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British and American English

Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Common verb collocations with the noun 鈥榮ystem'

Let's set up a system to help you learn collocations with the noun 鈥榮ystem'

• 1 min

Pronouncing verbs and nouns

'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Learn common verb collocations with the noun 鈥榬eport鈥�

How many verbs do you know that can be used with 'report'? Beth has a few to tell you.

• 1 min

Words with double letters

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with the word 鈥榝act鈥�

Do you know what it means to face facts? Georgie is here to let you know.

• 1 min

Hyphenation

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

• 6 mins

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

Let Georgie explain some different ways to use the word 'area'.

• 1 min

Time expression with in, on and at

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

• 6 mins

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

What does it mean to land your dream job? Phil knows, he has his. Listen to find out more

• 1 min

Uncountable nouns

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

• 6 mins

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

Could listening to this podcast entail an increase in your vocabulary? Listen to find out

• 1 min

Short spoken forms

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Learn common verbs that go with 鈥榥ame鈥�

How many verbs do you know that can be used with 'name'? How many does Beth know?

• 1 min

Ordinal numbers

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Beth teaches you some verbs that can be used with 'business'

What verbs can be used with 'business'? Beth wants to tell you about some.

• 1 min

Prefixes de, dis, dys

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

• 6 mins

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

Georgie teaches some verb collocations with the word 'information'

• 1 min

Suffixes 鈥揻ree and -less

Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.

• 6 mins

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

Georgie discusses some verbs that are commonly used with 'market'.

• 1 min

Easily confused words

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

• 6 mins

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

Here is a simple plan to help you learn English. Listen to this podcast.

• 1 min

Words with 'ough'

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

• 6 mins

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

Phil wants to give you an example of how to use 'example'. Listen now.

• 1 min

Useful chunks of language

Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.

• 6 mins

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

What does it mean to draw up a programme? Phil has the answer.

• 1 min

Binomials

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

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs that can be used with 'idea'

Do you have any idea how many verbs you can use with 'idea'? There are a lot! Listen now.

• 1 min

-ing and -ed adjectives

Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives

• 6 mins

English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 鈥榟ope鈥�

How many verbs do you know that can be used with 'hope'? Learn some more with Neil.

• 1 min