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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
Similar words 10.01.2022 6:06
Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.
Adjective order 31.12.2021 6:10
Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.
Contractions 27.12.2021 6:03
To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.
Job suffixes 20.12.2021 6:10
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
Word stress 13.12.2021 6:11
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
Compound adjectives 06.12.2021 6:10
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
Lexical sets 22.11.2021 6:10
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
-ing and -ed adjectives 08.11.2021 6:06
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
Binomials 01.11.2021 6:02
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
Chunks of language 25.10.2021 6:11
Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.
Prefixes 18.10.2021 6:03
Learn how to add prefixes to the beginning of some words to change their meanings.
Adjectives and adverbs 11.10.2021 6:05
Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.
Suffixes 04.10.2021 6:12
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
Academic Vocabulary 27.09.2021 6:18
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.
Talk like Shakespeare 20.09.2021 6:16
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
Irregular verbs 2 13.09.2021 6:11
Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.
Eponyms as nouns and verbs 06.09.2021 6:11
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
Adjectives from names 30.08.2021 6:11
Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
Large numbers 23.08.2021 6:11
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Suffixes -sion -tion -tian 16.08.2021 6:20
"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.
Synonyms 09.08.2021 6:12
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
Discourse Markers: Interjections 26.07.2021 6:10
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Commonly misspelled words 19.07.2021 6:10
Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
Linking words 12.07.2021 6:11
Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.
Words with more than one spelling 05.07.2021 6:21
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
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