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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
Irregular verbs 2 06.07.2020 6:11
Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.
Eponyms as nouns and verbs 29.06.2020 6:11
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
Adjectives from names 22.06.2020 6:11
Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
Large numbers 15.06.2020 6:11
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Suffixes -sion -tion -tian 08.06.2020 6:20
"I have a confesSION: my ambiTION is to meet a MarTIAN!" - We teach you suffixes.
Synonyms 01.06.2020 6:12
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
Discourse Markers: Interjections 25.05.2020 6:10
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Commonly misspelled words 18.05.2020 6:10
Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
6 Minute Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary 19.03.2018 6:18
Neil and Finn's top tips for dealing with specialist vocabulary
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