2014-03-08 Contractions – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Contractions When you’re talking about your life experiences, are you going to pronounce every single word in a sentence like…
2014-03-01 Job suffixes – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Job suffixes What’s the connection between a teacher, a driver or, like Neil and Sophie, a presenter? Well, these words…
2014-02-26 Word stress – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Word stress Weddings are special days, to be remembered for many years. To take the perfect pictures, most people book…
2014-02-19 Compound adjectives – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Compound adjectives What vocabulary helps you describe a car journey that took nine hours – or an airline that offers…
2014-02-12 Lexical sets – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Lexical sets Finn and Catherine give you some tips which can help you to remember new words. In 6 Minute…
2014-02-05 -ing and -ed adjectives – 6 Minute Vocabulary
-ing and -ed adjectives They’re easy to confuse – so when should we use them? Finn and Catherine explain in…
2014-01-29 Binomials – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Binomials Mr Christmas said he never gets sick and tired of his celebrations. Sick and tired is a phrase which…
2014-01-22 Chunks of language – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Chunks of language In this session, you’ve seen folding bike and Oyster card – we can think of these as…
2014-01-15 Prefixes, un-, in- and dis- – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Prefixes: un-, in- and dis- Here is this week’s 6 Minute Vocabulary, all about prefixes. We can put prefixes at…
2014-01-08 Adjectives and adverbs – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Adjectives and adverbs Do you like fashion? Is being fashionable important to you – or do you hate dressing fashionably?…
2014-01-01 Suffixes, -ee, -able, -ible, -ness – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Suffixes In this episode, Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes. FinnHello and…
2024-09-11 For teachers – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
What is this series? The London to Edinburgh Challenge is a 10-episode series for A1 level learners of English. Episodes…
2024-09-10 Episode 10, Look back – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
Episode 10: The final: Who’s going to win? Easy English level – Beginner/Elementary Introduction What a race! The challenge is…
2024-09-09 Episode 9, Race to the castle – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
Episode 9: They’re running: Race to Edinburgh Castle Easy English level – Beginner/Elementary Introduction What a race! The challenge is…
2024-09-08 Episode 8, Directions – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
Episode 8: Directions: Get to Holyrood Easy English level – Beginner/Elementary Introduction The Presenter is SO EXCITED! Fran, Bob and…
2024-09-07 Episode 7, Family – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
Episode 7: Friends and family: Fran meets Helen Easy English level – Beginner/Elementary Introduction Fran is at her friend Helen’s…
2024-09-06 Episode 6, Work – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
Episode 6: Jobs: Bob and Paula need money Easy English level – Beginner/Elementary Introduction Work. We work to get money.…
2024-09-05 Episode 5, Food and drink – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
Episode 5: Food and drink: Fran is hungry Easy English level – Beginner/Elementary Introduction Fran arrives in Oxfordshire on her…
2024-09-04 Episode 4, Shopping – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
Episode 4: Clothes: Bob needs a coat Easy English level – Beginner/Elementary Introduction The Presenter is warm. Bob arrives in…
2024-09-03 Episode 3, Places – The London to Edinburgh Challenge
Episode 3: Visit London: Paula explores Easy English level – Beginner/Elementary Introduction The Presenter is waiting for Fran, Bob and…