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6 Minute Grammar

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Learn English grammar in six minutes. Every Tuesday join two of our presenters and learn a new key area of grammar. Our presenters include Finn, Emma, Rob, Neil, Sophie and Alice.

Location:

United Kingdom

Networks:

BBC

Description:

Learn English grammar in six minutes. Every Tuesday join two of our presenters and learn a new key area of grammar. Our presenters include Finn, Emma, Rob, Neil, Sophie and Alice.

Language:

English


Episodes

Present perfect and past simple

3/12/2024
We talk about unusual food and give you rules to help you choose tenses.

Duration:00:06:04

State verbs

3/5/2024
Learn about verbs we don't usually use in continuous tenses.

Duration:00:06:15

The second conditional

2/27/2024
We talk about unreal or imaginary situations using the second conditional.

Duration:00:06:12

First Conditional

2/20/2024
Learn all about the first conditional in 6 minute grammar.

Duration:00:06:33

Passive voice

2/13/2024
Learn how to make sentences using passive voice.

Duration:00:06:31

Indirect questions

2/6/2024
Catherine and Rob teach you how and when to use indirect questions

Duration:00:06:38

Tenses

1/30/2024
Neil and Catherine go on on a 'tense tour' of six very important English tenses.

Duration:00:06:07

Too, very, enough

1/23/2024
Rob and Catherine help you understand the words too, very and enough

Duration:00:06:06

Subject questions

1/16/2024
How do we form questions when we want to ask about a subject or an object?

Duration:00:06:18

'Used to'

1/9/2024
Did Rob use to play video games? Listen to find out and learn more.

Duration:00:06:07

'May', 'might' and 'could'

1/2/2024
What are you having for dinner tonight? Listen to find out what Catherine might have.

Duration:00:06:08

Defining relative clauses

12/26/2023
Do you know who married Ron Weasley in Harry Potter? Find out and learn more.

Duration:00:06:10

The present perfect with ‘just’, ‘already’ and ‘yet’

12/12/2023
Learn how to use the present perfect with just, already and yet.

Duration:00:06:10

Comparatives and superlatives

12/5/2023
Who's taller and who is the thinnest? Learn how to compare people and things in English.

Duration:00:06:13

The present perfect with 'for' and 'since'

11/28/2023
Learn how to answer questions with 'how long' using the words 'for' and 'since'.

Duration:00:06:09

The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’

11/21/2023
Have you ever ridden a camel? Use the present perfect to talk about life experiences.

Duration:00:05:58

Verb patterns

11/14/2023
Verb + infinitive with 'to'? Verb + gerund? Learn about verb patterns.

Duration:00:06:18

So, such, enough, too

11/6/2023
Learn how to use these intensifiers in English.

Duration:00:06:19

-ing and -ed (Participle) Clauses

10/31/2023
We explain all about present and past participle clauses.

Duration:00:06:10

The future perfect

10/24/2023
How to use the future perfect to make educated guesses about things that will happen.

Duration:00:06:10