BBC Radio Podcasts from 6 Minute Grammar
Tenses
Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.
Too, very, enough
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.
Subject questions
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
Used to and would
Learn to talk about this you did as habits in the past.
Will, going to, might
Finn and Catherine talk about the future.
Question tags
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.
Present perfect and past simple
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
State verbs
Learn about verbs we don't usually use in continuous tenses.
The second conditional
We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.
First Conditional
Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.
Passive voice
Learn how to make sentences using passive voice.
Indirect questions
Catherine and Rob teach you how and when to use indirect questions
Tenses
Neil and Catherine go on on a 'tense tour' of six very important English tenses.
Too, very, enough
Rob and Catherine help you understand the words too, very and enough
Subject questions
How do we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object?
'Used to'
Did Rob use to play video games? Listen to find out and learn more.
'May', 'might' and 'could'
What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have.
Defining relative clauses
Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.
The present perfect with ‘just’, ‘already’ and ‘yet’
Learn how to use the present perfect with just, already and yet.
Comparatives and superlatives
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.
The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.
Verb patterns
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.
So, such, enough, too
Learn how to use these intensifiers in English.
-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses
We explain all about present and past participle clauses.
The future perfect
How to use the future perfect to make educated guesses about things that will happen.
Linking devices of contrast
Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas.
Conditionals review
Finn and Callum look at all kinds of 'if' clauses.
Used to, be used and get used to
We explain and demonstrate the different way these verbs, which look similar, are used.
Future continuous and be + infinitive
Learn two ways of talking about the future.
4 types of phrasal verbs
Callum and Catherine discuss four different types of phrasal verb
Narrative tenses
What tenses do we use to tell stories in English?
Adverb position 2
We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs.
Relative clauses
Learn how to use defining and non-defining relative clauses.
Talking about the future
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.
The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns
Learn all about the word 'the' and how to use it with abstract uncountable nouns.
Adverb position
We talk about the three positions where adverbs usually go when used with verbs.
Comparatives and superlatives
Catherine and Finn discuss comparatives and superlatives… and commuting!
Active and passive voice
Learn about using the active and passive voices in this episode of 6 Minute Grammar.
Reported speech
What to do with pronouns, tenses and word order when you report what someone else says.
Linking devices: cause and effect
Learn words and phrases like 'therefore' and 'because of'.
The third conditional
Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.
Adjectives and adverbs
We discover that chocolate biscuits are a helpful learning tool when talking about this.
The past perfect
Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.
Modals of deduction and speculation
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.
First and zero conditional
Learn how to use two types of conditional sentences
Phrasals
To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs.
Quantifiers
Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'.
Present perfect continuous
Neil's got paint all over his clothes. What's he been doing?
Present tenses
Find out how to use the present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses.
'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'
Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.
Will, going to, might
Finn and Catherine talk about the future.
Question tags
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.
Present perfect and past simple
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
State verbs
Catherine and Neil explain the right way to use these verbs.
The second conditional
We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.
The first conditional
"If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional.
Present and past passives
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.
Indirect questions
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
Verb tenses
Neil and Catherine go on a 'tour' of 6 very important English tenses.
Too, very, enough
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.
Subject questions
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
Used to and would
Listen to the programme to practise the grammar we've learned so far in the series.
Will, going to, might
Finn and Catherine talk about the future.
Question Tags
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.
Present Perfect and Past Simple
Catherine and Neil talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
State verbs
If you’re unsure about the difference between state verbs and action verbs, listen on.
The second conditional
If you need to learn about the second conditional, give us 6 minutes and we can help!
First Conditional
Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.
Present and past passives
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.
Indirect questions
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
Tenses
Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.
Too, very, enough
Does Catherine buy the very expensive red dress? Listen to find out and learn more.
Subject questions
How do we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object?
‘Used to’
Did Rob use to play video games? Listen to find out and learn more.
‘May’, ‘might’ and ‘could'
What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have.
Defining relative clauses
Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.
The present perfect with 'just', 'yet' and 'already'
Learn how to use the present perfect with 'just', 'yet' and 'already'.
Comparatives and superlatives
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.
The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.
Verb patterns
We explain when is a verb followed by a gerund and when is it followed by an infinitive.
Present continuous and 'going to'
Rob, Emma and Finn are going to help you talk about future arrangements in this podcast!
Articles
Join Rob, Emma and Finn to learn about articles.
Past simple and past continuous
We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms.
The past simple tense
"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense.
‘Have to’ and ‘must’
Do you know how to talk about obligations in English? Join Finn and Alice to find out!
Adverbs of frequency
Do you often listen to things in English? Learn more adverbs of frequency here.
Like for preference and description
This week Sophie and Finn explain different meanings of the word 'like'.
Present simple and present continuous
Listen to Finn and Sophie explain the present simple and present continuous tenses.
Question forms
How do you ask questions in English? Join Finn and Sophie and find out!
Future perfect continuous
Learn how to use the future perfect continuous grammar form in English.
Verb patterns
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.
So, such, enough, too
Learn how to use these intensifiers in English.
-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses
We explain all about present and past participle clauses.
The future perfect
How to use the future perfect to make educated guesses about things that will happen.
Linking devices of contrast
Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas.
Conditionals review
Finn and Callum look at all kinds of 'if' clauses.
Used to, be used to and get used to
We explain and demonstrate the way these verbs, which look very similar, are used.
Future continuous
Today's programme is all about the future continuous tense
Verb patterns
We talk about three different verb patterns.
So, such, enough, too
"There was such a long queue for coffee!" Learn how to use intensifiers.
-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses
Catherine and Callum explain all about present and past participle clauses.
Future perfect
Finn and Catherine talk about the future perfect tense
Linking devices of contrast
We explain words and phrases we can use to link contrasting ideas together.
Review of conditionals
Join us for this programme as we review four different types of conditionals.
Used to, be used and get used to
We explain and demonstrate the different way these verbs, which look similar, are used.
Future continuous and be + infinitive
Learn two ways of talking about the future.
Multi-word verbs
We explain the different types of phrasal verbs to use with different grammar.
Narrative tenses
Learn how to use the past tenses to tell stories.
Adverb position 2
We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs.
Relative clauses
Learn how to use defining and non-defining relative clauses.
Talking about the future
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.
The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns
Learn all about the word 'the' and how to use it with abstract uncountable nouns.
Adverb position
We talk about the three positions where adverbs usually go when used with verbs.
Comparatives and superlatives
Learn the grammar of comparatives and superlatives
Active and passive voice
Learn how we can express sentences in two different ways: active voice and passive voice.
Reported speech
What to do with pronouns, tenses and word order when you report what someone else says.
Linking devices: cause and effect
Learn some useful phrases for talking about cause and effect.
The third conditional
Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.
The past perfect
Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.
Modals of deduction and speculation
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.
The zero and first conditionals
Learn how to make them, when to use them and listen to some example sentences.
Present continuous and 'going to'
Rob, Finn and Emma are going to help you talk about future arrangements.
Phrasal verbs
Afraid of phrasal verbs? Relax - Finn and Catherine are here to help.
Past simple and past continuous
Learn how to talk about past events using the past simple and past continuous.
Past simple
We look at the 'past simple' and give you examples in this 6 Minute Grammar.
'Have to' and 'must'
Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.
Adverbs of Frequency
Learn how to use words like 'always', 'never' and 'sometimes'.
'Like' for preference and description
We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...
Question forms
We’ll take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.
Present perfect continuous
How long have Neil and Catherine been talking about the present perfect continuous?
Present tenses
Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect.
'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'
Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.
'Used to' and 'would'
Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!
Talking about the future
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.
Question tags
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.
Present perfect and past simple
Learn when we use the present perfect and past simple tenses.
State verbs
Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs.
The second conditional
For an explanation about the 2nd conditional, just give us 6 minutes and we can help!
The first conditional
'If it rains, I will take my umbrella'. Learn how to use the first conditional.
Present and past passives
Listen to this programme for examples of passives and explanations of how they're used.
Indirect questions
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.
Verb tenses
Neil and Catherine go on a 'tour' of 6 very important English tenses.
Too, very, enough
We will help you understand how 'too', 'very', and 'enough' are used and what they mean.
Subject questions
Learn how we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object.
How to use 'used to'
Learn how to talk about something you did regularly in the past, but don’t do now.
Might, may, could
Catherine might cook curry for dinner. Learn how to use 'might', 'may' and 'could'.
Might, may, could
Catherine might cook curry for dinner. Learn how to use 'might', 'may' and 'could'.
Defining relative clauses
How to use defining relative clauses. They give information about a noun in a sentence.
Present perfect with 'just', 'already' and 'yet'
Learn how to use 'just', 'already' and 'yet' with the present perfect.
Comparatives and superlatives
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.
The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.
Verb patterns
When is a verb followed by a gerund, and when is it followed by an infinitive?
Present continuous and 'going to'
Taking about making plans… what is Finn doing tonight? Listen to the programme.
Articles
Rob and Emma talk about articles and Finn talks about elephants in Cambodia.
Past simple and past continuous
We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms.
The past simple tense
"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense.
'Have to' and 'must'
Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.
Adverbs of frequency
Learn how to use 'always', 'often', 'never' and 'sometimes'.
'Like' for preference and description
We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...
Present perfect continuous
'What have you been doing?' Learn how to use the present perfect continuous tense.
Present tenses
Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect.
'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'
Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.
'Used to' and 'would'
Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!
Talking about the future
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.
Question tags
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.
Present perfect and past simple
Catherine and Neil talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
State verbs
Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs.
The second conditional
"If my team won, I'd be so happy!" Learn how to use the second conditional.
The first conditional
"If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional.
Present and past passives
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.
Indirect questions
Rob and Catherine tell you what they are, how to make them and when to use them.
Verb tenses
Neil and Catherine go on a 'tour' of 6 very important English tenses.
Too, very, enough
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.
Subject questions
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.
'Used to'
Using the phrase 'used to' to talk about the past: "I used to meet my friends every day."
Defining relative clauses
How to use defining relative clauses. They give information about a noun in a sentence.
The present perfect with 'just', 'already' and 'yet'
'I've just been to the London eye!' Learn how to talk about your activities.
Comparatives and superlatives
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.
The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.
Verb patterns
When is a verb followed by a gerund, and when is it followed by an infinitive?
Present continuous and 'going to'
We talk about making plans and... what is Finn doing tonight?
Articles
Rob and Emma talk about articles and Finn talks about elephants in Cambodia...
Past simple and past continuous
We talk about the Titanic disaster and teach you two past verb forms.
The past simple tense
"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense.
'Have to' and 'must'
Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.
Adverbs of frequency
Learn how to use words like 'always', 'never' and 'sometimes'.
'Like' for preference and description
We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...
Present simple and continuous
There's nothing like the present! Learn about the present simple and present continuous.
Question forms
We’ll take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.
Future perfect continuous
How to describe the continuous nature of a future activity and how long it will last.
Verb patterns
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.
So, such, enough, too
"There was such a long queue for coffee!" Learn how to use intensifiers.
-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses
Catherine and Callum explain all about present and past participle clauses.
The future perfect
Learn about a tense that helps you to make predictions about the future.
Linking devices of contrast
Learn about the words and phrases we can use to link contrasting ideas together.
Review of conditionals
Join us for this programme as we review four different types of conditionals.
'Used to', 'be used' and 'get used to'
Learn to talk about actions that happened regularly in the past.