Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.

Pronouncing verbs and nouns

Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English

British and American English

Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.

Business jargon

'c' or 's'? Learn how to spell words that begin with a /s/ sound.

How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.

When talking about moving in, moving out and moving on, what do we mean? We explain.

Phrasal verbs and context

Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you buy prepacked food? Are you proactive?

re, pre and pro

How do you pronounce the words night and knight?

Silent letters

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

Onomatopoeia

Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.

Multi-word verbs

We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.

Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical

Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills.

Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. <br>Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills.

6 Minute Vocabulary

Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.

Lexical sets

Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.

Talk like Shakespeare

Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.

Irregular verbs 2

Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.

Binomials

A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs.

Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.

-ing and -ed adjectives

'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-

We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.

Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.

Chunks of language

Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.

Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’

Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes!

Prefixes

'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.

To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.

Eponyms as nouns and verbs

Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.

Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.

Adjectives and adverbs

Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.

Male and female job words

How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.

Word stress

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