Learning English Vocabulary Episodes Available now

Weather words
The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.

Homophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

Similar words
We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.

Adjective order
This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.

Contractions
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.

Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

Word stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.

Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).

Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.