Learning English Vocabulary Episodes Available now
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
Adjectives from names
Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
Large numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Suffixes -sion -tion -tian
"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.
Synonyms
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Commonly misspelled words
Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
Linking words
Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.
Words with more than one spelling
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
Acronyms
Nasa, Fifa, Unesco, Nato - Peter and Catherine talk about acronyms.
