6 Minute Vocabulary
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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'situation'
Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000
We have a good situation here - Beth is explaining how to use the word 'situation'
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Easily confused words
Mon, 13 May 2024 14:22:00 +0000
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Suffixes –free and -less
Mon, 06 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000
Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.
Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
Adjectives and adverbs
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:50:00 +0000
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
Suffixes
Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:48:00 +0000
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
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Academic vocabulary
Mon, 01 Apr 2024 08:18:00 +0000
Learn how to cope if you are studying at an English-speaking university.
Phrases from Shakespeare
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:04:00 +0000
We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today.
Irregular verbs
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:10:00 +0000
Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:03:00 +0000
What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google?
Adjectives from names
Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:49:00 +0000
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
Large numbers
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:43:00 +0000
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
Synonyms
Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:42:00 +0000
Learn about words that have the same or similar meanings
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:01:00 +0000
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Commonly misspelled words
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:33:00 +0000
Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!
Linking words
Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:32:00 +0000
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
Words with more than one spelling
Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Are you unsure whether it's disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?
Acronyms
Mon, 25 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
Antonyms
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 08:39:00 +0000
Finn and Catherine discuss antonyms in 6 minute Vocabulary.
Suffixes: -ness & -ity
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:14:00 +0000
Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
Discourse markers: showing attitude
Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:38:00 +0000
fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally.
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 13:12:00 +0000
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:39:00 +0000
Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.
Irregular verbs
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
Reporting verbs
Tue, 07 Nov 2023 08:21:00 +0000
Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
False friends
Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:18:00 +0000
Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
Words with 'ough'
Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:24:00 +0000
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
Easily confused words
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:21:00 +0000
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
Suffixes: -less and -free
Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:29:00 +0000
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
Prefixes de, dis, dys
Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.
Ordinal numbers
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:50:00 +0000
What's the date today? And do you know how to say it?
Short spoken forms
Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0000
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
Uncountable nouns
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:33:00 +0000
What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?
Time expression with in, on and at
Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:58:00 +0000
Learn how to use time expression with the preposition in, on and at
Hyphenation
Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:09:00 +0000
Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.
Words with double letters
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:48:00 +0000
Catherine and Finn talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:10:00 +0000
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
British and American English
Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:56:00 +0000
Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English
Business jargon
Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:20:00 +0000
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
