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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
Prefixes: dys- de- dis- 15.08.2022 6:19
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.
Ordinal numbers 08.08.2022 6:21
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
Spoken short forms 01.08.2022 6:07
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha... We give you an introduction to short spoken forms.
Uncountable nouns 25.07.2022 6:21
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
Time expressions 18.07.2022 6:21
We look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
Hyphenation 11.07.2022 6:18
Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.
Words with double letters 04.07.2022 6:10
We talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
Pronouncing verbs and nouns 27.06.2022 6:13
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
British and American English 20.06.2022 6:07
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
Business jargon 30.05.2022 6:20
Do you 'think out of the box' or 'push the envelope' at work? Learn business jargon.
How to pronounce words beginning with 'c' 23.05.2022 6:23
Catherine cycled through the city centre! How do you pronounce all those words with 'c'?
Phrasal verbs and context 16.05.2022 6:12
Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.
Prefixes: 'Re-', 'pre-', and 'pro-' 09.05.2022 6:12
Learn about words with the prefixes 're-', 'pre-' and 'pro-' in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
Silent letters 29.04.2022 6:43
Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don’t actually pronounce.
Onomatopoeia 25.04.2022 6:16
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
Multi-word verbs 14.04.2022 6:02
Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural.
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical 11.04.2022 6:12
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
Strong adjectives 04.04.2022 6:11
What word do you use when you want to say something is very good or very bad?
Contractions 28.03.2022 6:03
Learn how to use 'I've' and 'isn't' - your English will sound more natural.
Male and female job words 21.03.2022 6:05
We teach you job titles for men and women.
New words 14.03.2022 6:19
What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!
Weather words 07.03.2022 5:51
Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.
Homophones 31.01.2022 6:08
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
Compound nouns 24.01.2022 6:10
Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.
Job suffixes 17.01.2022 6:10
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
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