Learning English Vocabulary Podcast
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.
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Episodes to download
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-ing and -ed adjectives
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives
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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'count'
Wed 5 Jun 2024
How many times can Phil say 'count?' Listen to the podcast and count them.
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Phrases made of two words
Mon 3 Jun 2024
In this short and sweet episode, learn some common binomials.
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Binomials: phrases made of two words
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.
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English in a Minute: How to use 'schedule'
Wed 29 May 2024
Phil has scheduled a time to talk to you about the word 'schedule'. That time is now.
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Useful chunks of language
Mon 27 May 2024
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'supreme'
Wed 22 May 2024
Thanks to Beth, this programme is supreme. It's also all about the word 'supreme'
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Words with 'ough'
Mon 20 May 2024
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'situation'
Wed 15 May 2024
We have a good situation here - Beth is explaining how to use the word 'situation'
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Easily confused words
Mon 13 May 2024
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
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Adjectives and adverbs
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
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Academic vocabulary
Mon 1 Apr 2024
Learn how to cope if you are studying at an English-speaking university.
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Phrases from Shakespeare
Mon 25 Mar 2024
We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today.
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Irregular verbs
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Mon 11 Mar 2024
What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google?
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Adjectives from names
Mon 4 Mar 2024
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
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Large numbers
Mon 26 Feb 2024
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
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Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
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Discourse Markers: Interjections
Mon 5 Feb 2024
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
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Commonly misspelled words
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating 鈥� but it's not always straightforward!
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Linking words
Tue 9 Jan 2024
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
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Words with more than one spelling
New Year's Day 2024
Are you unsure whether it鈥檚 disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?
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Acronyms
Christmas Day 2023
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
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Suffixes: -ness & -ity
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
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