Learning English Vocabulary
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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
Sep 6, 2021 • 6min
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
Aug 30, 2021 • 6min
Adjectives from names
Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
Aug 23, 2021 • 6min
Large numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Aug 16, 2021 • 6min
Suffixes -sion -tion -tian
"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.
Aug 9, 2021 • 6min
Synonyms
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
Jul 26, 2021 • 6min
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Jul 19, 2021 • 6min
Commonly misspelled words
Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
Jul 12, 2021 • 6min
Linking words
Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.
Jul 5, 2021 • 6min
Words with more than one spelling
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
Jun 28, 2021 • 6min
Acronyms
Nasa, Fifa, Unesco, Nato - Peter and Catherine talk about acronyms.
