News imageLearning English Vocabulary

Learning English Vocabulary

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary.

News imageLearning English Vocabulary

Episodes (418 available)

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Strong adjectives

'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.

21 Sept 2026

7 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Male and female job words

Policeman/policewoman, actor/actress - learn about job titles and gender.

14 Sept 2026

7 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Weather words

The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.

7 Sept 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Homophones

Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

31 Aug 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Compound nouns

Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

24 Aug 2026

7 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Similar words

We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.

17 Aug 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Adjective order

We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!

10 Aug 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Contractions

"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.

3 Aug 2026

7 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Job suffixes

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

27 Jul 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Word stress

How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.

20 Jul 2026

6 mins

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