Tag: 6 Minute Vocabulary (Medium Level)

Using English at university If you are going to study or you are studying at an English-speaking university, you might be wondering how you’ll cope with understanding lectures and academic…

Talk like Shakespeare Some phrases we hear every day in the English-speaking world come from the times of William Shakespeare, the most famous playwright in the English language. Neil and…

Sing, sang, sung… … begin, began, begun. Learning irregular verbs can be difficult. But thankfully, many of them follow patterns which can help you to remember the different forms. Listen…

Eponyms as nouns and verbs There are a number of verbs and nouns that have come into the English language not just through history and tradition. Successful products and popular…

Adjectives from names Join Callum and Finn as they discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people. CallumHello and welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary…

Large numbers In this edition of 6 Minute Vocabulary, Callum and Finn talk about big numbers in English: how to say them and how to refer to them indirectly. We…

Suffixes -tian, -sion, -tion What is your secret ambition? Do you have a confession to make? Have you ever met a Martian? Listen to Finn and Catherine talk about words…

Synonyms Have you done anything weird or odd lately? Do you know any other words that mean unusual or strange? Finn and Catherine discuss these synonyms and more in this…

Discourse Markers: Interjections Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? How about yippee! and hooray!? These words are called interjections and to find out more listen to Callum and…

Commonly misspelled words Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling with some helpful hints and practical examples. FinnHello! Welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary. I’m Finn.…

Linking words Catherine and Rob explore the topic of linking words and hear the story of Angela and her rescue, just when they thought it was safe to go back…

Words with more than one spelling Do you get confused about which of two possible spellings to use? Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt…

Are you interested in football? Do you know what FIFA is and why it’s called that? Or are you more interested in space and NASA? Listen to Peter and Catherine…

Antonyms Are your clothes a bit old-fashioned or are they really trendy? Are you a decisive or indecisive person? One good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn…

Suffixes: -ness & -ity Is responsibility the key to happiness at work – or can it lead to illness? Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes…

Fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. These words do a very useful job. How do we use them – and other phrases – to express our attitudes and ideas? Find out in…

Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence Words like excitement, performance and difference have suffixes that turn verbs and adjectives into nouns. Listen to Finn and Catherine talk about the suffixes -ment, -ence…

Verbs, verbs, verbs In this programme we look at the difficult subject of irregular verbs: verbs that don’t behave normally. Unfortunately, not all verbs take -ed in the past and…

Reporting verbs We use the verbs say, tell and ask to report what people say. But what other verbs can we use? Find out how to use reporting verbs to…

Someone, nothing, anywhere… Tracey thinks there’s someone else in her boyfriend’s life. Find out why she thinks that and learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 Minute…