020

Join us for this programme as we review four different types of conditionals.

'Used to', 'be used' and 'get used to' 19.05.2020

Learn to talk about actions that happened regularly in the past.

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