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Basic grammar with 6 Minute Grammar

Improve your grammar with 6 Minute Grammar (Basic), our grammar series for beginner level learners. On this page you'll find a range of
basic grammar programmes to boost your language skills. Each programme covers a key grammar point with all the explanations,
examples and activities you need to become a basic grammar champion - in just 6 minutes. Grammar topics include present simple and
present continuous tenses, the present perfect, prepositions, relative clauses, modal verbs, adjectives, the first conditional, phrasal verbs
and much, much more.

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6 Minute Grammar - Basic grammar

Question forms Present continuous and simple tenses

Learn the grammar you need to make questions in English Learn the grammar

'Like' for preference and description Adverbs of frequency

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar of adverbs of frequency

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'Have to' and 'must' Past simple

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar for the past simple

Past simple and past continuous Articles

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar of definite and indefinite articles

Present continuous and going to Verb patterns

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar of gerund and infinitives

Present perfect Present perfect: 'for' and 'since'

Grammar for talking about experiences Learn the grammar
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Comparative and superlative Present perfect with 'yet', 'just' and 'already'
Learn the grammar of adjective forms Learn the grammar

Relative clauses 'May', 'might' and 'could'

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar

'Used to' Subject questions

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar

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'Too', 'very' and 'enough' Tenses

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar of six verb forms

Indirect questions Passive voice

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar

First conditional Second conditional

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar

State verbs Present perfect and past simple

Learn the grammar of action and state verbs Learn the grammar

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Question tags Future forms

Learn the grammar Learn the grammar

'Used to' and 'would' 'Can', 'could' and 'be able to'
Grammar for past activities and habits Learn the grammar

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