2016-01-25 Phrases from Shakespeare – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Talk like Shakespeare Some phrases we hear every day in the English-speaking world come from the times of William Shakespeare,…
2016-01-18 Irregular verbs 2 – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Sing, sang, sung… … begin, began, begun. Learning irregular verbs can be difficult. But thankfully, many of them follow patterns…
2016-01-11 Eponyms as nouns and verbs – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Eponyms as nouns and verbs There are a number of verbs and nouns that have come into the English language…
2016-01-04 How to make adjectives from names – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Adjectives from names Join Callum and Finn as they discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names…
2015-12-22 How to say and describe large numbers – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Large numbers In this edition of 6 Minute Vocabulary, Callum and Finn talk about big numbers in English: how to…
2015-12-15 Using the suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Suffixes -tian, -sion, -tion What is your secret ambition? Do you have a confession to make? Have you ever met…
2015-12-07 How to use synonyms – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Synonyms Have you done anything weird or odd lately? Do you know any other words that mean unusual or strange?…
2015-11-30 How to use interjections – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Discourse Markers: Interjections Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? How about yippee! and hooray!? These words are called…
2015-11-24 Commonly misspelled words – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Commonly misspelled words Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling with some helpful hints and…
2015-11-16 How to use linking words – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Linking words Catherine and Rob explore the topic of linking words and hear the story of Angela and her rescue,…
2015-11-09 Words with more than one spelling – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Words with more than one spelling Do you get confused about which of two possible spellings to use? Are you…
2015-11-02 How to use acronyms – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Are you interested in football? Do you know what FIFA is and why it’s called that? Or are you more…
2015-10-26 How to use antonyms – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Antonyms Are your clothes a bit old-fashioned or are they really trendy? Are you a decisive or indecisive person? One…
2015-10-19 Forming words with the suffixes -ness and -ity – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Suffixes: -ness & -ity Is responsibility the key to happiness at work – or can it lead to illness? Listen…
2015-10-12 Discourse markers for attitude – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. These words do a very useful job. How do we use them – and other phrases…
2015-10-05 Forming words with the suffixes -ment, -ance and -ence – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence Words like excitement, performance and difference have suffixes that turn verbs and adjectives into nouns. Listen…
2015-09-21 How to use irregular verbs – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Verbs, verbs, verbs In this programme we look at the difficult subject of irregular verbs: verbs that don’t behave normally.…
2015-09-14 How to use reporting verbs like insist, demand and advise – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Reporting verbs We use the verbs say, tell and ask to report what people say. But what other verbs can…
2015-09-07 Someone, nothing and anywhere – 6 Minute Vocabulary
Someone, nothing, anywhere… Tracey thinks there’s someone else in her boyfriend’s life. Find out why she thinks that and learn…
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.”…