Speak English Fluently With Just 5 Tenses | Skip the Rest | Slow English Podcast | A2-B1 Level

Do you feel like English grammar has too many tenses to ever learn them all? Here's the good news: you don't need all twelve. Just five tenses cover almost every normal conversation you'll ever have. In this episode, Miles and Grace break down the 5 tenses that matter most, in slow, clear English for A2-B1 learners. No twelve-box chart, no grammar overload, just the tools you'll actually use. ✅ The big problem: why learning all 12 tenses first holds you back ✅ Tense 1: Present Simple, for facts, routines, and things that are always true ✅ Tense 2: Past Simple, for anything finished ✅ Tense 3: Will vs. Going To, for plans and decisions made in the moment ✅ Tense 4: Present Continuous, for right now and arranged plans ✅ Tense 5: Present Perfect, connecting the past to right now ✅ Putting all five together, and what to do about the other seven ✅ A quick recap with real examples for each tense 📝 Vocabulary recap at the end: routine, fact, decision, arrangement, experience, prediction, duration, plan, with meanings and examples. 🎧 This is the Slow English Podcast. Miles and Grace speak slowly and clearly, so you can follow every word. Pause, repeat, and practice one sentence in each tense out loud. 👉 Which tense still gives you trouble? Tell us in the comments. 👉 Subscribe for more slow English episodes. 0:00 Intro 1:34 The Big Problem: Too Many Boxes 3:42 Present Simple 5:22 Past Simple 6:56 Will and Going To 8:47 Present Continuous 10:46 Present Perfect 12:19 Putting the Five Together 13:32 Quick Recap 15:43 Vocabulary Recap #EnglishTenses #LearnEnglish #EnglishGrammar #EnglishPodcast #SlowEnglish #EnglishListening #EnglishConversation #SpeakEnglishConfidently #A2B1English #EnglishSpeakingPractice #EnglishForBeginners #EnglishDialogues