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6 Minute Vocabulary

6 Minute Vocabulary

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.

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Phrases from Shakespeare

We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today.

2024-03-25
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Irregular verbs

Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.

2024-03-18
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs

What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google?

2024-03-11
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Adjectives from names

We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.

2024-03-04
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Large numbers

How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.

2024-02-26
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Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion

Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.

2024-02-19
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Synonyms

Learn about words that have the same or similar meanings

2024-02-12
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Discourse Markers: Interjections

Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.

2024-02-05
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Commonly misspelled words

Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating ? but it's not always straightforward!

2024-01-29
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Linking words

Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.

2024-01-09
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Words with more than one spelling

Are you unsure whether it?s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?

2024-01-01
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Acronyms

Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.

2023-12-25
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Antonyms

Finn and Catherine discuss antonyms in 6 minute Vocabulary.

2023-12-19
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Suffixes: -ness & -ity

Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.

2023-12-11
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Discourse markers: showing attitude

fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally.

2023-12-05
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Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence

ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.

2023-11-27
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Someone, somewhere, anywhere...

Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.

2023-11-20
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Irregular verbs

Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.

2023-11-13
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Reporting verbs

Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.

2023-11-07
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False friends

Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.

2023-10-30
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Words with 'ough'

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

2023-10-23
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Easily confused words

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

2023-10-16
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Suffixes: -less and -free

Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!

2023-10-09
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Prefixes de, dis, dys

Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.

2023-10-02
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Ordinal numbers

What's the date today? And do you know how to say it?

2023-09-25
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Short spoken forms

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha? are these really English words? Who uses them and why?

2023-09-18
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Uncountable nouns

What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?

2023-09-11
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Time expression with in, on and at

Learn how to use time expression with the preposition in, on and at

2023-09-04
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Hyphenation

Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.

2023-08-25
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Words with double letters

Catherine and Finn talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

2023-08-21
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Pronouncing verbs and nouns

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

2023-08-14
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British and American English

Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English

2023-08-08
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Business jargon

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

2023-07-31
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How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.

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

2023-07-24
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Phrasal verbs and context

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

2023-07-17
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re, pre and pro

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

2023-07-10
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Silent letters

How do you pronounce the words night and knight?

2023-07-03
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Onomatopoeia

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

2023-06-26
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Multi-word verbs

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

2023-06-19
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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical

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

2023-06-12
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Strong adjectives

Listen to our fantastic, wonderful programme about strong adjectives.

2023-06-06
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Male and female job words

How words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.

2023-05-29
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New words

Rob and Catherine are here to help you update your language!

2023-05-22
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Weather words

British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.

2023-05-15
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Homophones

Learn about words that sound the same but have different meanings

2023-05-09
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Compound nouns

Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

2023-05-02
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Adjective order

We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!

2023-04-24
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Contractions

Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English.

2023-04-17
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Job suffixes

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?

2023-04-03
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Word stress

Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.

2023-03-27
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