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 7, 2022 • 6min
Weather words
Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.
Jan 31, 2022 • 6min
Homophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
Jan 24, 2022 • 6min
Compound nouns
Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.
Jan 17, 2022 • 6min
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
Jan 10, 2022 • 6min
Similar words
Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.
Dec 31, 2021 • 6min
Adjective order
Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.
Dec 27, 2021 • 6min
Contractions
To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.
Dec 20, 2021 • 6min
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
Dec 13, 2021 • 6min
Word stress
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
Dec 6, 2021 • 6min
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
