6 Minute Grammar

6 Minute Grammar

BBC Radio

BBC World Service

In this programme, we'll tell you all about indirect questions - what they are, how to make them and when to use them.

Catherine's going to a party and she needs something to wear. Find out how to use the words ‘too’, ‘very’ and ‘enough’ to express degree while Catherine shops till she drops and Rob gets his wallet out.

Catherine's chocolate has gone missing! She thinks Finn ate it, so she asks him this: 'Finn, you didn't eat all the chocolate, did you?' The phrase 'did you?' is an example of a question tag. Find out all about them in this episode of 6 Minute Grammar.

Passive forms of English can be tricky to understand. Today, Rob, Neil and Mike will help you with this area of language: present and past passive forms.