Learning English Vocabulary

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary.

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Word stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
13 Oct 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'resource'
Learn verbs that are commonly used with 'resource'
08 Oct 2025,1 min
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates)
06 Oct 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'task'
Learn verbs that are commonly used with 'task'
01 Oct 2025,1 min
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
29 Sep 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'hit'
24 Sep 2025,1 min
-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
22 Sep 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'red'
Learn phrases that use the word 'red'
17 Sep 2025,1 min
Binomials
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
15 Sep 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with head
Learn phrases that commonly contain the word 'head'
10 Sep 2025,1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'ear'
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'ear'
10 Sep 2025,1 min
Useful chunks of language
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
08 Sep 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with heart
Learn phrases that use the word 'heart'
03 Sep 2025,1 min
Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
01 Sep 2025,6 mins
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
25 Aug 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with sea
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'sea'
22 Aug 2025,1 min
Suffixes –free and -less
Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.
18 Aug 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with fire
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'fire'
14 Aug 2025,1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with hat
Learn phrases that use the word 'hat'
13 Aug 2025,1 min
Prefixes de, dis, dys
Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.
11 Aug 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with face
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'face'.
06 Aug 2025,1 min
Ordinal numbers
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
04 Aug 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with stone
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'stone'
30 Jul 2025,1 min
Short spoken forms
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
28 Jul 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with blue
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'blue'
23 Jul 2025,1 min
Uncountable nouns
What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?
21 Jul 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with ice
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'ice'
16 Jul 2025,1 min
Time expressions
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
14 Jul 2025,6 mins
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'network'
Form a network and learn collocations with Beth in this podcast
09 Jul 2025,1 min
Hyphenation
Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
07 Jul 2025,6 mins