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Learning English Grammar

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Practise your English grammar with these short programmes.

Each week we explore a new piece of grammar you need to improve your English.

Hear how grammar is used in everyday situations, and test what you’ve learnt with games and quizzes.

Find more at bbclearningenglish.com

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Yesterday · 9 min
An interesting sight
Learn language for when you see something and you don't know what's happening
September 15 · 6 min
Making suggestions
Might we suggest a programme about dogs and cats?
September 8 · 8 min
Favourite things
Learn about adjective order and adjective phrases.
September 1 · 9 min
Doing stressful things
Learn how to make comparative and superlative sentences with this topic
August 25 · 7 min
What have you been up to?
Grammar guru Georgie teaches us about the present perfect.
August 21 · 7 min
Using services
Sometimes we need people to do things for us
August 18 · 7 min
Film genres
What kinds of films do you like? Neil and Beth talk about film genres and quantifiers.
August 11 · 8 min
First dates
Neil's date fell asleep, and he still married her!
August 4 · 8 min
A stolen guitar
Hear about Neil's stolen possession and learn about the passive voice
July 28 · 8 min
Learn how to use articles – 'a', 'an' and 'the'.
Learn how to use articles – 'a', 'an' and 'the'.
July 21 · 9 min
Highs and lows
We learn about superlatives like 'the best' and 'the most unusual'.
July 14 · 8 min
Holiday habits
Georgie explains how to talk about usual behaviour.
July 7 · 7 min
Gossip
Georgie explains language we can use when we're speculating about something.
June 30 · 9 min
Learning to cook
Our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use adverbs with the past perfect tense
June 23 · 8 min
Secrets and surprise
Have you ever noticed someone being secretive?
June 16 · 8 min
Life advice
How to give advice using the verb 'try'. Grammar guru Georgie explains
June 9 · 8 min
Emotions
Learn 'make someone do or feel something', 'on the verge of' and 'about to'.
June 2 · 8 min
Asking strangers
How can you ask questions politely? Find out with our grammar guru
May 26 · 8 min
Describing a job
What's the most interesting job you've ever had? Neil and Beth talk about this
May 19 · 8 min
Choosing a home
Our grammar guru explains how to use ‘a bit’ and ‘a lot’ with comparisons.

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