Reporting verbs

How would you recommend people remember which double letters are in accommodation? Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.Want to boost your speaking skills? Try Beating Speaking Anxiety, our series to help fight your fears of sp ... Show More

Here are 4 phrases with 'grass'. Don't kick learning them into the long grass!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/s5english_in_a_minuteFIND BBC LEARNING ENG ... Show More

So you want a salary increase? Who doesn't? But do you pronounce 'increase' with the stress on the first syllable in, or the second syllable crease? The answer depends on whether you're using increase as a noun or a verb... And that's the subject that Neil and Catherine are talki ... Show More

Learn about verbs we don't usually use in continuous tenses. 

We explain the different types of phrasal verbs to use with different grammar. 

Talking about what you might do in certain circumstances using the conditional forms of verbs. 

<p>Hey everybody - listen up! Do you know what that means? Telling people to "listen up" means you want them to pay attention. This is an example of a phrasal verb being used as a command. Another one you probably know is "Watch out!" - we use this when we want to warn somebody a ... Show More

Learn how to use the past tenses to tell stories. 

If you’re unsure about the difference between state verbs and action verbs, listen on.