Learning English Grammar

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Learn English grammar with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new piece of grammar you need to improve your English. Find more at bbclearningenglish.comFollow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

  • 6 minutes 4 seconds
    Present perfect and past simple

    Learn when we use the present perfect and past simple tenses.

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    13 May 2025, 8:14 am
  • 6 minutes 43 seconds
    State verbs

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

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    6 May 2025, 9:08 am
  • 6 minutes 36 seconds
    The second conditional

    Give us 6 minutes and we can help you learn about the second conditional!

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    29 April 2025, 7:14 am
  • 6 minutes 10 seconds
    The first conditional

    "If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional.

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    22 April 2025, 10:24 am
  • 6 minutes 16 seconds
    Present and past passives

    Learn when the passive voice is used.

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    15 April 2025, 9:21 am
  • 6 minutes 28 seconds
    Indirect questions

    Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.

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    8 April 2025, 8:05 am
  • 6 minutes 7 seconds
    Tenses

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

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    1 April 2025, 10:31 am
  • 6 minutes 36 seconds
    Too, very, enough

    Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:

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    25 March 2025, 10:21 am
  • 6 minutes 34 seconds
    Subject questions

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

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    18 March 2025, 2:12 pm
  • 6 minutes 8 seconds
    ‘May’, ‘might’ and ‘could'

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

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    11 March 2025, 11:52 am
  • 6 minutes 22 seconds
    Defining relative clauses

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

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    4 March 2025, 8:37 am
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