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6 Minute Grammar (BBC Learning English)
Sikhami InstituteEnglish
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Join for free- 50 video lectures (5h 6m)
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About this course
Improve your English grammar in short, friendly six-minute lessons from BBC Learning English, each on one point with clear examples. Who it's for: learners of English at any level who want to fix common grammar mistakes, a few minutes a day. These are the free, official videos of the "6 Minute Grammar" playlist from the BBC Learning English YouTube channel (youtube.com/@bbclearningenglish). All videos belong to the BBC; Sikhami is not affiliated with the BBC and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.
What you will learn
• Present tenses, past simple and past continuous • Verb patterns and other everyday grammar • Articles, including 'the' with abstract nouns • Where to put adverbs in a sentence • Many more common grammar points, one short lesson at a time
This course at a glance
- Lectures
- 50 video lectures
- Video
- 5h 6m in all
- Level
- All levels
- Language
- English
- Access
- Lifetime access
- Certificate
- On completion
Lectures last updated September 2026
Course content
1 section · 50 lectures · 5h 6m
1. 6 Minute Grammar - Improve your knowledge in just 6 minutes
- How to use present tenses - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Past simple and past continuous - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Verb patterns - 6 Minute Grammar5m
- Indirect Questions - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Present Simple and Present Continuous - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Using 'can', 'could', 'be able to' and 'manage to' - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Present perfect and past simple - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to use reported speech - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Talking about the future - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Defining relative clauses - 6 Minute Grammar6m
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- The past simple tense - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to talk about the future - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- State verbs - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- The present perfect with 'just', 'already' and 'yet' - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- 'May', 'might' and 'could' - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- The first conditional - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- 'Have To' and 'must' - 6 Minute Grammar5m
- How to use phrasal verbs type 1, 2, 3 & 4 - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- The second conditional - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to use the third conditional - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- 'Too', 'very' and 'enough' - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to use the present perfect continuous tense - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Present perfect with 'ever' and 'never' - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Using the future continuous and ‘be’ with the infinitive - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to use comparatives and superlatives - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Present and past passives - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Comparatives and superlatives - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Present perfect with 'for' and 'since' - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Articles - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Used to - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to talk about cause and effect - 6 Minute English6m
- Subject Questions - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- The past perfect tense - 6 Minute Grammar5m
- Used To & Would - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Take a 'tenses tour' - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Asking Questions - 6 Minute Grammar5m
- How to use the zero and first conditional - 6 Minute Grammar5m
- Present continuous and going to - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- The past perfect continuous tense - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Adjectives and adverbs - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to use the active and passive voice - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Putting adverbs in the right place - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to use modals of deduction and speculation - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to use phrasals - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- How to use quantifiers - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Question tags - 6 Minute Grammar6m
- Adverbs of Frequency - 6 Minute Grammar5m
- How to use LIKE for preference and description - 6 Minute Grammar5m
- GRAMMAR: How to use the definite article with abstract uncountable nouns6m
- GRAMMAR: Putting adverbs in the correct place6m
How long it takes
5h 6m of video in 50 lectures. Pick a pace that suits you:
Steady
11 days
at 30 minutes a day
Regular
6 days
at 1 hour a day
Fast track
3 days
at 2 hours a day
Video time only: practice takes a little longer. Your place in every lecture is saved, so you can stop any time.
Earn a certificateLearn more
Watch every lecture, then claim a certificate of completion with your name on it.
- Its own web page and code, so a school or an employer can check it is real
- Save it as a PDF or print it
- Included with the course, at no extra cost
Who teaches it
Sikhami InstituteNew Delhi · 297 courses · 693 learners · 472 followersSikhami Institute is Sikhami's own institute for free learning. We pick some of the best free courses on YouTube, from Harvard's CS50, MIT, NPTEL, Khan Academy, Google, Microsoft, the BBC, Crash Course, PW, Magnet Brains, CodeWithHarry and many more, and turn them into proper courses on Sikhami that you can follow lesson by lesson while your progress is saved.
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All videos belong to their creators and play from their official YouTube channels, and each course credits its creator. Questions or suggestions? Write to help@sikhami.com.Questions people ask
Is this course free?
Yes. Joining is free, and the lectures unlock as soon as you join. Once you join, it is yours for life.
How long is the course?
50 video lectures, 5h 6m of video in all. At an hour a day, the videos take 6 days. You learn at your own pace; there are no fixed class times.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. When you have watched every lecture, you can claim a certificate of completion. It has its own page and code, so anyone can check that it is real. About certificates
What language is it taught in?
English.
Can I learn on my phone?
Yes. Watch on the website or in the Sikhami app for Android with the same account. Your place in every lecture is saved, so you can switch between them.
Can I ask the teacher a doubt?
Yes. Ask it in the questions on the course page, or from inside any lecture while you watch. You can also keep your own notes on each lecture.
Who made these videos?
The lectures are the free, public videos of the YouTube playlist "6 Minute Grammar - Improve your knowledge in just 6 minutes", and they belong to their creator. Sikhami arranges them into a course, so you can learn one lecture at a time and keep track of your progress.
