Learning English Grammar by BBC Radio
BBC Radio
Practise your English grammar with these short programmes.
Each week we explore a new piece of grammar you need to improve your English.
Hear how grammar is used in everyday situations, and test what you’ve learnt with games and quizzes.
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Categories: Education
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George thought he was witnessing a crime and Phil thought a town in India was quiet until he came across an exciting festival. Neil and Pippa, and our grammar guru, Georgie teach you to use 'seem', 'it was as if' and 'it was as though' when you see something happening and you're not sure what's going on.
Find a transcript and worksheet at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-grammar/260303
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523 - An interesting sight Tue, 03 Mar 2026
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522 - Making suggestions Tue, 24 Feb 2026
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521 - Favourite things Tue, 17 Feb 2026
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520 - Doing stressful things Tue, 10 Feb 2026
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519 - What have you been up to? Tue, 03 Feb 2026
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518 - Using services Tue, 27 Jan 2026
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517 - Film genres Tue, 20 Jan 2026
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516 - First dates Tue, 13 Jan 2026
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515 - A stolen guitar Tue, 06 Jan 2026
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514 - The great outdoors Tue, 30 Dec 2025
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513 - Highs and lows Tue, 23 Dec 2025
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512 - Holiday habits Tue, 16 Dec 2025
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511 - Gossip Tue, 09 Dec 2025
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510 - Learning to cook Tue, 02 Dec 2025
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509 - Secrets and surprises Tue, 25 Nov 2025
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508 - Life advice Tue, 18 Nov 2025
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507 - Emotions Tue, 11 Nov 2025
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506 - Asking strangers Wed, 05 Nov 2025
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505 - Describing a job Tue, 28 Oct 2025
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504 - Choosing a home Tue, 21 Oct 2025
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503 - Things you have to do Tue, 14 Oct 2025
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502 - Predicting the future Tue, 07 Oct 2025
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501 - Hobbies we enjoy doing Tue, 30 Sep 2025
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500 - Things we collect Tue, 23 Sep 2025
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499 - Regrets Tue, 16 Sep 2025
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498 - Reminiscing Tue, 09 Sep 2025
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497 - Preferences Tue, 02 Sep 2025
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496 - NEW SERIES: To-do lists Tue, 26 Aug 2025
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495 - Linking devices: cause and effect Tue, 19 Aug 2025
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494 - The third conditional Tue, 12 Aug 2025
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493 - Adjectives and adverbs Tue, 05 Aug 2025
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492 - The past perfect Tue, 29 Jul 2025
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491 - Modals of deduction and speculation Tue, 22 Jul 2025
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490 - First and zero conditional Tue, 15 Jul 2025
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489 - Phrasals Tue, 08 Jul 2025
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488 - Quantifiers Tue, 01 Jul 2025
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487 - Present perfect continuous Tue, 24 Jun 2025
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486 - Present tenses Tue, 17 Jun 2025
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485 - 'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to' Tue, 10 Jun 2025
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484 - 'Used to' and 'would' Tue, 03 Jun 2025
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483 - Will, going to, might Tue, 27 May 2025
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482 - Question tags Tue, 20 May 2025
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481 - Present perfect and past simple Tue, 13 May 2025
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480 - State verbs Tue, 06 May 2025
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479 - The second conditional Tue, 29 Apr 2025
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478 - The first conditional Tue, 22 Apr 2025
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477 - Present and past passives Tue, 15 Apr 2025
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476 - Indirect questions Tue, 08 Apr 2025
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475 - Tenses Tue, 01 Apr 2025
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474 - Too, very, enough Tue, 25 Mar 2025