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Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.

Commonly misspelled words
Weird or weird? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!

Linking words
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.

Words with more than one spelling
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.

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

Antonyms
A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.

Suffixes: -ness and -ity
‘Happiness’ and 'responsibility'. Learn words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.

Discourse markers for showing attitude
Fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. These words are useful. How do we use them?

Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.

Someone, nothing, anywhere
Learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 minutes.