Learning English Grammar
Episodes
Film genres
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What kinds of films do you like? Neil and Beth talk about film genres and grammar guru Georgie explains the quantifiers, 'both', 'every', 'all', 'most...
First dates
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Was Pippa's date with her friend a success? Neil and Beth talk about dates and teach some phrasal verbs like 'get on', 'hit it off' and 'settle down',...
A stolen guitar
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What possession was stolen from Neil, and who stole it? Neil and Pippa talk about crime, and Beth and Phil discuss the passive, e.g. 'was stolen', wit...
The great outdoors
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you enjoy climbing mountains and swimming in lakes? Beth and Phil talk about being outdoors, and our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use artic...
Highs and lows
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's the most unusual food you've ever eaten? Or the furthest you've travelled in one day? Beth and Phil answer questions like this and our grammar ...
Holiday habits
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you the kind of person who plans a trip last minute? Or do you prefer to build a spreadsheet months in advance? Pippa and Phil talk about what the...
Gossip
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What language can you use when you're gossiping? Pippa and Phil talk about some office gossip, and our grammar guru Georgie explains language we can u...
Learning to cook
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 P...
Secrets and surprises
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Life advice
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's the best advice you've been given? Learn some grammar for giving advice and making suggestions.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcrip...
Emotions
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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'...
Asking strangers
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can you ask questions politely? Find out with our grammar guru.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔...
Describing a job
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Choosing a home
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Things you have to do
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Predicting the future
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Hobbies we enjoy doing
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 -in...
Things we collect
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's the difference between 'loads of' and 'lots of'? TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https...
Regrets
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn to talk about regrets using the third conditional, 'wish' and regret plus -ing.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode ...
Reminiscing
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 pas...
Preferences
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
NEW SERIES: To-do lists
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Linking devices: cause and effect
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/...
The third conditional
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.Check out this video series about conditionals - all videos come...
Adjectives and adverbs
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discover that chocolate biscuits are a helpful learning tool when talking about this.Have you tried our podcast 'Real Easy English'? Find it with a...
The past perfect
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.Have you tried our podcast 'Real Easy English'? Find it with a free wo...
Modals of deduction and speculation
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.Have you tried our podcast 'Real Easy English'? Find it with a free wor...
First and zero conditional
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use two types of conditional sentencesHave you tried our other podcasts? ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from th...
Phrasals
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs.Find our other podcasts by searching BBC Learning English in your favouri...
Quantifiers
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'. Subscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/news...
Present perfect continuous
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil's got paint all over his clothes. What's he been doing? Subscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters Vid...
Present tenses
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect. Subscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...
'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bb...
'Used to' and 'would'
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bb...
Will, going to, might
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the future, and teach you how to talk about it.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningen...
Question tags
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You'd like to learn about question tags, wouldn't you? Subscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters FIND BBC ...
Present perfect and past simple
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn when we use the present perfect and past simple tenses. Subscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newslettersFIN...
State verbs
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbsSubscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learning...
The second conditional
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Give us 6 minutes and we can help you learn about the second conditional!FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.u...
The first conditional
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.b...
Present and past passives
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn when the passive voice is used.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️...
Indirect questions
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/lear...
Tenses
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil and Catherine go on on a 'tense tour' of six very important English tenses.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www....
Too, very, enough
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️ https:/...
Subject questions
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc....
‘May’, ‘might’ and ‘could'
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:...
Defining relative clauses
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc....
The present perfect with ‘just’, ‘already’ and ‘yet’
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use the present perfect with just, already and yet.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learnin...
Comparatives and superlatives
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https...
The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www...
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:/...
Verb patterns
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
So, such, enough, too
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use these intensifiers in English.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow u...
-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We explain all about present and past participle clauses.LEARN ABOUT TENSES: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/tenses_with_georgi...
Future perfect
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about a tense that helps you to make predictions about the future.MORE ABOUT TENSES: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/tens...
Linking devices of contrast
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc....
Conditionals review
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finn and Callum look at all kinds of 'if' clauses.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follo...
Used to, be used and get used to
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We explain and demonstrate the different way these verbs, which look similar, are used.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:...
Future continuous and be + infinitive
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn two ways of talking about the future. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔...
4 types of phrasal verbs
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Callum and Catherine discuss four different types of phrasal verb.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learn...
Narrative tenses
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What tenses do we use to tell stories in English?FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Fol...
Adverb position 2
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss where we use adverbs with adjectives and other adverbs. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/lear...
Relative clauses
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use defining and non-defining relative clauses.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningen...
Talking about the future
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use 'will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' to talk about the future.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ htt...
The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn all about the word 'the' and how to use it with abstract uncountable nouns.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www....
Adverb position
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the three positions where adverbs usually go when used with verbs.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www....
Comparatives and superlatives
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine and Finn discuss comparatives and superlatives… and commuting! FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.c...
Active and passive voice
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about using the active and passive voices in this episode of 6 Minute Grammar. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https...
Reported speech
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What to do with pronouns, tenses and word order when you report what someone else says. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ http...
Linking devices: cause and effect
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn words and phrases like 'therefore' and 'because of'.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningengl...
The third conditional
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https...
Adjectives and adverbs
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discover that chocolate biscuits are a helpful learning tool when talking about this. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ http...
The past perfect
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.b...
Modals of deduction and speculation
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bb...
First and zero conditional
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use two types of conditional sentencesFIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Foll...
Phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc....
Quantifiers
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk...
Present perfect continuous
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to use the present perfect continuous tense.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...
Present tenses
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Find out how to use the present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https...
Subject questions
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.b...
'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.b...
Will, going to, might
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finn and Catherine talk about the future.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️...
Question tags
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ http...
Present perfect and past simple
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk...
State verbs
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine and Neil explain the right way to use these verbs.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningeng...
The second conditional
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Give us 6 minutes and we can help you learn about the second conditional!FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.u...
First Conditional
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningengli...
Present and past passives
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Passive forms can be tricky to understand but Rob, Neil and Mike are here to help you.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:/...
Indirect questions
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/lear...
Tenses
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.b...
Too, very, enough
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://...
Subject questions
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to form questions when you want to ask about a subject or an object.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc...
Used to and would
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn to talk about this you did as habits in the past.
Will, going to, might
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finn and Catherine talk about the future.
Question tags
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglis...
Present perfect and past simple
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.
State verbs
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about verbs we don't usually use in continuous tenses.
The second conditional
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.
First Conditional
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.
Passive voice
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to make sentences using passive voice.