Antonyms

A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.

• 6 mins

Acronyms

Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.

• 6 mins

Words with more than one spelling

Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.

• 6 mins

Linking words

Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.

• 6 mins

Commonly misspelled words

Weird or weird? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!

• 5 mins

Discourse Markers: Interjections

Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.

• 6 mins

Synonyms

Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.

• 6 mins

Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion

Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.

• 6 mins

Large numbers

How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.

• 6 mins

Adjectives from names

We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.

• 6 mins

Eponyms as nouns and verbs

To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.

• 6 mins

More irregular verbs

Write, wrote, written. Speak, spoke, spoken - learn more about irregular verbs.

• 6 mins

Talk like Shakespeare

Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.

• 6 mins

Academic Vocabulary

Do you have to write academic texts and essays? We give you some tips on how to do it.

• 6 mins

Suffixes

Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.

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Adjectives and adverbs

Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.

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Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-

Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.

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Useful chunks of language

Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.

• 6 mins

Binomials: phrases made of two words

Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.

• 6 mins

-ing and -ed adjectives

Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives

• 6 mins

Lexical sets

Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.

• 6 mins

Compound adjectives

Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).

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Word stress

Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.

• 6 mins

Job suffixes

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?

• 6 mins

Contractions

Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English.

• 6 mins

Adjective order

We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!

• 6 mins

Compound nouns

Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

• 6 mins

Homophones

Learn about words that sound the same but have different meanings

• 6 mins

Weather words

British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.

• 5 mins

New words

Rob and Catherine are here to help you update your language!

• 6 mins