Vocabulary

2015-08-10 How to use suffixes -less and -free – 6 Minute Vocabulary

Suffixes: -less & -free Are e-cigarettes harmless or do you think all public places should be smoke-free? Catherine and Neil listen to a…

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2015-08-03 Prefixes de-, dis- and dys – 6 Minute Vocabulary

Prefixes de-, dys-, and dis Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Do you always listen to your doctor or…

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2015-07-27 First, second, third Ordinal numbers – 6 Minute Vocabulary

Ordinal numbers What's the date today? And do you know how to say it? Find out about ordinal numbers and…

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2015-07-20 Gonna, wanna, dunno Short spoken forms – 6 Minute Vocabulary

Spoken short forms Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha... are these really English words? Who uses them and why? Finn and Catherine give…

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2015-07-13 Uncountable nouns – 6 Minute Vocabulary

Uncountable nouns What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness? And what do those three words have in common? Neil and Catherine…

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2015-07-09 How to use time expressions with in, on and at – 6 Minute Vocabulary

In, at, on with time expressions Neil is going to a wedding on Saturday, but Catherine likes to relax at the weekend.…

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2015-07-05 Hyphens – 6 Minute Vocabulary

Hyphenation My sixty-year-old mother-in-law did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool and was greatly admired. Why do we write some of those phrases with hyphens but not…

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2014-07-15 Words with double letters – 6 Minute Vocabulary

Words with double letters Spelling in English can be hard, and one of the trickiest areas is double letters. Is…

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2014-07-08 Pronouncing verbs and nouns – 6 Minute Vocabulary

Pronouncing verbs and nouns So you want a salary increase? Who doesn't? But do you pronounce 'increase' with the stress on the…

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2014-07-01 British and American English – 6 Minute Vocabulary

British and American English What's the difference between a mobile phone and a cellphone? Not much, except the first term is used by…

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