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Suffixes –free and -less
Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'market'
Georgie discusses some verbs that are commonly used with 'market'.
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'plan'
Here is a simple plan to help you learn English. Listen to this podcast.
Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'example'
Phil wants to give you an example of how to use 'example'. Listen now.
Useful chunks of language
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'programme'
What does it mean to draw up a programme? Phil has the answer.
Binomials
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together
English in a Minute: Verbs that can be used with 'idea'
Do you have any idea how many verbs you can use with 'idea'? There are a lot! Listen now.
-ing and -ed adjectives
Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives
English in a Minute: Verbs that go with ‘hope’
How many verbs do you know that can be used with 'hope'? Learn some more with Neil.
Lexical sets
Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to new words.
English in a Minute: Verbs that go with the noun ‘car'
There are lots of verbs we use with 'car'. Hear some of them now.
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'language'
How do you master a language? Listen to Phil to find out
Word stress
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'paper'
Do you often have to prepare a paper? Phil can help with that.
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'research'
What does it mean to 'undertake' research? Phil has the answer.
Contractions
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'office'
Learn some verbs commonly used with office.
Adjective order
We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'answer'
Georgie is here to help you learn some verbs commonly used with 'answer'
Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'view'
Georgie is here to help you learn some verbs commonly used with 'view'
Homophones
Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'design'
Do you know any verbs that go with 'design'?
Weather words
The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'role'
Play the role of student and listen to this podcast about the word 'role'.
Male and female job words
Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.
