Suffixes: -less and -free
6 Minute Vocabulary
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- about 3 years ago
- 06:27
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
6 Minute Vocabulary
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- about 3 years ago
- 06:27
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.
Ordinal numbers
6 Minute Vocabulary
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- about 3 years ago
- 06:30
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
Uncountable nouns
6 Minute Vocabulary
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- about 3 years ago
- 07:02
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
Time expressions
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.8K views
- about 3 years ago
- 06:29
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
Hyphenation
6 Minute Vocabulary
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- about 3 years ago
- 07:03
Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
Words with double letters
6 Minute Vocabulary
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- about 3 years ago
- 06:18
Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
6 Minute Vocabulary
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- about 3 years ago
- 07:06
'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...
British and American English
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.7K views
- about 3 years ago
- 06:15
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
Business jargon
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.5K views
- about 3 years ago
- 07:38
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.3K views
- over 3 years ago
- 06:31
Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.
Phrasal verbs and context
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 07:29
A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs.
Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.4K views
- over 3 years ago
- 06:56
'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
Silent letters
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.2K views
- over 3 years ago
- 06:51
We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.
Onomatopoeia
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.4K views
- over 3 years ago
- 06:24
Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
Multi-word verbs
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.3K views
- over 3 years ago
- 06:11
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
6 Minute Vocabulary
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- over 3 years ago
- 06:20
'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
Strong adjectives
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.5K views
- over 3 years ago
- 06:11
'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.
Male and female job words
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.8K views
- over 3 years ago
- 06:13
Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.
New words
6 Minute Vocabulary
- 1.3K views
- over 3 years ago
- 07:38
'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made.