Learning English Vocabulary

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to impr

Episodes

Total: 260

Business jargon

2022/5/30

Do you 'think out of the box' or 'push the envelope' at work? Learn business jargon.

Catherine cycled through the city centre! How do you pronounce all those words with 'c'?

Phrasal verbs and context

2022/5/16

Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.

Learn about words with the prefixes 're-', 'pre-' and 'pro-' in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

Silent letters

2022/4/29

Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don’t actually pronounce.

Onomatopoeia

2022/4/25

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

Multi-word verbs

2022/4/14

Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural.

'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.

Strong adjectives

2022/4/4

What word do you use when you want to say something is very good or very bad?

Contractions

2022/3/28

Learn how to use 'I've' and 'isn't' - your English will sound more natural.

Male and female job words

2022/3/21

We teach you job titles for men and women.

New words

2022/3/14

What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!

Weather words

2022/3/7

Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.

Homophones

2022/1/31

Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

Compound nouns

2022/1/24

Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.

Job suffixes

2022/1/17

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

Similar words

2022/1/10

Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.

Adjective order

2021/12/31

Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.

Contractions

2021/12/27

To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.

Job suffixes

2021/12/20

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.