6 Minute Grammar

Listen to Neil and Catherine discussing how to use six different English tenses.

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Too expensive? Using 'too', 'very' and 'enough' with adjectives to talk about degree.

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

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Learn to talk about this you did as habits in the past.

Finn and Catherine talk about the future.

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We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.

Learn about verbs we don't usually use in continuous tenses.

We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.

Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.

Learn how to make sentences using passive voice.

Catherine and Rob teach you how and when to use indirect questions

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

Rob and Catherine help you understand the words too, very and enough

How do we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object?

Did Rob use to play video games? Listen to find out and learn more.

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

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

Learn how to use the present perfect with just, already and yet.

Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.

Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.

Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.

Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.

Learn how to use these intensifiers in English.

We explain all about present and past participle clauses.

How to use the future perfect to make educated guesses about things that will happen.

Despite, although, while - there are lots of ways we link contrasting ideas.

Finn and Callum look at all kinds of 'if' clauses.

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

Learn two ways of talking about the future.

Callum and Catherine discuss four different types of phrasal verb

What tenses do we use to tell stories in English?

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

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

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

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

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

Catherine and Finn discuss comparatives and superlatives? and commuting!

Learn about using the active and passive voices in this episode of 6 Minute Grammar.

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

Learn words and phrases like 'therefore' and 'because of'.

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

We discover that chocolate biscuits are a helpful learning tool when talking about this.

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

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

Learn how to use two types of conditional sentences

To separate or not to separate? We look into phrasal and prepositional verbs.

Learn how to use 'both', 'every', 'all', 'each', 'either' and 'neither'.

Neil's got paint all over his clothes. What's he been doing?

Find out how to use the present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses.