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Learning English Vocabulary
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary. Learn words for the weather, how to talk about people’s jobs, adjective order, and so much more. Plus, in our English in a Minute episodes, give your vocabulary a boost in under a minute. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
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Episodes
Useful chunks of language 20.02.2023 6:11
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
Prefixes: un-, in- and dis- 20.02.2023 6:03
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
Adjectives and adverbs 06.02.2023 6:05
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
Suffixes 30.01.2023 6:12
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
Academic Vocabulary 23.01.2023 6:18
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? We give you some tips on how to do it.
Talk like Shakespeare 16.01.2023 6:16
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
More irregular verbs 09.01.2023 6:11
Write, wrote, written. Speak, spoke, spoken - learn more about irregular verbs.
Eponyms as nouns and verbs 30.12.2022 6:11
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
Adjectives from names 26.12.2022 6:11
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
Large numbers 19.12.2022 6:19
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion 12.12.2022 6:20
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
Synonyms 05.12.2022 6:12
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
Discourse Markers: Interjections 28.11.2022 6:10
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Commonly misspelled words 21.11.2022 5:58
Weird or weird? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!
Linking words 14.11.2022 6:11
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
Words with more than one spelling 07.11.2022 6:21
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
Acronyms 31.10.2022 6:18
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
Antonyms 24.10.2022 6:19
A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.
Suffixes: -ness and -ity 17.10.2022 6:19
‘Happiness’ and 'responsibility'. Learn words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
Discourse markers for showing attitude 10.10.2022 6:19
Fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. These words are useful. How do we use them?
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence 03.10.2022 6:15
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
Someone, nothing, anywhere 20.09.2022 6:19
Learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 minutes.
Irregular verbs 12.09.2022 6:07
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
Easily confused words 05.09.2022 6:19
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
Suffixes: -less and -free 26.08.2022 6:19
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
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