2017-10-25 Episode 3, Used to and Would – The Grammar Gameshow
In our third episode, Will and Leslie ask their guests about their past habits. Who used to? Who would? Aren’t…
2017-10-18 Episode 2, Adverbs of frequency – The Grammar Gameshow
In this episode, contestants pit their wits against the adverbs of frequency – those little words that tell us how…
2017-10-11 Episode 1, Present Simple and Present Continuous – The Grammar Gameshow
In this episode, our two brave contestants answer three questions about the present simple and present continuous tenses. One is…
2017-01-30 Aspect – Grammar Masterclass
Aspect What’s the secret that links all tenses together? Dan: Are you tense about tense? Well, don’t be! In this…
2017-01-23 Participle Clauses – Grammar Masterclass
Participle Clauses Knowing your curiosity about participle clauses, Dan is here to explain. Dan:Beware the participle claws! Get it? Claws…like…
2017-01-16 Question tags – Grammar Masterclass
Question Tags You want to know about question tags, do you? Dan will explain. DanSo you want to learn question…
2017-01-09 Discourse Markers 2 – Grammar Masterclass
Discourse Markers 2 Make your English more fluent by learning with Sian SianSian here for BBC Learning English. In this…
2017-01-03 Inversion 2, Reduced conditionals and more – Grammar Masterclass
Inversion 2 Only here can you learn about inversion. Watch Dan explains more about this tricky subject! DanUnder no circumstances…
2016-12-19 Inversion 1, After Negative or Limiting Adverbs – Grammar Masterclass
Inversion 1: After Negative or Limiting Adverbs Only here can you learn about Inversion. Watch Dan explain! Dan Under no…
2016-12-12 Being polite, How to soften your English – Grammar Masterclass
Being Polite: How to soften your English Sian’s going to show you 4 ways not to offend people by being…
2016-12-06 The complete ‘wish’ – Grammar Masterclass
The complete ‘wish’ The word ‘wish’ has 5 uses in English – and today we’re going to cover them all!…
2016-11-28 Subject-Verb Agreement, Part 03 – Grammar Masterclass
Subject-Verb Agreement 3 I am happy. You are happy. He is happy! The subjects and verbs agree. But what about…
2016-11-21 Subject-Verb Agreement, Part 02 – Grammar Masterclass
Subject-Verb Agreement 2 I am happy. You are happy. He is happy! The subjects and verbs agree. But what about…
2016-11-14 Subject-Verb Agreement, Part 01 – Grammar Masterclass
Subject-Verb Agreement 1 I am happy. You are happy. He is happy! The subjects and verbs agree. But what about…
2016-11-07 Formal English and informal English – Grammar Masterclass
Differences between formal and informal English Sometimes formal and informal English can seem like two different languages. Sian’s here to…
2016-10-31 Advanced Learner Mistakes, Part 02 – Grammar Masterclass
Dan is back with more common mistakes that advanced learners can make. This time he’s looking at why go and…
2016-10-24 Advanced Learner Mistakes – Grammar Masterclass
Advanced Learner Mistakes While many advanced learners are more than capable of communicating extremely effectively, no one is perfect. You…
2016-10-17 Discourse markers – Grammar Masterclass
Discourse markers Discourse markers are words and phrases we use to connect and organise our ideas. They act like signposts,…
2016-10-10 Future in the past – Grammar Masterclass
The future seen from the past Sometimes when we are talking about past events, we want to refer to something…
2016-10-03 How to give emphasis in English, Part 02 – Grammar Masterclass
Giving emphasis using ‘what’ Sometimes we want to make it clear which part of a sentence is the most important…