Uncountable nouns
What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?
Sep 11, 2023•6 min
Learning English Vocabulary
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Episodes
Time expression with in, on and at
Learn how to use time expression with the preposition in, on and at
Sep 04, 2023•6 min
Hyphenation
Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.
Aug 25, 2023•6 min
Words with double letters
Catherine and Finn talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
Aug 21, 2023•6 min
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
Aug 14, 2023•6 min
British and American English
Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English
Aug 08, 2023•6 min
Business jargon
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
Jul 31, 2023•7 min
How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.
'c' or 's'? Learn how to spell words that begin with a /s/ sound.
Jul 24, 2023•6 min
Phrasal verbs and context
When talking about moving in, moving out and moving on, what do we mean? We explain.
Jul 17, 2023•6 min
re, pre and pro
Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you buy prepacked food? Are you proactive?
Jul 10, 2023•6 min
Silent letters
How do you pronounce the words night and knight?
Jul 03, 2023•7 min
Onomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
Jun 26, 2023•6 min
Multi-word verbs
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
Jun 19, 2023•6 min
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.
Jun 12, 2023•6 min
Strong adjectives
Listen to our fantastic, wonderful programme about strong adjectives.
Jun 06, 2023•6 min
Male and female job words
How words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.
May 29, 2023•6 min
New words
Rob and Catherine are here to help you update your language!
May 22, 2023•6 min
Weather words
British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
May 15, 2023•6 min
Homophones
Learn about words that sound the same but have different meanings
May 09, 2023•6 min
Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
May 02, 2023•6 min
Adjective order
We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!
Apr 24, 2023•6 min
Contractions
Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English.
Apr 17, 2023•6 min
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?
Apr 03, 2023•6 min
Word stress
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
Mar 27, 2023•6 min
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
Mar 20, 2023•6 min
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
Mar 13, 2023•6 min
-ing and -ed adjectives
Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives
Mar 06, 2023•6 min
Binomials: phrases made of two words
Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.
Feb 27, 2023•6 min
Useful chunks of language
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
Feb 20, 2023•6 min
Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
Feb 20, 2023•6 min