News imageLearning English Vocabulary

Learning English Vocabulary

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary.

News imageLearning English Vocabulary

Episodes (423 available)

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Prefixes: re- pre- and pro-

Do you recycle your rubbish? We talk about words with the prefixes re, pre and pro

26 Oct 2026

7 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Silent letters

We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.

19 Oct 2026

7 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Onomatopoeia

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

12 Oct 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Multi-word verbs

Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs

5 Oct 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical

'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.

28 Sept 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Strong adjectives

'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.

21 Sept 2026

7 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Male and female job words

Policeman/policewoman, actor/actress - learn about job titles and gender.

14 Sept 2026

7 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Weather words

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

7 Sept 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Homophones

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

31 Aug 2026

6 mins

News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Compound nouns

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

24 Aug 2026

7 mins

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