6 Minute Vocabulary

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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.


Episode Date
Phrases from Shakespeare
Mar 25, 2024
Irregular verbs
Mar 18, 2024
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Mar 11, 2024
Adjectives from names
Mar 04, 2024
Large numbers
Feb 26, 2024
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Feb 19, 2024
Synonyms
Feb 12, 2024
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Feb 05, 2024
Commonly misspelled words
Jan 29, 2024
Linking words
Jan 09, 2024
Words with more than one spelling
Jan 01, 2024
Acronyms
Dec 25, 2023
Antonyms
Dec 19, 2023
Suffixes: -ness & -ity
Dec 11, 2023
Discourse markers: showing attitude
Dec 05, 2023
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
Nov 27, 2023
Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
Nov 20, 2023
Irregular verbs
Nov 13, 2023
Reporting verbs
Nov 07, 2023
False friends
Oct 30, 2023
Words with 'ough'
Oct 23, 2023
Easily confused words
Oct 16, 2023
Suffixes: -less and -free
Oct 09, 2023
Prefixes de, dis, dys
Oct 02, 2023
Ordinal numbers
Sep 25, 2023
Short spoken forms
Sep 18, 2023
Uncountable nouns
Sep 11, 2023
Time expression with in, on and at
Sep 04, 2023
Hyphenation
Aug 25, 2023
Words with double letters
Aug 21, 2023
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Aug 14, 2023
British and American English
Aug 08, 2023
Business jargon
Jul 31, 2023
How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.
Jul 24, 2023
Phrasal verbs and context
Jul 17, 2023
re, pre and pro
Jul 10, 2023
Silent letters
Jul 03, 2023
Onomatopoeia
Jun 26, 2023
Multi-word verbs
Jun 19, 2023
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Jun 12, 2023
Strong adjectives
Jun 06, 2023
Male and female job words
May 29, 2023
New words
May 22, 2023
Weather words
May 15, 2023
Homophones
May 09, 2023
Compound nouns
May 02, 2023
Adjective order
Apr 24, 2023
Contractions
Apr 17, 2023
Job suffixes
Apr 03, 2023
Word stress
Mar 27, 2023
Compound adjectives
Mar 20, 2023
Lexical sets
Mar 13, 2023
-ing and -ed adjectives
Mar 06, 2023
Binomials: phrases made of two words
Feb 27, 2023
Useful chunks of language
Feb 20, 2023
Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Feb 20, 2023
Adjectives and adverbs
Feb 06, 2023
Suffixes
Jan 30, 2023
Academic Vocabulary
Jan 23, 2023
Talk like Shakespeare
Jan 16, 2023
More irregular verbs
Jan 09, 2023
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Dec 30, 2022
Adjectives from names
Dec 26, 2022
Large numbers
Dec 19, 2022
Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Dec 12, 2022
Synonyms
Dec 05, 2022
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Nov 28, 2022
Commonly misspelled words
Nov 21, 2022
Linking words
Nov 14, 2022
Words with more than one spelling
Nov 07, 2022
Acronyms
Oct 31, 2022
Antonyms
Oct 24, 2022
Suffixes: -ness and -ity
Oct 17, 2022
Discourse markers for showing attitude
Oct 10, 2022
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
Oct 03, 2022
Someone, nothing, anywhere
Sep 20, 2022
Irregular verbs
Sep 12, 2022
Easily confused words
Sep 05, 2022
Suffixes: -less and -free
Aug 26, 2022
Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Aug 15, 2022
Ordinal numbers
Aug 08, 2022
Spoken short forms
Aug 01, 2022
Uncountable nouns
Jul 25, 2022
Time expressions
Jul 18, 2022
Hyphenation
Jul 11, 2022
Words with double letters
Jul 04, 2022
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Jun 27, 2022
British and American English
Jun 20, 2022
Business jargon
May 30, 2022
How to pronounce words beginning with 'c'
May 23, 2022
Phrasal verbs and context
May 16, 2022
Prefixes: 'Re-', 'pre-', and 'pro-'
May 09, 2022
Silent letters
Apr 29, 2022
Onomatopoeia
Apr 25, 2022
Multi-word verbs
Apr 14, 2022
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Apr 11, 2022
Strong adjectives
Apr 04, 2022
Contractions
Mar 28, 2022
Male and female job words
Mar 21, 2022
New words
Mar 14, 2022
Weather words
Mar 07, 2022
Homophones
Jan 31, 2022
Compound nouns
Jan 24, 2022
Job suffixes
Jan 17, 2022
Similar words
Jan 10, 2022
Adjective order
Dec 31, 2021
Contractions
Dec 27, 2021
Job suffixes
Dec 20, 2021
Word stress
Dec 13, 2021
Compound adjectives
Dec 06, 2021
Lexical sets
Nov 22, 2021
-ing and -ed adjectives
Nov 08, 2021
Binomials
Nov 01, 2021
Chunks of language
Oct 25, 2021
Prefixes
Oct 18, 2021
Adjectives and adverbs
Oct 11, 2021
Suffixes
Oct 04, 2021
Academic Vocabulary
Sep 27, 2021
Talk like Shakespeare
Sep 20, 2021
Irregular verbs 2
Sep 13, 2021
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Sep 06, 2021
Adjectives from names
Aug 30, 2021
Large numbers
Aug 23, 2021
Suffixes -sion -tion -tian
Aug 16, 2021
Synonyms
Aug 09, 2021
Discourse Markers: Interjections
Jul 26, 2021
Commonly misspelled words
Jul 19, 2021
Linking words
Jul 12, 2021
Words with more than one spelling
Jul 05, 2021
Acronyms
Jun 28, 2021
Antonyms
Jun 21, 2021
Suffixes: -ness & -ity
Jun 07, 2021
Discourse markers: Attitude
May 31, 2021
Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
May 24, 2021
Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
May 17, 2021
Irregular verbs
May 10, 2021
Reporting verbs
May 03, 2021
False friends
Apr 26, 2021
Words with 'ough'
Apr 19, 2021
Easily confused words
Apr 13, 2021
Suffixes: -less and -free
Apr 05, 2021
Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Mar 29, 2021
Ordinal numbers
Mar 22, 2021
Short spoken forms
Mar 15, 2021
Uncountable nouns
Mar 08, 2021
Time expressions
Mar 01, 2021
Hyphenation
Feb 22, 2021
Words with double letters
Feb 15, 2021
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Feb 08, 2021
British and American English
Feb 01, 2021
Business jargon
Jan 25, 2021
Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’
Jan 18, 2021
Phrasal verbs and context
Jan 11, 2021
Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-
Jan 04, 2021
Silent letters
Dec 28, 2020
Onomatopoeia
Dec 21, 2020
Multi-word verbs
Dec 14, 2020
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Dec 07, 2020
Strong adjectives
Nov 30, 2020
Male and female job words
Nov 23, 2020
New words
Nov 16, 2020
Weather words
Nov 09, 2020
Homophones
Nov 02, 2020
Compound nouns
Oct 26, 2020
Similar words
Oct 19, 2020
Adjective order
Oct 12, 2020
Contractions
Oct 05, 2020
Job suffixes
Sep 28, 2020
Word stress
Sep 21, 2020
Compound adjectives
Sep 14, 2020
Lexical sets
Sep 07, 2020
-ing and -ed adjectives
Aug 31, 2020
Binomials
Aug 24, 2020
Chunks of language
Aug 17, 2020
Prefixes
Aug 10, 2020
Adjectives and adverbs
Aug 03, 2020
Suffixes
Jul 27, 2020
Academic Vocabulary
Jul 20, 2020
Talk like Shakespeare
Jul 13, 2020
Irregular verbs 2
Jul 06, 2020
Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Jun 29, 2020
Adjectives from names
Jun 22, 2020
Large numbers
Jun 15, 2020
Suffixes -sion -tion -tian
Jun 08, 2020
Synonyms
Jun 01, 2020
Discourse Markers: Interjections
May 25, 2020
Commonly misspelled words
May 18, 2020
6 Minute Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary
Mar 19, 2018