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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
Silent letters 28.12.2020 6:43
We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.
Onomatopoeia 21.12.2020 6:16
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
Multi-word verbs 14.12.2020 6:02
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical 07.12.2020 6:12
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
Strong adjectives 30.11.2020 6:11
'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.
Male and female job words 23.11.2020 6:05
Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.
New words 16.11.2020 6:19
'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made.
Weather words 09.11.2020 5:51
The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
Homophones 02.11.2020 6:08
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
Compound nouns 26.10.2020 6:10
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
Similar words 19.10.2020 6:06
We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.
Adjective order 12.10.2020 6:10
This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.
Contractions 05.10.2020 6:03
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.
Job suffixes 28.09.2020 6:10
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
Word stress 21.09.2020 6:11
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
Compound adjectives 14.09.2020 6:10
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
Lexical sets 07.09.2020 6:10
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
-ing and -ed adjectives 31.08.2020 6:06
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
Binomials 24.08.2020 6:02
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
Chunks of language 17.08.2020 6:11
Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.
Prefixes 10.08.2020 6:03
Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes!
Adjectives and adverbs 03.08.2020 6:05
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
Suffixes 27.07.2020 6:12
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
Academic Vocabulary 20.07.2020 6:18
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.
Talk like Shakespeare 13.07.2020 6:16
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
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