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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical

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

• 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

How do you pronounce the words night and knight?

• 6 mins

re, pre and pro

Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you buy prepacked food? Are you proactive?

• 6 mins

Phrasal verbs and context

When talking about moving in, moving out and moving on, what do we mean? We explain.

• 6 mins

How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.

'c' or 's'? Learn how to spell words that begin with a /s/ sound.

• 6 mins

Business jargon

Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.

• 6 mins

British and American English

Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English

• 6 mins

Pronouncing verbs and nouns

Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.

• 6 mins

Words with double letters

Catherine and Finn talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

• 6 mins

Hyphenation

Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.

• 6 mins

Time expression with in, on and at

Learn how to use time expression with the preposition in, on and at

• 6 mins

Uncountable nouns

What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?

• 6 mins

Short spoken forms

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?

• 6 mins

Ordinal numbers

What's the date today? And do you know how to say it?

• 6 mins

Prefixes de, dis, dys

Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.

• 6 mins

Suffixes: -less and -free

Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!

• 6 mins

Easily confused words

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

• 6 mins

Words with 'ough'

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

• 6 mins

False friends

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

• 6 mins

Reporting verbs

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

• 6 mins

Irregular verbs

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

• 6 mins

Someone, somewhere, anywhere...

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

• 6 mins

Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence

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

• 6 mins

Discourse markers: showing attitude

fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally.

• 6 mins

Suffixes: -ness & -ity

Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.

• 6 mins

Antonyms

Finn and Catherine discuss antonyms in 6 minute Vocabulary.

• 6 mins

Acronyms

Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.

• 6 mins

Words with more than one spelling

Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?

• 6 mins