Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to impr
Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
Nasa, Fifa, Unesco, Nato - Peter and Catherine talk about acronyms.
A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.
Learn how to use the suffixes '-ness' and '-ity' in English.
Words and phrases we use to express our attitude to what we’re saying or writing.
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
