Learning English Vocabulary

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Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes.

Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary. Learn words for the weather, how to talk about people’s jobs, adjective order, and so much more.

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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Today · 6 min
Contractions
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.
July 27 · 6 min
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
July 20 · 6 min
Word stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
July 13 · 6 min
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
July 6 · 6 min
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
June 29 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'
Learn phrases that are commonly used with ‘hit’
June 22 · 6 min
-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
June 17 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'change'
It's great to see you smiling for a change! Find out more in this podcast.
June 15 · 6 min
Binomials
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
June 10 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'leave'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'leave'
June 8 · 6 min
Useful chunks of language
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
June 1 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with heart
Learn phrases that use the word 'heart'
May 26 · 6 min
Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
May 20 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'life'
Learn phrases with the word 'life'
May 18 · 6 min
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
May 13 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'day'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'day'
May 11 · 6 min
Suffixes: -less and -free
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
May 6 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'
Learn phrases with the word 'look'
April 29 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'end'
Learn phrases with the word 'end'
April 27 · 1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with fire Learning English Vocabulary
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'fire'.