Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
Jun 27, 2022•6 min
Learning English Vocabulary
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Episodes
British and American English
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
Jun 20, 2022•6 min
Business jargon
Do you 'think out of the box' or 'push the envelope' at work? Learn business jargon.
May 30, 2022•6 min
How to pronounce words beginning with 'c'
Catherine cycled through the city centre! How do you pronounce all those words with 'c'?
May 23, 2022•6 min
Phrasal verbs and context
Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.
May 16, 2022•6 min
Prefixes: 'Re-', 'pre-', and 'pro-'
Learn about words with the prefixes 're-', 'pre-' and 'pro-' in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
May 09, 2022•6 min
Silent letters
Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don’t actually pronounce.
Apr 29, 2022•7 min
Onomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
Apr 25, 2022•6 min
Multi-word verbs
Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural.
Apr 14, 2022•6 min
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
Apr 11, 2022•6 min
Strong adjectives
What word do you use when you want to say something is very good or very bad?
Apr 04, 2022•6 min
Contractions
Learn how to use 'I've' and 'isn't' - your English will sound more natural.
Mar 28, 2022•6 min
Male and female job words
We teach you job titles for men and women.
Mar 21, 2022•6 min
New words
What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!
Mar 14, 2022•6 min
Weather words
Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.
Mar 07, 2022•6 min
Homophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
Jan 31, 2022•6 min
Compound nouns
Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.
Jan 24, 2022•6 min
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
Jan 17, 2022•6 min
Similar words
Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.
Jan 10, 2022•6 min
Adjective order
Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.
Dec 31, 2021•6 min
Contractions
To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.
Dec 27, 2021•6 min
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
Dec 20, 2021•6 min
Word stress
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
Dec 13, 2021•6 min
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
Dec 06, 2021•6 min
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
Nov 22, 2021•6 min
-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
Nov 08, 2021•6 min
Binomials
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
Nov 01, 2021•6 min
Chunks of language
Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.
Oct 25, 2021•6 min
Prefixes
Learn how to add prefixes to the beginning of some words to change their meanings.
Oct 18, 2021•6 min
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.
Oct 11, 2021•6 min