Learning English Vocabulary
BBC Radio
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.Find more at bbclearningenglish.comFollow us at
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Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 13, 2023 • 6min
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
Mar 6, 2023 • 6min
-ing and -ed adjectives
Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives
Feb 27, 2023 • 6min
Binomials: phrases made of two words
Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.
Feb 20, 2023 • 6min
Useful chunks of language
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
Feb 20, 2023 • 6min
Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
Feb 6, 2023 • 6min
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
Jan 30, 2023 • 6min
Suffixes
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
Jan 23, 2023 • 6min
Academic Vocabulary
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? We give you some tips on how to do it.
Jan 16, 2023 • 6min
Talk like Shakespeare
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
Jan 9, 2023 • 6min
More irregular verbs
Write, wrote, written. Speak, spoke, spoken - learn more about irregular verbs.
