2015-08-31 Dealing with false friends – 6 Minute Vocabulary
False friends A Spanish woman was on a train in Australia. She said “Can I sit down please? I’m embarrassed.”…
2015-08-24 Spelling and saying words with o-u-g-h – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Words with ‘ough’ Enough, cough, thought, although – these four words have similar spellings but very different pronunciation. Find out…
2015-08-17 Easily confused words – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Easily confused words Sensible and sensitive are two words that look and sound similar but have very different meanings. They…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
2014-06-26 Business jargon, think out of the box – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Business jargon Are you able to think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? How good…
2014-06-19 How to spell words that begin with a /s/ sound – 6 Minute Vocabulary
How to spell words that begin with a /s/ sound Seven sisters cycled through the city centre wearing smart suits…
2014-06-12 Phrasal verbs and context – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs and context When we’re talking about moving in, moving out and moving on, what do we mean? And…
2014-06-05 Prefixes, Re- pre- and pro- – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Re- pre- and pro- Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you buy prepacked food? How proactive are you in protecting…
2014-05-29 Silent letters – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Silent letters What is the opposite of day? And what is the name of the chess piece in this picture?…
2014-05-22 Onomatopoeia – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Onomatopoeia Poor Oliver hates the city. There are too many cars zooming around and honking their horns, music blaring in…
2014-05-15 Multi-word verbs – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Multi-word verbs Do you ever meet up with your friends at the shopping centre? In English meet up with is…