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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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Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Tenses 30.01.2024

Neil and Catherine go on on a 'tense tour' of six very important English tenses.

Too, very, enough 23.01.2024

Rob and Catherine help you understand the words too, very and enough

Subject questions 16.01.2024

How do we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object?

'Used to' 09.01.2024

Did Rob use to play video games? Listen to find out and learn more.

'May', 'might' and 'could' 02.01.2024

What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have.

Defining relative clauses 26.12.2023

Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.

The present perfect with ‘just’, ‘already’ and ‘yet’ 12.12.2023

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

Comparatives and superlatives 05.12.2023

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

The present perfect with 'for' and 'since' 28.11.2023

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

The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’ 21.11.2023

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

Verb patterns 14.11.2023

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

So, such, enough, too 06.11.2023

Learn how to use these intensifiers in English.

-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses 31.10.2023

We explain all about present and past participle clauses.

The future perfect 24.10.2023

How to use the future perfect to make educated guesses about things that will happen.

Linking devices of contrast 17.10.2023

Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas.

Conditionals review 10.10.2023

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

Used to, be used and get used to 03.10.2023

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

Future continuous and be + infinitive 26.09.2023

Learn two ways of talking about the future.

4 types of phrasal verbs 19.09.2023

Callum and Catherine discuss four different types of phrasal verb

Narrative tenses 12.09.2023

What tenses do we use to tell stories in English?

Adverb position 2 05.09.2023

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

Relative clauses 29.08.2023

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

Talking about the future 22.08.2023

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

The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns 15.08.2023

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

Adverb position 08.08.2023

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

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