Learning English Vocabulary Podcast
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.
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Episodes to download
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Someone, nothing, anywhere
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 minutes.
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Irregular verbs
Mon 12 Sep 2022
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
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Easily confused words
Mon 5 Sep 2022
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Suffixes: -less and -free
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
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Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Mon 15 Aug 2022
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.
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Ordinal numbers
Mon 8 Aug 2022
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
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Spoken short forms
Mon 1 Aug 2022
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha... We give you an introduction to short spoken forms.
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Uncountable nouns
Mon 25 Jul 2022
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
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Words with double letters
Mon 4 Jul 2022
We talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
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Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
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British and American English
Mon 20 Jun 2022
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Business jargon
Mon 30 May 2022
Do you 'think out of the box' or 'push the envelope' at work? Learn business jargon.
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How to pronounce words beginning with 'c'
Mon 23 May 2022
Catherine cycled through the city centre! How do you pronounce all those words with 'c'?
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Phrasal verbs and context
Mon 16 May 2022
Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.
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Prefixes: 'Re-', 'pre-', and 'pro-'
Mon 9 May 2022
Learn about words with the prefixes 're-', 'pre-' and 'pro-' in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
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Silent letters
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don鈥檛 actually pronounce.
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Multi-word verbs
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural.
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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Mon 11 Apr 2022
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
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Strong adjectives
Mon 4 Apr 2022
What word do you use when you want to say something is very good or very bad?
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Contractions
Mon 28 Mar 2022
Learn how to use 'I've' and 'isn't' - your English will sound more natural.
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New words
Mon 14 Mar 2022
What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!
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Homophones
Mon 31 Jan 2022
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
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Compound nouns
Mon 24 Jan 2022
Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.
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Job suffixes
Mon 17 Jan 2022
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
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Similar words
Mon 10 Jan 2022
Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.