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Learning English Vocabulary

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to impr

Episodes

Total: 287

Compound adjectives

2024/6/24

Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates)FIND BBC LEAR

Get ready to hear Beth explain how to use the word 'during' in 60 seconds - it's amazing!TRANSCRIPT

Lexical sets

2024/6/17

Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: V

It’s always nice to have a nice programme to listen to. Beth’s here to tell you all about the word ‘

-ing and -ed adjectives

2024/6/10

Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectivesFIND BBC LE

Phil knows all about the word 'count' and he'll explain what he knows to you in 60 seconds. TRANSCRI

In this short and sweet episode, learn some common binomials, or phrases made of two words.FIND BBC

Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.FIND BBC LEAR

Phil has scheduled a time to talk to you about the word 'schedule'. That time is now and he will do

Useful chunks of language

2024/5/27

Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.FIND BBC LEAR

This programme is supreme - Beth is explaining how to use the word 'supreme'TRANSCRIPT Find a full t

Words with 'ough'

2024/5/20

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.

We have a good situation here - Beth is explaining how to use the word 'situation'TRANSCRIPT Find a

Easily confused words

2024/5/13

Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.FIND BBC LEARNI

Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.

Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.

Adjectives and adverbs

2024/4/22

Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.

Suffixes

2024/4/15

Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH H

Academic vocabulary

2024/4/1

Learn how to cope if you are studying at an English-speaking university.

Phrases from Shakespeare

2024/3/25

We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today.