Short spoken forms

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Learn common verbs that go with ‘name’

How many verbs do you know that can be used with 'name'? How many does Beth know?

• 1 min

Ordinal numbers

What's the date today? And do you know how to say it?

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Beth teaches you some verbs that can be used with 'business'

What verbs can be used with 'business'? Beth wants to tell you about some.

• 1 min

Prefixes de, dis, dys

Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'information'

Georgie teaches some verb collocations with the word 'information'

• 1 min

Suffixes –free and -less

Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'market'

Georgie discusses some verbs that are commonly used with 'market'.

• 1 min

Easily confused words

Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'plan'

Here is a simple plan to help you learn English. Listen to this podcast.

• 1 min

Words with 'ough'

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'example'

Phil wants to give you an example of how to use 'example'. Listen now.

• 1 min

Useful chunks of language

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'programme'

What does it mean to draw up a programme? Phil has the answer.

• 1 min

Binomials

Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs that can be used with 'idea'

Do you have any idea how many verbs you can use with 'idea'? There are a lot! Listen now.

• 1 min

-ing and -ed adjectives

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs that go with ‘hope’

How many verbs do you know that can be used with 'hope'? Learn some more with Neil.

• 1 min

Lexical sets

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs that go with the noun ‘car'

There are lots of verbs we use with 'car'. Hear some of them now.

• 1 min

Compound adjectives

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'language'

How do you master a language? Listen to Phil to find out

• 1 min

Word stress

How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'paper'

Do you often have to prepare a paper? Phil can help with that.

• 1 min

Job suffixes

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'research'

What does it mean to 'undertake' research? Phil has the answer.

• 1 min

Contractions

"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'office'

Learn some verbs commonly used with office.

• 1 min

Adjective order

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'answer'

Georgie is here to help you learn some verbs commonly used with 'answer'

• 1 min