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Build your English vocabulary in six minutes.
Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills.

193 Episodes
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Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives and adverbs

2024-04-2206:534

Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
Suffixes

Suffixes

2024-04-1506:4613

Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.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 ✔️ 6 Minute Grammar ✔️ News Review They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
Academic vocabulary

Academic vocabulary

2024-04-0106:5321

Learn how to cope if you are studying at an English-speaking university.
Phrases from Shakespeare

Phrases from Shakespeare

2024-03-2507:0513

We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today.
Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs

2024-03-1806:4512

Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.
What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google?
Adjectives from names

Adjectives from names

2024-03-0406:425

We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
Large numbers

Large numbers

2024-02-2607:098

How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
Synonyms

Synonyms

2024-02-1207:1312

Learn about words that have the same or similar meanings
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Commonly misspelled words

Commonly misspelled words

2024-01-2906:3714

Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!
Linking words

Linking words

2024-01-0906:1934

Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?
Acronyms

Acronyms

2023-12-2506:5210

Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
Antonyms

Antonyms

2023-12-1907:2619

Finn and Catherine discuss antonyms in 6 minute Vocabulary.
Suffixes: -ness & -ity

Suffixes: -ness & -ity

2023-12-1107:079

Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally.
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