The war against grammar, use of English, vocabulary... is a big issue and there are some stages to follow, usually very well presented in textbooks. However, to win this war you must also have to face some small battles using guerrilla tactics. That is our goal with this section, to present some common mistakes or doubts that come up when learning English. I hope it is useful for you!!!
6 Minute Grammar (BBC Learning English)
Actually this idea came from the section they have in BBC Learning English called English in a Minute.
Guide to video
00:00 5 ways to use ‘actually’
00:52 How to use (to be) ‘used to’
01:52 How to use real conditionals
02:45 ‘Have something done’
03:40 3 ways to use ‘if only’
04:38 How to use ‘used to’
05:39 ‘Make’ and ‘do’ – 4 things to remember
06:25 5 ways to use ‘hard’
07:20 How to use ‘wish’
08:15 5 ways to use ‘in’ with time expressions
09:14 A secret about collective nouns
10:08 3 ways to use ‘take off'
11:10 5 uses of ‘get’
12:06 3 ways to use ‘pick up’
13:43 3 facts about ‘the’
14:36 4 slang words
15:35 The…, the…..
16:37 How to use the future continuous
17:40 ‘Journey’ and ‘trip’
18:47 ‘The’ + adjectives
19:50 3 uses of ‘can’
20:52 How to use the future perfect continuous
21:54 5 ways to use ‘dead’
22:57 ‘4 ways to use ‘just’
23:53 The 3rd conditional
24:56 ‘Because’, ‘as’, and ‘since
25:58 How to use the past perfect
27:03 Adverbs of frequency
28:03 How to use tag questions
29:06 ‘Few’ and ‘a few’
30:04 ‘Hard’ vs. ‘hardly’
31:07 ‘Their’, ‘there’ and ‘they’re’
32:08 When ‘tell’ doesn’t mean ‘tell’
33:11 ‘At’, ‘in’ and ‘on’ for location
34:10 3 phrases with face
35:12 4 Ways to say ‘hello’ like a Brit
36:12 Inversion: ‘I will never’ or ‘never will I’?
37:14 5 uses of break
38:16 5 ways of using ‘run’
39:08 6 ways to use ‘late’
40:12 Comparatives to show progressions
41:11 American English vs. British English spelling
42:15 ‘Try’ + ‘-ing’ or ‘to’ + verb
43:15 The future in the past
44:08 Mixed conditionals
45:09 5 verbs followed by ‘-ing’
46:11 4 uses of ‘quite’
47:12 Modals of deduction
48:10 As… as comparatives
49:11 3 ways to use infinitives with ‘to’
50:10 5 ways to use ‘let’
51:09 4 uses of ‘fair’
52:11 How to say ‘no’ politely (like a Brit)
53:08 Ways to say ‘sorry’ (part 1)
54:12 Ways to say ‘sorry’ (part 2: formal apologies)
level: B1
English in a Minute: Their vs There vs They're (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Story vs History (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Using 'at', 'in' & 'on' for location (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 ways to say hello like a Brit (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'On time' versus 'in time' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'HEAR' versus 'LISTEN' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: "PLAY, DO & GO" for sports (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: AS...AS... COMPARATIVES (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'also' vs 'as well' vs 'too' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'when' vs 'if' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: When to use 'the' to talk about places (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'At school' or 'At the school' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: match vs fit vs suit (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 3 ways to pronounce '-ED' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 ways to use 'LIKE' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Pronunciation of 'th' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Rules for silent 'e' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Modifying comparative adjectives (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How to use adjectives without nouns (BBC Learning English)
level B1/B2
English in a Minute: Few or A few??? (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Little vs A little (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Five ways to use hard (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Stop to do vs stop doing (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: When 'tell' doesn't mean 'tell'! (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Good vs Well (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Lend vs Borrow (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Five ways of using 'run' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: SEE, WATCH & LOOK (BBC Learning English)
Difference between 'ADVICE' and 'ADVISE' (Learners' questions, BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Comparatives to show progress (The bigger, the better) (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'RAISE' vs 'RISE' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Mixed Conditionals (Impossible+Hypothetical) (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 5 verbs followed by -ING (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 uses of QUITE (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: SENSIBLE vs SENSITIVE (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: MODALS OF DEDUCTION (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'ALL' vs 'EVERY' vs 'WHOLE' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'ALL' vs 'EVERYBODY' or 'EVERYONE' (BBC Learning English) & in YOUTUBE, too
English in a Minute: 'HIRE' vs 'RENT' vs 'LET' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: The differences between 'SPEAK' & 'TALK' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'SOON' vs 'EARLY' vs 'QUICKLY' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use infinitves with 'to' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 5 ways to use 'LET' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: TALKING ABOUT PAST ABILITIES: 'could' vs 'was able to' (BBC Learning English)
Further information about PAST ABILITIES:
Using 'can', 'could', 'be able to' and 'manage to' - 6 Minute Grammar
English in a Minute: Ways to say 'SORRY' - Part 1 (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Ways to say 'SORRY' - Part 2 (Formal apologies) (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 meanings of FAIR (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How to say 'NO' politely (like a Brit) (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: NEXT / THE NEXT / NEAREST (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How to agree with someone (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: WILL vs BE GOING TO (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Using different tenses to be polite (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Ways to say 'tired' in British English (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 5 ways to say 'ough' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 5 ways to use 'SET' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How to use 'ish' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How to use WISH (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Modifying comparative adjectives (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: REGRET doing sth vs to do sth (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 phrasal verbs for DATING (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'My own' vs 'On my own' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: LOOK vs LOOK LIKE (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: ALONE vs LONELY (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'My own' vs 'On my own' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: If vs Whether (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Modals of deduction (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How be polite in English GIVING OPINIONS AND TALKING ABOUT MISTAKES (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How to complain politely (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 verbs for COOKING (BBC Learning English)
level B2
English in a Minute: Question tags (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Make and Do - 4 things to remember (BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: HARD vs HARDLY (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: UNLESS vs AS LONG AS (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 3 phrases with FACE (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: INVERSION to emphasize (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 5 uses of BREAK (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'FINE' vs 'FINELY' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: American English vs British English spelling (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: TRY + V-ing or TRY + to-V (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: The future in the past - right now (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'Continuously' vs 'Continually' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Mixed Conditionals (Impossible+Hypothetical) (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Last vs For the last vs In the last (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: person vs persons vs people vs peoples (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'needn't' vs 'not need to' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'Peer' vs 'Peep' vs 'Glimpse' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'Whisper' vs 'Murmur' vs 'Mumble' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 'As if' vs 'As though' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: What's the difference between 'beside' and 'besides'? (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: GO ON doing vs GO ON to do (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: FORGET TO DO vs FORGET DOING (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: When to use THE to talk about places (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How to use ADJECTIVES WITHOUT NOUNS (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Spelling: American English vs British English (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 5 uses of 'FLAT' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: WOULD RATHER for preferences (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 ways to exaggerate like a Brit (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 verbs to use instead of 'walk' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 English word pairs (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: ASSURE vs ENSURE vs INSURE (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 uses of 'AS' (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 4 PHRASAL VERBS for clothes (and accessories) (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 3 phrasal verbs for FEELINGS (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 5 ways to use HARD (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: RAISE vs RISE (BBC Learning English)