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Indirect questions

Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.

• 6 mins

Present and past passives

Listen to this programme for examples of passives and explanations of how they're used.

• 6 mins

The first conditional

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

• 6 mins

The second conditional

For an explanation about the 2nd conditional, just give us 6 minutes and we can help!

• 6 mins

State verbs

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

• 6 mins

Present perfect and past simple

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

• 6 mins

Question tags

"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.

• 6 mins

Talking about the future

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

• 6 mins

'Used to' and 'would'

Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!

• 6 mins

'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to'

Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.

• 6 mins

Present tenses

Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect.

• 6 mins

Present perfect continuous

How long have Neil and Catherine been talking about the present perfect continuous?

• 6 mins

Question forms

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

• 6 mins

'Like' for preference and description

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

• 6 mins

Adverbs of Frequency

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

• 6 mins

'Have to' and 'must'

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

• 6 mins

Past simple

We look at the 'past simple' and give you examples in this 6 Minute Grammar.

• 6 mins

Past simple and past continuous

Learn how to talk about past events using the past simple and past continuous.

• 6 mins

Phrasal verbs

Afraid of phrasal verbs? Relax - Finn and Catherine are here to help.

• 6 mins

Present continuous and 'going to'

Rob, Finn and Emma are going to help you talk about future arrangements.

• 6 mins

The zero and first conditionals

Learn how to make them, when to use them and listen to some example sentences.

• 6 mins

Modals of deduction and speculation

Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation.

• 6 mins

The past perfect

Where had John already gone when Mary rang his doorbell? We give you the answer.

• 5 mins

Adjectives and adverbs

Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.

• 6 mins

The third conditional

Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.

• 6 mins

Linking devices: cause and effect

Learn some useful phrases for talking about cause and effect.

• 6 mins

Reported speech

What to do with pronouns, tenses and word order when you report what someone else says.

• 6 mins

Active and passive voice

Learn how we can express sentences in two different ways: active voice and passive voice.

• 6 mins

Comparatives and superlatives

Learn the grammar of comparatives and superlatives

• 6 mins

Adverb position

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

• 6 mins