
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.
Alle Folgen
Phrasal verbs and context
Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.
...mehrPrefixes: 'Re-', 'pre-', and 'pro-'
Learn about words with the prefixes 're-', 'pre-' and 'pro-' in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
...mehrSilent letters
Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don’t actually pronounce.
...mehrOnomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
...mehrMulti-word verbs
Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural.
...mehrAdjectives ending with -ic and -ical
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
...mehrStrong adjectives
What word do you use when you want to say something is very good or very bad?
...mehrContractions
Learn how to use 'I've' and 'isn't' - your English will sound more natural.
...mehrMale and female job words
We teach you job titles for men and women.
...mehrNew words
What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!
...mehrWeather words
Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.
...mehrHomophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
...mehrCompound nouns
Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.
...mehrJob suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
...mehrSimilar words
Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.
...mehrAdjective order
Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.
...mehrContractions
To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.
...mehrJob suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
...mehrWord stress
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
...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
Learn how to add prefixes to the beginning of some words to change their meanings.
...mehrAdjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use 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 to make. 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.
...mehrLinking words
Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.
...mehrWords with more than one spelling
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
...mehrAcronyms
Nasa, Fifa, Unesco, Nato - Peter and Catherine talk about acronyms.
...mehrAntonyms
A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.
...mehrSuffixes: -ness & -ity
Learn how to use the suffixes '-ness' and '-ity' in English.
...mehrDiscourse markers: Attitude
Words and phrases we use to express our attitude to what we’re saying or writing.
...mehrSuffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
...mehrSomeone, somewhere, anywhere...
Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.
...mehrIrregular verbs
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
...mehrReporting verbs
Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
...mehrFalse friends
Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
...mehrWords with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
...mehrEasily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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