6 Minute Grammar

We look at the 'past simple' and give you examples in this 6 Minute Grammar.

Learn how to talk about obligations in English using 'have to' and 'must'.

Learn how to use words like 'always', 'never' and 'sometimes'.

We explain different meanings of the word 'like', and talk about food...

We’ll take a look at yes-no questions and questions to get to know each other.

How long have Neil and Catherine been talking about the present perfect continuous?

Finn and Catherine take a look at the present simple, continuous and perfect.

Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past.

Hear about a strange habit Finn had when he was a child. He used to sleepwalk!

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

"You didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?" Learn how to use 'did you' - a question tag.

Learn when we use the present perfect and past simple tenses.

Is it OK to say 'I'm loving your work'? Neil and Catherine take a look at state verbs.

For an explanation about the 2nd conditional, just give us 6 minutes and we can help!

'If it rains, I will take my umbrella'. Learn how to use the first conditional.

Listen to this programme for examples of passives and explanations of how they're used.

Learn different ways of asking for information and making requests.

Neil and Catherine go on a 'tour' of 6 very important English tenses.

We will help you understand how 'too', 'very', and 'enough' are used and what they mean.

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