Learning English Grammar

Practise your English grammar with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new piece of grammar you need to improve your English.

Radio,310 episodes

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Asking strangers
How can you ask questions politely? Find out with our grammar guru
02 Jun 2026,8 mins
Describing a job
What's the most interesting job you've ever had? Neil and Beth talk about this
26 May 2026,8 mins
Choosing a home
Our grammar guru explains how to use ‘a bit’ and ‘a lot’ with comparisons.
19 May 2026,8 mins
Things you have to do
Our grammar guru Georgie explains ways to talk about social obligations.
12 May 2026,9 mins
Predicting the future
Georgie explains the grammar of future predictions.
05 May 2026,8 mins
Hobbies we enjoy doing
When do we use infinitives and when do we use the -ing form? Georgie explains it all
28 Apr 2026,9 mins
Things we collect
What's the difference between 'loads of' and 'lots of'?
21 Apr 2026,8 mins
Regrets
Learn to talk about regrets using the third conditional, 'wish' and regret plus -ing
14 Apr 2026,8 mins
Reminiscing
We talk about our memories all the time. Learn how to reminisce in English.
07 Apr 2026,8 mins
Preferences
Hear real examples and learn to use prefer, would prefer and would rather.
31 Mar 2026,8 mins
To-do lists
Learn ‘need to’, ‘have to’, ‘got to’ and ‘needs doing’ with Beth, Neil and Georgie.
24 Mar 2026,6 mins
Fixing problems
Phil's gate wasn't going to fix itself!
17 Mar 2026,8 mins
Stories from the past
Learn how to use different past tenses to tell stories and share memories.
10 Mar 2026,9 mins
An interesting sight
Learn language for when you see something happening and you're not sure what's going on
03 Mar 2026,9 mins
Making suggestions
Learn how to use 'let's', 'might I suggest', 'got to', the past continuous and more
24 Feb 2026,6 mins
Favourite things
Learn about adjective order and adjective phrases.
17 Feb 2026,7 mins
Doing stressful things
Learn English grammar with these short programmes.
10 Feb 2026,9 mins
What have you been up to?
Grammar guru Georgie teaches us about the present perfect.
03 Feb 2026,7 mins
Using services
Learn English grammar with these short programmes.
27 Jan 2026,7 mins
Film genres
What kinds of films do you like? Neil and Beth talk about film genres and quantifiers
20 Jan 2026,7 mins
First dates
Neil's date fell asleep, and he still married her! Learn how to use phrasal verbs.
13 Jan 2026,8 mins
A stolen guitar
Learn the passive. What possession was stolen from Neil, and who stole it?
06 Jan 2026,8 mins
The great outdoors
Learn how to use articles – 'a', 'an' and 'the'.
30 Dec 2025,8 mins
Highs and lows
We learn about superlatives like 'the best' and 'the most unusual'.
23 Dec 2025,9 mins
Holiday habits
Georgie explains how to talk about usual behaviour.
16 Dec 2025,8 mins
Gossip
Georgie explains language we can use when we're speculating about something.
09 Dec 2025,7 mins
Learning to cook
Our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use adverbs with the past perfect tense
02 Dec 2025,9 mins
Secrets and surprises
Have you ever noticed someone being secretive?
25 Nov 2025,8 mins
Life advice
What's the best advice you've been given?
18 Nov 2025,8 mins
Emotions
Learn 'make someone do or feel something', 'on the verge of' and 'about to'.
11 Nov 2025,8 mins