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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

The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns

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

• 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

Relative clauses

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

• 6 mins

Adverb position 2

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

• 6 mins

Narrative tenses

Learn how to use the past tenses to tell stories.

• 6 mins

Multi-word verbs

We explain the different types of phrasal verbs to use with different grammar.

• 6 mins

Future continuous and be + infinitive

Learn two ways of talking about the future.

• 6 mins

Used to, be used and get used to

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

• 6 mins

Review of conditionals

Join us for this programme as we review four different types of conditionals.

• 6 mins

Linking devices of contrast

We explain words and phrases we can use to link contrasting ideas together.

• 6 mins

Future perfect

Finn and Catherine talk about the future perfect tense

• 6 mins

-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses

Catherine and Callum explain all about present and past participle clauses.

• 6 mins

So, such, enough, too

"There was such a long queue for coffee!" Learn how to use intensifiers.

• 6 mins

Verb patterns

We talk about three different verb patterns.

• 6 mins

Future continuous

Today's programme is all about the future continuous tense

• 6 mins

Used to, be used to and get used to

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

• 6 mins