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English in a Minute: Common verb collocations with the noun ‘system'
A system is a set of connected things that operate together. There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'system' with Beth in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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23/10/2024 • 1 minute, 10 secondes
British and American English
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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21/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 27 secondes
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'money'
'Set aside' or 'squander'. These are both things you can do with money. You can learn these verbs and more with Phil in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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16/10/2024 • 1 minute, 6 secondes
Business jargon
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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14/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 43 secondes
English in a Minute: Which verbs can you use with the noun 'question'?
We can 'frame', 'fire' and 'field' questions. These are some verbs that are commonly used with the noun 'question'. You can learn these and more with Phil in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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09/10/2024 • 1 minute, 13 secondes
Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’
Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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07/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 23 secondes
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'point'
If your teachers tell you to work on your English, they have a good point! And Georgie has a number of points to make about the word 'point'. Listen to Georgie now to find out more.TRANSCRIPT
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02/10/2024 • 1 minute, 7 secondes
Phrasal verbs and context
Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.IND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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30/09/2024 • 6 minutes, 34 secondes
English in a Minute: Which verbs do we use with 'way'?
Collocations are words that commonly go together. Learn common collocations with 'way'. Think of 'a way' as a path in front of you, and let nothing stand in your way of English proficiency! TRANSCRIPT
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25/09/2024 • 1 minute, 12 secondes
Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-
'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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23/09/2024 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
English in a Minute:Verbs to use with 'interest'
You can drum up or feign interest in something. These are examples of verbs that are commonly used with the noun 'interest'. You can learn these and more with PhilTRANSCRIPT
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18/09/2024 • 1 minute, 5 secondes
Silent letters
How do you pronounce the words night and knight?FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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16/09/2024 • 6 minutes, 52 secondes
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'problem'
All of us have problems. There are some verbs that we use a lot to talk about problems. Learn new ways to say that you have problems with Phil.TRANSCRIPT
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11/09/2024 • 1 minute, 11 secondes
Onomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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09/09/2024 • 6 minutes, 44 secondes
English in a Minute: 5 ways to use 'share'
How many ways do you know to use the word 'share'? Beth has 5 examples to share with you.TRANSCRIPT
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04/09/2024 • 1 minute, 11 secondes
Multi-word verbs
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning Easy English They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
02/09/2024 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
English in a Minute:5 ways to use 'over'
Listen to this podcast and you'll know 5 ways to use the word 'over'. Try one of them today.TRANSCRIPT
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28/08/2024 • 53 secondes
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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26/08/2024 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use the word 'energy'
It can take a lot of energy to create a podcast but Phil doesn't mind. He really wants to tell you about the word 'energy'.TRANSCRIPT
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21/08/2024 • 1 minute, 7 secondes
Strong adjectives
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20/08/2024 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Male and female job words
How words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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19/08/2024 • 6 minutes, 5 secondes
English in a Minute: 4 things about the word 'paint'
A picture may be worth a thousand words but this podcast is worth even more - even though it doesn't need a thousand words! Listen to Phil talk about the word 'paint'.TRANSCRIPT
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14/08/2024 • 1 minute, 6 secondes
Weather words
British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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12/08/2024 • 5 minutes, 51 secondes
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'consider'
Let's learn about the word 'consider'. Phil explains three different ways that you can use it and gives you a lot of examples.TRANSCRIPT
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07/08/2024 • 1 minute, 9 secondes
Homophones
Learn about words that sound the same but have different meanings.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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05/08/2024 • 6 minutes, 8 secondes
English in a Minute:3 ways to use 'appropriate'
How appropriate! Beth has created a podcast to help you use the word 'appropriate'!TRANSCRIPT
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31/07/2024 • 1 minute, 10 secondes
Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
29/07/2024 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
English in a Minute:4 ways to use 'capacity'
Do you have the capacity to listen to another podcast? Great - subscribe and listen to this one. Beth explains how to use the word 'capacity'. TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at:
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24/07/2024 • 1 minute, 10 secondes
Adjective order
We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!
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22/07/2024 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
English in a Minute: 4 ways to use 'cause'
Phil said that preparing this programme on the word 'cause' was hard work but he didn't mind because it was for a good cause - you! Listen to him now.TRANSCRIPT
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17/07/2024 • 1 minute, 11 secondes
Contractions
Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English.For more great language tips and programmes visit bbclearningenglish.com
15/07/2024 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'quality'
Let's learn about the word 'quality' with Phil.TRANSCRIPT
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10/07/2024 • 1 minute, 11 secondes
Job suffixes
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08/07/2024 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'general'
Listen to Beth explain how to use the word 'general'. How many ways do you use the word 'general'?TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-91 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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03/07/2024 • 1 minute, 12 secondes
Word stress
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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01/07/2024 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
English in a Minute: 4 ways to use the word 'material'
Listen to Beth explain how to use the word 'material' and then you can use material everyday.TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcriptf or this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-90 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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26/06/2024 • 1 minute, 23 secondes
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates)FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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24/06/2024 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
English in a Minute: how to use the word 'during'
Get ready to hear Beth explain how to use the word 'during' in 60 seconds - it's amazing!TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcriptf or this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-87 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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19/06/2024 • 1 minute, 1 secondes
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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17/06/2024 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'nice'
It’s always nice to have a nice programme to listen to. Beth’s here to tell you all about the word ‘nice’ in 60 seconds.TRANSCRIPT
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12/06/2024 • 1 minute, 11 secondes
-ing and -ed adjectives
Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectivesFIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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10/06/2024 • 6 minutes, 6 secondes
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'count'
Phil knows all about the word 'count' and he'll explain what he knows to you in 60 seconds. TRANSCRIPT
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05/06/2024 • 1 minute, 10 secondes
Phrases made of two words
In this short and sweet episode, learn some common binomials, or phrases made of two words.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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03/06/2024 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
Binomials: phrases made of two words
Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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03/06/2024 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
English in a Minute: how to use 'schedule'
Phil has scheduled a time to talk to you about the word 'schedule'. That time is now and he will do it in 60 seconds.TRANSCRIPT
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29/05/2024 • 1 minute, 57 secondes
Useful chunks of language
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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27/05/2024 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'supreme'
This programme is supreme - Beth is explaining how to use the word 'supreme'TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-83FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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22/05/2024 • 1 minute, 5 secondes
Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
20/05/2024 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'situation'
We have a good situation here - Beth is explaining how to use the word 'situation'TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-82 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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15/05/2024 • 1 minute
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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13/05/2024 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes –free and -less
Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.
06/05/2024 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
29/04/2024 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
22/04/2024 • 6 minutes, 5 secondes
Suffixes
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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15/04/2024 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Academic vocabulary
Learn how to cope if you are studying at an English-speaking university.
01/04/2024 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Phrases from Shakespeare
We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today.
25/03/2024 • 6 minutes, 16 secondes
Irregular verbs
Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.
18/03/2024 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google?
11/03/2024 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Adjectives from names
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
04/03/2024 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Large numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
26/02/2024 • 6 minutes, 14 secondes
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
19/02/2024 • 6 minutes, 43 secondes
Synonyms
Learn about words that have the same or similar meanings
12/02/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 secondes
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
05/02/2024 • 6 minutes, 34 secondes
Commonly misspelled words
Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!
29/01/2024 • 5 minutes, 58 secondes
Linking words
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
09/01/2024 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Words with more than one spelling
Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?
01/01/2024 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Acronyms
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
25/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Antonyms
Finn and Catherine discuss antonyms in 6 minute Vocabulary.
19/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -ness & -ity
Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
11/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Discourse markers: showing attitude
fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally.
05/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
27/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 15 secondes
Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.
20/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Irregular verbs
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
13/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Reporting verbs
Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
07/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 secondes
False friends
Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
30/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 13 secondes
Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
23/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
16/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -less and -free
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
09/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Prefixes de, dis, dys
Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.
02/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Ordinal numbers
What's the date today? And do you know how to say it?
25/09/2023 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Short spoken forms
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
18/09/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Uncountable nouns
What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?
11/09/2023 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Time expression with in, on and at
Learn how to use time expression with the preposition in, on and at
04/09/2023 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Hyphenation
Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.
25/08/2023 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Words with double letters
Catherine and Finn talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
21/08/2023 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
14/08/2023 • 6 minutes, 13 secondes
British and American English
Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English
08/08/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Business jargon
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
31/07/2023 • 6 minutes, 49 secondes
How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.
'c' or 's'? Learn how to spell words that begin with a /s/ sound.
24/07/2023 • 6 minutes, 23 secondes
Phrasal verbs and context
When talking about moving in, moving out and moving on, what do we mean? We explain.
17/07/2023 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
re, pre and pro
Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you buy prepacked food? Are you proactive?
10/07/2023 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Silent letters
How do you pronounce the words night and knight?
03/07/2023 • 6 minutes, 43 secondes
Onomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
26/06/2023 • 6 minutes, 16 secondes
Multi-word verbs
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
19/06/2023 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.
12/06/2023 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Strong adjectives
Listen to our fantastic, wonderful programme about strong adjectives.
06/06/2023 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Male and female job words
How words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.
29/05/2023 • 6 minutes, 5 secondes
New words
Rob and Catherine are here to help you update your language!
22/05/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Weather words
British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
15/05/2023 • 5 minutes, 51 secondes
Homophones
Learn about words that sound the same but have different meanings
09/05/2023 • 6 minutes, 8 secondes
Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
02/05/2023 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Adjective order
We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!
24/04/2023 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Contractions
Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English.
17/04/2023 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?
03/04/2023 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Word stress
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
27/03/2023 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
20/03/2023 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
13/03/2023 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
-ing and -ed adjectives
Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives
06/03/2023 • 6 minutes, 6 secondes
Binomials: phrases made of two words
Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.
27/02/2023 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
Useful chunks of language
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
20/02/2023 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
20/02/2023 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
06/02/2023 • 6 minutes, 5 secondes
Suffixes
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
30/01/2023 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Academic Vocabulary
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? We give you some tips on how to do it.
23/01/2023 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Talk like Shakespeare
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
16/01/2023 • 6 minutes, 16 secondes
More irregular verbs
Write, wrote, written. Speak, spoke, spoken - learn more about irregular verbs.
09/01/2023 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
30/12/2022 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Adjectives from names
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
26/12/2022 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Large numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
19/12/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
12/12/2022 • 6 minutes, 20 secondes
Synonyms
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
05/12/2022 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
28/11/2022 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Commonly misspelled words
Weird or weird? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!
21/11/2022 • 5 minutes, 58 secondes
Linking words
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
14/11/2022 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Words with more than one spelling
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
07/11/2022 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Acronyms
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
31/10/2022 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Antonyms
A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.
24/10/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -ness and -ity
‘Happiness’ and 'responsibility'. Learn words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
17/10/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Discourse markers for showing attitude
Fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. These words are useful. How do we use them?
10/10/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
03/10/2022 • 6 minutes, 15 secondes
Someone, nothing, anywhere
Learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 minutes.
20/09/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Irregular verbs
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
12/09/2022 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
05/09/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -less and -free
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
26/08/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.
15/08/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Ordinal numbers
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
08/08/2022 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Spoken short forms
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha... We give you an introduction to short spoken forms.
01/08/2022 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Uncountable nouns
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
25/07/2022 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Time expressions
We look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
18/07/2022 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Hyphenation
Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.
11/07/2022 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Words with double letters
We talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
04/07/2022 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
27/06/2022 • 6 minutes, 13 secondes
British and American English
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
20/06/2022 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Business jargon
Do you 'think out of the box' or 'push the envelope' at work? Learn business jargon.
30/05/2022 • 6 minutes, 20 secondes
How to pronounce words beginning with 'c'
Catherine cycled through the city centre! How do you pronounce all those words with 'c'?
23/05/2022 • 6 minutes, 23 secondes
Phrasal verbs and context
Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.
16/05/2022 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Prefixes: 'Re-', 'pre-', and 'pro-'
Learn about words with the prefixes 're-', 'pre-' and 'pro-' in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
09/05/2022 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Silent letters
Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don’t actually pronounce.
29/04/2022 • 6 minutes, 43 secondes
Onomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
25/04/2022 • 6 minutes, 16 secondes
Multi-word verbs
Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural.
14/04/2022 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
11/04/2022 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Strong adjectives
What word do you use when you want to say something is very good or very bad?
04/04/2022 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Contractions
Learn how to use 'I've' and 'isn't' - your English will sound more natural.
28/03/2022 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
Male and female job words
We teach you job titles for men and women.
21/03/2022 • 6 minutes, 5 secondes
New words
What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!
14/03/2022 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Weather words
Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.
07/03/2022 • 5 minutes, 51 secondes
Homophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
31/01/2022 • 6 minutes, 8 secondes
Compound nouns
Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.
24/01/2022 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
17/01/2022 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Similar words
Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.
10/01/2022 • 6 minutes, 6 secondes
Adjective order
Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.
31/12/2021 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Contractions
To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.
27/12/2021 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
20/12/2021 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Word stress
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
13/12/2021 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
06/12/2021 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
22/11/2021 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
08/11/2021 • 6 minutes, 6 secondes
Binomials
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
01/11/2021 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
Chunks of language
Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.
25/10/2021 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Prefixes
Learn how to add prefixes to the beginning of some words to change their meanings.
18/10/2021 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.
11/10/2021 • 6 minutes, 5 secondes
Suffixes
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
04/10/2021 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Academic Vocabulary
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.
27/09/2021 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Talk like Shakespeare
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
20/09/2021 • 6 minutes, 16 secondes
Irregular verbs 2
Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.
13/09/2021 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
06/09/2021 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Adjectives from names
Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
30/08/2021 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Large numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
23/08/2021 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Suffixes -sion -tion -tian
"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.
16/08/2021 • 6 minutes, 20 secondes
Synonyms
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
09/08/2021 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
26/07/2021 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Commonly misspelled words
Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
19/07/2021 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Linking words
Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.
12/07/2021 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Words with more than one spelling
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
05/07/2021 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Acronyms
Nasa, Fifa, Unesco, Nato - Peter and Catherine talk about acronyms.
28/06/2021 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Antonyms
A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.
21/06/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -ness & -ity
Learn how to use the suffixes '-ness' and '-ity' in English.
07/06/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Discourse markers: Attitude
Words and phrases we use to express our attitude to what we’re saying or writing.
31/05/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
24/05/2021 • 6 minutes, 15 secondes
Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.
17/05/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Irregular verbs
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
10/05/2021 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Reporting verbs
Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
03/05/2021 • 6 minutes, 20 secondes
False friends
Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
26/04/2021 • 6 minutes, 13 secondes
Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
19/04/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
13/04/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Suffixes: -less and -free
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
05/04/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.
29/03/2021 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Ordinal numbers
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
22/03/2021 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Short spoken forms
Learn how these words are used: gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha.
15/03/2021 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Uncountable nouns
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
08/03/2021 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Time expressions
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
01/03/2021 • 6 minutes, 21 secondes
Hyphenation
Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
22/02/2021 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Words with double letters
Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
15/02/2021 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...
08/02/2021 • 6 minutes, 13 secondes
British and American English
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
01/02/2021 • 6 minutes, 7 secondes
Business jargon
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
25/01/2021 • 6 minutes, 20 secondes
Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’
Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.
18/01/2021 • 6 minutes, 23 secondes
Phrasal verbs and context
A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs.
11/01/2021 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-
'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
04/01/2021 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Silent letters
We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.
28/12/2020 • 6 minutes, 43 secondes
Onomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
21/12/2020 • 6 minutes, 16 secondes
Multi-word verbs
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
14/12/2020 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
07/12/2020 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Strong adjectives
'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.
30/11/2020 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Male and female job words
Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.
23/11/2020 • 6 minutes, 5 secondes
New words
'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made.
16/11/2020 • 6 minutes, 19 secondes
Weather words
The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
09/11/2020 • 5 minutes, 51 secondes
Homophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
02/11/2020 • 6 minutes, 8 secondes
Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
26/10/2020 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Similar words
We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.
19/10/2020 • 6 minutes, 6 secondes
Adjective order
This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.
12/10/2020 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Contractions
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.
05/10/2020 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
28/09/2020 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Word stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
21/09/2020 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
14/09/2020 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
07/09/2020 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
31/08/2020 • 6 minutes, 6 secondes
Binomials
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
24/08/2020 • 6 minutes, 2 secondes
Chunks of language
Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.
17/08/2020 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Prefixes
Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes!
10/08/2020 • 6 minutes, 3 secondes
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
03/08/2020 • 6 minutes, 5 secondes
Suffixes
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
27/07/2020 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Academic Vocabulary
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.
20/07/2020 • 6 minutes, 18 secondes
Talk like Shakespeare
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
13/07/2020 • 6 minutes, 16 secondes
Irregular verbs 2
Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.
06/07/2020 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
29/06/2020 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Adjectives from names
Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
22/06/2020 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Large numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
15/06/2020 • 6 minutes, 11 secondes
Suffixes -sion -tion -tian
"I have a confesSION: my ambiTION is to meet a MarTIAN!" - We teach you suffixes.
08/06/2020 • 6 minutes, 20 secondes
Synonyms
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
01/06/2020 • 6 minutes, 12 secondes
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
25/05/2020 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
Commonly misspelled words
Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
18/05/2020 • 6 minutes, 10 secondes
6 Minute Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary
Neil and Finn's top tips for dealing with specialist vocabulary