Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to impr
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
Learn how these words are used: gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha.
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.
A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs.
'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.
Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.
'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made.
