6 Minute Vocabulary
BBC
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.
Location:
United Kingdom
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BBC
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Episodes
Irregular verbs
3/18/2024
Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.
Duration:00:06:11
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
3/11/2024
What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google?
Duration:00:06:11
Adjectives from names
3/4/2024
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
Duration:00:06:11
Large numbers
2/26/2024
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Duration:00:06:14
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
2/19/2024
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
Duration:00:06:43
Synonyms
2/12/2024
Learn about words that have the same or similar meanings
Duration:00:06:31
Discourse Markers: Interjections
2/5/2024
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Duration:00:06:34
Commonly misspelled words
1/29/2024
Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!
Duration:00:05:58
Linking words
1/9/2024
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
Duration:00:06:11
Words with more than one spelling
1/1/2024
Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?
Duration:00:06:21
Acronyms
12/25/2023
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
Duration:00:06:18
Antonyms
12/19/2023
Finn and Catherine discuss antonyms in 6 minute Vocabulary.
Duration:00:06:19
Suffixes: -ness & -ity
12/11/2023
Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
Duration:00:06:19
Discourse markers: showing attitude
12/5/2023
fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally.
Duration:00:06:19
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
11/27/2023
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
Duration:00:06:15
Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
11/20/2023
Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.
Duration:00:06:19
Irregular verbs
11/13/2023
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
Duration:00:06:07
Reporting verbs
11/7/2023
Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
Duration:00:06:20
False friends
10/30/2023
Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
Duration:00:06:13
Words with 'ough'
10/23/2023
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
Duration:00:06:19