Learning English Vocabulary

Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.

Learn about words with the prefixes 're-', 'pre-' and 'pro-' in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don’t actually pronounce.

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural.

'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.

What word do you use when you want to say something is very good or very bad?

Learn how to use 'I've' and 'isn't' - your English will sound more natural.

We teach you job titles for men and women.

What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!

Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.

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

Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.

Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.

To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

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

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

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

Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.

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

Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.

Learn how to add prefixes to the beginning of some words to change their meanings.

Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.

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

Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.

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

Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.

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

Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.

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

"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.

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

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

Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.

Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.

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

Nasa, Fifa, Unesco, Nato - Peter and Catherine talk about acronyms.

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

Learn how to use the suffixes '-ness' and '-ity' in English.

Words and phrases we use to express our attitude to what we’re saying or writing.

ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.

Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.

Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.

Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.

Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.

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

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