Learning English Vocabulary
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary, such as words for the weather, how to talk about people's jobs, and adjective order. Plus, in our English in a Minute episodes, give your vocabulary a boost in under a minute. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com.
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Silent letters
We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.LISTEN TO REAL EASY ENGLISH:
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Onomatopoeia
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe. Find more programmes for you level by choosing 'easy', 'medium' or 'hard' on our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/ Get weekly tips and updates by signing up to our email newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u178220599
Multi-word verbs
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.Find more programmes for you level by choosing 'easy', 'medium' or 'hard' on our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/Want to learn more about phrasal verbs? Check out the video series 'Phrasal verbs with Georgie': https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/phrasal_verbs_with_georgieGet
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.Find Learning English Grammar:
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Strong adjectives
Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.Find Learning English Grammar:
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Male and female job words
Policeman/policewoman, actor/actress - learn about job titles and gender.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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Weather words
The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.TRY THE LISTENING ROOM:
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Homophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website
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Similar words
We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.
Adjective order
We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog! FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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Contractions
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions. Visit our website
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Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.Want to boost your speaking skills? Try Beating Speaking Anxiety, our series to help fight your fears of speaking English.
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Word stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.Want to boost your speaking skills? Try Beating Speaking Anxiety, our series to help fight your fears of speaking English.
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Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).Want to boost your speaking skills? Try Beating Speaking Anxiety, our series to help fight your fears of speaking English.
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Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'
Make sure your English learning isn't hit-and-miss – be consistent! Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'change'
Do you know any phrases with 'change'? Learn four here.TRANSCRIPT
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Binomials
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'leave'
What's the difference between leaving a bad taste and leaving a lot to be desired? Learn these 'leave' phrases and more now.TRANSCRIPT
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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. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with heart
How many 'heart' phrases do you know? Phil talks about three he knows in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'. Try Learning English Grammar episodes - just search 'Learning English Grammar' in your podcast app, or go to our website:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'life'
Give your English learning a new lease of life with this podcast. Learn this phrase and more with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT
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Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'day'
Is learning English phrases all in a day's work for you? Learn this 'day' phrase and more here with Phil.TRANSCRIPT
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Suffixes: -less and -free
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'
What phrases do you know with 'look'? Learn some here with Beth.TRANSCRIPT
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'end'
How many phrases do you know with the word 'end'? Learn four here with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT
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English in a Minute: Phrases with fire Learning English Vocabulary
Did you know it can be a good thing to be 'on fire'? Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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English in a Minute: Phrases with hat
Learn these three hat phrases! Phil will take his hat off to you if you do!TRANSCRIPT
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Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our weekly tips about how to improve your English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u178220599Find more programmes to improve your vocabulary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/vocabularyTry one of our other podcasts, including:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'money'
What phrases do you know with 'money'? Learn some here with Beth.TRANSCRIPT
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Ordinal numbers
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing'
What's the next big thing, and what's a thing of the past? Learn these 'thing' phrases and more here.TRANSCRIPT
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Short spoken forms
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hand'
If you want to learn phrases, don't worry! You're in good hands. Learn four phrases with the word 'hand' with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT
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Uncountable nouns
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglishFollow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followusSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newslettersLIKE PODCASTS?
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'eye'
What phrases do you know with 'eye'? Learn four here.TRANSCRIPT
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Time expressions
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'water'
Do you hate it when people pour water on your ideas, or is it like water off a duck's back? Learn these 'water' phrases and more here.TRANSCRIPT
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Hyphenation
Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."Have you tried the podcast 'Real Easy English'? Two presenters have short, real conversations about everyday topics in easy English. From birthdays, to rain, to public transport... you're likely to find a topic that interests you! Search for 'Learning Easy English' in your podcast app, or find it with free worksheets and t
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cards'
There are a few phrases in English about card games. Learn what it means to lay all your cards on the table, and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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Words with double letters
How would you recommend people remember which double letters are in accommodation? Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.Want to boost your speaking skills? Try Beating Speaking Anxiety, our series to help fight your fears of speaking English https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxietyGet our latest programmes.
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'grass'
Here are 4 phrases with 'grass'. Don't kick learning them into the long grass!TRANSCRIPT
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Pronouncing verbs and nouns
So you want a salary increase? Who doesn't? But do you pronounce 'increase' with the stress on the first syllable in, or the second syllable crease? The answer depends on whether you're using increase as a noun or a verb... And that's the subject that Neil and Catherine are talking about in this 6 Minute Vocabulary programme.Visit our website
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'big'
What phrases do you know with the word 'big'? Learn some in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'baby'
If you sleep like a baby, do you sleep well or badly? Learn that here and more with GeorgieTRANSCRIPT
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British and American English
Cookies or biscuits? Autumn or fall? Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English. Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglishFollow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followusDiscover Beating Speaking Anxiety: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_sp
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'foot'
What phrases do you know with 'foot'? Learn some in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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Business jargon
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'stop'
Here are 4 phrases with 'stop'. Stop at nothing to learn them.TRANSCRIPT
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Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bite'
If you've been procrastinating on your English study, it's time to bite the bullet and listen to this podcast! Learn four phrases with the word 'bite'TRANSCRIPT
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Phrasal verbs and context
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bone'
Learn 4 phrases with 'bone' here. It's only a minute long, so you don't have to work your fingers to the bone.TRANSCRIPT
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Prefixes: re- pre- and pro-
We talk about words with the prefixes re, pre and pro. LISTEN TO REAL EASY ENGLISH:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cake'
Listening to this podcast is great, but using the phrases in real life is the icing on the cake. Learn four phrases with 'cake'.TRANSCRIPT
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Silent letters
We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.LISTEN TO REAL EASY ENGLISH:
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Onomatopoeia
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Multi-word verbs
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'lose'
Learn 4 phrases with 'lose' here. Don't lose your touch!TRANSCRIPT
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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.Find Learning English Grammar:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'wind'
Use these phrases with 'wind' in your everyday conversations. It's time to throw caution to the wind!TRANSCRIPT
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Strong adjectives
'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.Find Learning English Grammar:
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Male and female job words
Policeman/policewoman, actor/actress - learn about job titles and gender.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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Weather words
The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here. TRY THE LISTENING ROOM:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'gold'
Learn 4 phrases with 'gold' with Phil in this podcast. They're worth their weight in gold!TRANSCRIPT
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Homophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'light'
What does it mean to see the light? Learn that and more with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT
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Compound nouns
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'pull'
Learn 4 phrases with 'pull' here. You'll enjoy it – we're not pulling your leg!TRANSCRIPT
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Adjective order
This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.TRY THE READING ROOM:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'clock'
What phrases do you know with 'clock'? Learn some in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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Contractions
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'
Get comfy, make yourself a hot drink – make yourself at home! Learn 'make yourself at home' and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT
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Job suffixes
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'
Learn 4 phrases with 'look'' in this podcast. If you learn them all you'll really look sharp.TRANSCRIPT
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Word stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress. THE PRONUNCIATION LOUNGE
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