-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

Compound nouns

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

• 6 mins

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

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

• 1 min

Homophones

Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

• 6 mins

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

Do you know any verbs that go with 'design'?

• 1 min

Weather words

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

• 5 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'role'

Play the role of student and listen to this podcast about the word 'role'.

• 1 min

Male and female job words

Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Learn common verb collocations with the noun ‘data'

Come and interpret some data in this podcast with Beth.

• 1 min

Strong adjectives

Learn about strong adjectives in this wonderful, fantastic, amazing podcast

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Learn some verbs to use with 'structure'

Phil is here to help you learn some verbs commonly used with 'structure'

• 1 min

Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical

We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.

• 6 mins

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

What image do you project? Find out what that sentence means with Phil.

• 1 min

Multi-word verbs

Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.

• 6 mins

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

How can we safeguard the environment? Phil explains the meaning of 'safeguard'.

• 1 min