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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,296 episodes

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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
Asking strangers
How can you ask questions politely? Find out with our grammar guru
05 Nov 2025,8 mins
Describing a job
What's the most interesting job you've ever had? Neil and Beth talk about this
28 Oct 2025,8 mins
Choosing a home
Our grammar guru explains how to use 'a bit' 'sort of' and 'a lot' with comparisons.
21 Oct 2025,8 mins
Things you have to do
Our grammar guru Georgie explains ways to talk about social obligations.
14 Oct 2025,9 mins
Predicting the future
Georgie explains the grammar of future predictions.
07 Oct 2025,8 mins
Hobbies we enjoy doing
When do we use infinitives and when do we use the -ing form. Georgie explains it all
30 Sep 2025,9 mins
Things we collect
What's the difference between 'loads of' and 'lots of'?
23 Sep 2025,8 mins
Regrets
Learn to talk about regrets using the third conditional, 'wish' and regret plus -ing
16 Sep 2025,8 mins
Reminiscing
We talk about our memories all the time. Learn how to reminisce in English
09 Sep 2025,8 mins
Preferences
Do you prefer dogs or cats? Neil and Phil and Georgie talk about choices and preferences
02 Sep 2025,8 mins
NEW SERIES: To-do lists
Learn to use 'need to', 'have to', 'got to' and 'needs doing' with Beth, Neil and Georgie
26 Aug 2025,6 mins
Linking devices: cause and effect
Learn words and phrases like 'therefore' and 'because of'.
19 Aug 2025,6 mins
The third conditional
Learn how to use the third conditional to talk about things in the past you didn't do.
12 Aug 2025,6 mins
Adjectives and adverbs
We discover that chocolate biscuits are a helpful learning tool when talking about this.
05 Aug 2025,6 mins