Learning English Vocabulary
BBC Radio
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary. Learn words for the weather, how to talk about people’s jobs, adjective order, and so much more. Plus, in our English in a Minute episodes, give your vocabulary a boost in under a minute. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at
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Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 19, 2023 • 6min
Multi-word verbs
Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
Jun 12, 2023 • 6min
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.
Jun 6, 2023 • 6min
Strong adjectives
Listen to our fantastic, wonderful programme about strong adjectives.
May 29, 2023 • 6min
Male and female job words
How words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.
May 22, 2023 • 6min
New words
Rob and Catherine are here to help you update your language!
May 15, 2023 • 6min
Weather words
British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
May 9, 2023 • 6min
Homophones
Learn about words that sound the same but have different meanings
May 2, 2023 • 6min
Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
Apr 24, 2023 • 6min
Adjective order
We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!
Apr 17, 2023 • 6min
Contractions
Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English.
