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6 Minute Grammar (BBC Learning English)

By BBC Learning English

Course audio
Course audio: English
Level
Intermediate
Length
49 lessons · 5 hours

What you'll be able to do

  • Choose the right present and past tense forms
  • Form indirect questions and common verb patterns
  • Use can, could, be able to and manage to correctly

About this course

BBC Learning English's 6 Minute Grammar: 49 short programmes, each about six minutes, in which two presenters explain one grammar point through conversation, examples and a quick quiz. Topics include the present tenses, past simple and past continuous, present simple versus continuous, verb patterns, indirect questions, can, could, be able to and manage to, "like" for preference and description, the definite article with abstract uncountable nouns and where to put adverbs. Each episode stands on its own, so learners can watch them in any order. Ideal as daily listening and grammar practice for intermediate learners.

Before you start: Basic English

Syllabus

49 lessons · 5:00:02 in total

  1. 1How to use present tenses - 6 Minute Grammar6:14
  2. 2Past simple and past continuous - 6 Minute Grammar6:18
  3. 3Verb patterns - 6 Minute Grammar5:57
  4. 4Indirect Questions - 6 Minute Grammar6:11
  5. 5Present Simple and Present Continuous - 6 Minute Grammar6:01
  6. 6Using 'can', 'could', 'be able to' and 'manage to' - 6 Minute Grammar6:14
  7. 7Present perfect and past simple - 6 Minute Grammar6:01
  8. 8How to use reported speech - 6 Minute Grammar6:08
  9. 9Talking about the future - 6 Minute Grammar6:06
  10. 10Defining relative clauses - 6 Minute Grammar6:05
  11. 11The past simple tense - 6 Minute Grammar6:12
  12. 12How to talk about the future - 6 Minute Grammar6:12
  13. 13State verbs - 6 Minute Grammar6:19
  14. 14The present perfect with 'just', 'already' and 'yet' - 6 Minute Grammar6:07
  15. 15'May', 'might' and 'could' - 6 Minute Grammar6:05
  16. 16The first conditional - 6 Minute Grammar6:09
  17. 17'Have To' and 'must' - 6 Minute Grammar5:59
  18. 18How to use phrasal verbs type 1, 2, 3 & 4 - 6 Minute Grammar6:14
  19. 19The second conditional - 6 Minute Grammar6:07
  20. 20How to use the third conditional - 6 Minute Grammar6:14
  21. 21'Too', 'very' and 'enough' - 6 Minute Grammar6:01
  22. 22Present perfect with 'ever' and 'never' - 6 Minute Grammar6:08
  23. 23How to use comparatives and superlatives - 6 Minute Grammar6:15
  24. 24Using the future continuous and ‘be’ with the infinitive - 6 Minute Grammar6:03
  25. 25Present and past passives - 6 Minute Grammar6:09
  26. 26Comparatives and superlatives - 6 Minute Grammar6:08
  27. 27Articles - 6 Minute Grammar6:04
  28. 28Present perfect with 'for' and 'since' - 6 Minute Grammar6:06
  29. 29Used to - 6 Minute Grammar6:04
  30. 30How to talk about cause and effect - 6 Minute English6:20
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  1. 31Subject Questions - 6 Minute Grammar6:14
  2. 32The past perfect tense - 6 Minute Grammar5:51
  3. 33Used To & Would - 6 Minute Grammar6:00
  4. 34Take a 'tenses tour' - 6 Minute Grammar6:06
  5. 35Asking Questions - 6 Minute Grammar5:59
  6. 36How to use the zero and first conditional - 6 Minute Grammar5:59
  7. 37Present continuous and going to - 6 Minute Grammar6:04
  8. 38The past perfect continuous tense - 6 Minute Grammar6:08
  9. 39Adjectives and adverbs - 6 Minute Grammar6:17
  10. 40How to use the active and passive voice - 6 Minute Grammar6:10
  11. 41Putting adverbs in the right place - 6 Minute Grammar6:04
  12. 42How to use modals of deduction and speculation - 6 Minute Grammar6:18
  13. 43How to use phrasals - 6 Minute Grammar6:16
  14. 44How to use quantifiers - 6 Minute Grammar6:18
  15. 45Question tags - 6 Minute Grammar6:04
  16. 46Adverbs of Frequency - 6 Minute Grammar5:58
  17. 47How to use LIKE for preference and description - 6 Minute Grammar5:59
  18. 48GRAMMAR: How to use the definite article with abstract uncountable nouns6:05
  19. 49GRAMMAR: Putting adverbs in the correct place6:01

What to take next

Videos by BBC Learning English, played from their official YouTube channel. Subscribe on YouTube

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Lessons listed from the official YouTube playlist. Full playlist on YouTube

Lessons last checked Oct 2026. Course summary and lesson structure by Sabaq.

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