Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
Apr 29, 2024•6 min
Learning English Vocabulary
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Episodes
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
Apr 22, 2024•6 min
Suffixes
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Grammar ✔️ News Review They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
Apr 15, 2024•6 min
Academic vocabulary
Learn how to cope if you are studying at an English-speaking university.
Apr 01, 2024•6 min
Phrases from Shakespeare
We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today.
Mar 25, 2024•6 min
Irregular verbs
Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.
Mar 18, 2024•6 min
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google?
Mar 11, 2024•6 min
Adjectives from names
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
Mar 04, 2024•6 min
Large numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Feb 26, 2024•6 min
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
Feb 19, 2024•7 min
Synonyms
Learn about words that have the same or similar meanings
Feb 12, 2024•7 min
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Feb 05, 2024•7 min
Commonly misspelled words
Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!
Jan 29, 2024•6 min
Linking words
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
Jan 09, 2024•6 min
Words with more than one spelling
Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?
Jan 01, 2024•6 min
Acronyms
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
Dec 25, 2023•6 min
Antonyms
Finn and Catherine discuss antonyms in 6 minute Vocabulary.
Dec 19, 2023•6 min
Suffixes: -ness & -ity
Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
Dec 11, 2023•6 min
Discourse markers: showing attitude
fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally.
Dec 05, 2023•6 min
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
Nov 27, 2023•6 min
Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.
Nov 20, 2023•6 min
Irregular verbs
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
Nov 13, 2023•6 min
Reporting verbs
Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
Nov 07, 2023•6 min
False friends
Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
Oct 30, 2023•6 min
Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
Oct 23, 2023•6 min
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
Oct 16, 2023•6 min
Suffixes: -less and -free
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
Oct 09, 2023•6 min
Prefixes de, dis, dys
Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.
Oct 02, 2023•6 min
Ordinal numbers
What's the date today? And do you know how to say it?
Sep 25, 2023•6 min
Short spoken forms
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
Sep 18, 2023•6 min