BBC Radio - Learning English Vocabulary

Onomatopoeia

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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