Verb patterns

How can you ask questions politely? Find out with our grammar guru. TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251104THE READING ROOM: Practise your reading skills her ... Show More

What's the most interesting job you've ever had? What did you have to do? Neil and Beth talk about the most interesting jobs they've had while grammar guru Georgie explains how to use whose to make relative clauses.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode ... Show More

Do you want a house that's a bit, sort of or a lot bigger? Neil and Pippa talk about why they chose to live where they do, while grammar guru Georgie explains how to use 'a bit', 'sort of' and 'a lot' with comparisons, as well as how to compare something to a clause.TRANSCRIPT AN ... Show More

Next in our series in English grammar: gerunds and infinitive phrases! In this podcast lesson, we discuss the pattern Verb + Noun or Pronoun + Infinitive Phrase. 

If you want to be confused with English grammar, just look at the problem of gerunds and infinitive phrases! At the ESL Help! Desk, with our podcasts, we make it easy for you. In this lesson, we discuss verbs when the object is an infinitive phrase. 

What is a verb? For the learner of English, the answer isn't always so obvious. In today's podcast, we learn the difference between time reference and verb tense. Join us as we explore the past, the present and the future! 

In this episode, we learn how to construct the infinitive form of a verb (doing so will require distinguishing between thin vowels and thick vowels and creating a vowel harmony). Also, we practice the negative imperative form of verbs as well as learn how to ask "What is this?" a ... Show More

<p>Hey everyone! In this English lesson, we are going to go over how to use the verb "GO" with a gerund. &nbsp;&nbsp;Let me know if you have any questions or anything you would like to share in the comments!</p> 

Are you thirsty for grammar? Don't know when to say "I love to ski" and when to say "I love skiing"? Don't know the difference between "Did you remember to go?" and "Did you remember going?" Stop by today for an introductory lesson in gerunds and infinitive phrases. 

<p><span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Sometimes the verb \"have\" can be used in the present continuous (having) and sometimes it can be replaced by \"have got\"... but not always. In today's podcast, I'll teach you 15 expressions with the verb \"have\" and tell you whether you ca ... Show More

<p>Phrasal verbs are very common in everyday spoken English - and many students ask me about the definitions of phrasal verbs they've heard in conversations, TV shows, or movies.<br /> <br /> Today I'm going to explain five phrasal verbs that you might not know yet: <a href= "htt ... Show More