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 in this podcast.

• 1 min

Onomatopoeia

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

• 6 mins

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

What technology are you using to watch this video? Beth explains how to use 'technology'

• 1 min

Silent letters

How do you pronounce the words night and knight?

• 7 mins

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

What does 'tap into a source' mean? Beth explains in this podcast.

• 1 min

Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-

'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

• 6 mins

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

What's your opinion on learning verbs today?

• 1 min

Phrasal verbs and context

A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs

• 6 mins

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

Is it best to adopt and follow a method, or just to work out your own one?

• 1 min