
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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Uncountable nouns
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
...mehrTime expressions
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
...mehrHyphenation
Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
...mehrWords with double letters
Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
...mehrPronouncing verbs and nouns
'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...
...mehrBritish and American English
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
...mehrBusiness jargon
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
...mehrPronouncing words that start with ‘c’
Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.
...mehrPhrasal verbs and context
A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs.
...mehrPrefixes re-, pre- and pro-
'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
...mehrSilent letters
We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.
...mehrOnomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
...mehrMulti-word verbs
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
...mehrAdjectives ending with -ic and -ical
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
...mehrStrong adjectives
'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.
...mehrMale and female job words
Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.
...mehrNew words
'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made.
...mehrWeather words
The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
...mehrHomophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
...mehrCompound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
...mehrSimilar words
We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.
...mehrAdjective order
This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.
...mehrContractions
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.
...mehrJob suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
...mehrWord stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
...mehrCompound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
...mehrLexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
...mehr-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
...mehrBinomials
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
...mehrChunks of language
Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.
...mehrPrefixes
Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes!
...mehrAdjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
...mehrSuffixes
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
...mehrAcademic Vocabulary
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.
...mehrTalk like Shakespeare
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
...mehrIrregular verbs 2
Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.
...mehrEponyms as nouns and verbs
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
...mehrAdjectives from names
Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
...mehrLarge numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
...mehrSuffixes -sion -tion -tian
"I have a confesSION: my ambiTION is to meet a MarTIAN!" - We teach you suffixes.
...mehrSynonyms
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
...mehrDiscourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
...mehrCommonly misspelled words
Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
...mehr6 Minute Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary
Neil and Finn's top tips for dealing with specialist vocabulary
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