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Adjectives from names

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

• 6 mins

Eponyms as nouns and verbs

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

• 6 mins

Irregular verbs 2

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

• 6 mins

Talk like Shakespeare

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

• 6 mins

Academic Vocabulary

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

• 6 mins

Suffixes

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

• 6 mins

Adjectives and adverbs

Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.

• 6 mins

Prefixes

Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes!

• 6 mins

Chunks of language

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

• 6 mins

Binomials

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

• 6 mins

-ing and -ed adjectives

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

• 6 mins

Lexical sets

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

• 6 mins

Compound adjectives

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

• 6 mins

Word stress

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

• 6 mins

Job suffixes

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

• 6 mins

Contractions

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

• 6 mins

Adjective order

This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.

• 6 mins

Similar words

We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.

• 6 mins

Compound nouns

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

• 6 mins

Homophones

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

• 6 mins

Weather words

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

• 5 mins

New words

'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made.

• 6 mins

Male and female job words

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

• 6 mins

Strong adjectives

'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.

• 6 mins

Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical

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

• 6 mins

Multi-word verbs

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

• 6 mins

Onomatopoeia

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

• 6 mins

Silent letters

We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.

• 6 mins

Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-

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

• 6 mins

Phrasal verbs and context

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

• 6 mins