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…