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 session’s masterclass I’ll let you into a little secret of…
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 the nails of an animal. Clause…like the part of a…
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 tags, do you? Lucky for you, I’m here to tell…
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 Masterclass we’re going to look at more ways you can…
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 should you stop watching this video! Only here will you…
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 circumstances should you stop watching this video! Only here will…
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 too direct. SianHi Sian here for BBC Learning English… in…
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! DanI wish I wish I wish I wish I wish……
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 when the subject is a more complicated noun? Dan explains…
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 when the subject is a more complicated noun? Dan explains…
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 when the subject is a more complicated noun? Dan explains…
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 show you four features of informal English – and some…
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 come and take and bring are often confused – 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 can always improve! Dan explains two common mistakes that advanced…
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, telling the listener what information is coming up next. Sian…
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 that was in the future at that time. Sian’s here…
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 to us. We can do this by changing the sentence…
2016-09-26 ‘Mistakes’ native English speakers make, Part 02 – Grammar Masterclass
Native-speaker ‘mistakes’ You may think that all native speakers are perfect and they never make mistakes in English – but it’s not true! Dan’s here to tell you about three…
2016-09-19 How to give emphasis in English, Part 01 – Grammar Masterclass
Giving emphasis Sometimes we want to make it clear which part of a sentence is the most important to us. We can do this by changing the sentence structure in…
2016-09-12 ‘Mistakes’ native English speakers make, Part 01 – Grammar Masterclass
Native-speaker ‘mistakes’ You may think that all native speakers are perfect and they never make mistakes in English – but it’s not true! Dan’s here to tell you about three…