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.
-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.FIND BBC LEARNING...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'change'
Do you know any phrases with 'change'? Learn four here.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'leave'
What's the difference between leaving a bad taste and leaving a lot to be desired? Learn these 'leave'...
ListenUseful chunks of language
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase. FIND BBC LEARNING...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with heart
How many 'heart' phrases do you know? Phil talks about three he knows in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find...
ListenWords with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'. Try Learning English Grammar...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'life'
Give your English learning a new lease of life with this podcast. Learn this phrase and more with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT...
ListenEasily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning. FIND BBC LEARNING...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'day'
Is learning English phrases all in a day's work for you? Learn this 'day' phrase and more here with...
ListenSuffixes: -less and -free
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ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'
What phrases do you know with 'look'? Learn some here with Beth.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'end'
How many phrases do you know with the word 'end'? Learn four here with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT Find a free...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with fire Learning English Vocabulary
Did you know it can be a good thing to be 'on fire'? Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with hat
Learn these three hat phrases! Phil will take his hat off to you if you do!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript...
ListenPrefixes: dys- de- dis-
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes. Subscribe...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'money'
What phrases do you know with 'money'? Learn some here with Beth.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript...
ListenOrdinal numbers
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.FIND BBC LEARNING...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing'
What's the next big thing, and what's a thing of the past? Learn these 'thing' phrases and more here.TRANSCRIPT...
ListenShort spoken forms
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?FIND BBC LEARNING...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'hand'
If you want to learn phrases, don't worry! You're in good hands. Learn four phrases with the word 'hand'...
ListenUncountable nouns
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH...
ListenEnglish in a Minute: Phrases with 'eye'
What phrases do you know with 'eye'? Learn four here.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode...
ListenTime expressions
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit...
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