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
Sep 28, 2020 • 6min
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
Sep 21, 2020 • 6min
Word stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
Sep 14, 2020 • 6min
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
Sep 7, 2020 • 6min
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
Aug 31, 2020 • 6min
-ing and -ed adjectives
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
Aug 24, 2020 • 6min
Binomials
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
Aug 17, 2020 • 6min
Chunks of language
Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.
Aug 10, 2020 • 6min
Prefixes
Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes!
Aug 3, 2020 • 6min
Adjectives and adverbs
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
Jul 27, 2020 • 6min
Suffixes
Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
