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
Jan 23, 2023 • 6min
Academic Vocabulary
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? We give you some tips on how to do it.
Jan 16, 2023 • 6min
Talk like Shakespeare
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
Jan 9, 2023 • 6min
More irregular verbs
Write, wrote, written. Speak, spoke, spoken - learn more about irregular verbs.
Dec 30, 2022 • 6min
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
Dec 26, 2022 • 6min
Adjectives from names
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
Dec 19, 2022 • 6min
Large numbers
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
Dec 12, 2022 • 6min
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
Dec 5, 2022 • 6min
Synonyms
Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
Nov 28, 2022 • 6min
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
Nov 21, 2022 • 6min
Commonly misspelled words
Weird or weird? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!
