6 Minute Vocabulary

Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills.

English in a Minute: Phrases with stone

Listen to a BBC Learning English podcast while you commute to work – it kills two birds with one stone!...

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Short spoken forms

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why? FIND BBC LEARNING...

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English in a Minute: Phrases with blue

How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more with Phil in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free...

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Uncountable nouns

What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit...

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English in a Minute: Phrases with ice

Don't put your learning on ice – learn these phrases today!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for...

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Time expressions

Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'network'

A network is a group or system of things that have multiple connections between them, like a network...

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Hyphenation

Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'strategy'

Do you have a strategy for improving your English? You can have a strategy, but first you need to map...

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Words with double letters

We talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'resource'

Resources are things like time, money or materials that people or organisations can use to function...

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Pronouncing verbs and nouns

'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'theory'

What is a theory and which verbs are commonly used with it? In this podcast, you'll learn what 'formulate...

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British and American English

Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.FIND BBC LEARNING...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'trip'

You can make one, take one, and extend one, but what other verbs can we use with the 'noun' trip? Learn...

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Business jargon

Can you think out of the box or do you take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.FIND...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'challenge'

Do you rise up to the challenges you face? What poses a problem for you?. All these verbs are common...

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Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’

Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.Visit our website ??...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'method'

Methods can be devised or worked out. You can choose one to follow or adopt, and if it works, everyone...

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Phrasal verbs and context

A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs. Visit our...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'opinion'

Your opinion is what you think and believe. There are some verbs that we often use with 'opinion'. We...

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Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-

'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.FIND BBC LEARNING...

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'source'

A source refers to an original place, person or thing. There are some verbs that we often use with 'source'....

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Silent letters

How do you pronounce the words night and knight? FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ??...

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