Learning English Vocabulary Podcast
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.
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Episodes to download
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Irregular verbs
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
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Reporting verbs
Tue 7 Nov 2023
Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
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False friends
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
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Words with 'ough'
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
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Easily confused words
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Suffixes: -less and -free
Mon 9 Oct 2023
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
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Prefixes de, dis, dys
Mon 2 Oct 2023
Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.
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Short spoken forms
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha鈥� are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
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Time expression with in, on and at
Mon 4 Sep 2023
Learn how to use time expression with the preposition in, on and at
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Words with double letters
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Catherine and Finn talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
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Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Mon 14 Aug 2023
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
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Business jargon
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
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How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.
Mon 24 Jul 2023
'c' or 's'? Learn how to spell words that begin with a /s/ sound.
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Phrasal verbs and context
Mon 17 Jul 2023
When talking about moving in, moving out and moving on, what do we mean? We explain.
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re, pre and pro
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you buy prepacked food? Are you proactive?
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Multi-word verbs
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Mon 12 Jun 2023
We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.
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Strong adjectives
Tue 6 Jun 2023
Listen to our fantastic, wonderful programme about strong adjectives.
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Male and female job words
Mon 29 May 2023
How words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.
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Weather words
Mon 15 May 2023
British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
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Compound nouns
Tue 2 May 2023
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
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