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426 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
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Binomials
1 november 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
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Chunks of language
25 oktober 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFind out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.
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Prefixes
18 oktober 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn how to add prefixes to the beginning of some words to change their meanings.
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Adjectives and adverbs
11 oktober 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.
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Suffixes
4 oktober 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFinn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
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Academic Vocabulary
27 september 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringDo you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.
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Talk like Shakespeare
20 september 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
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Irregular verbs 2
13 september 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringBreak, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs
6 september 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringTo google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
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Adjectives from names
30 augustus 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFreudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
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Large numbers
23 augustus 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringHow many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
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Suffixes -sion -tion -tian
16 augustus 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze aflevering"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.
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Synonyms
9 augustus 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
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Discourse Markers: Interjections
26 juli 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringDo you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
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Commonly misspelled words
19 juli 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFinn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
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Linking words
12 juli 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringRob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.
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Words with more than one spelling
5 juli 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringDisk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
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Acronyms
28 juni 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringNasa, Fifa, Unesco, Nato - Peter and Catherine talk about acronyms.
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Antonyms
21 juni 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringA good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.
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Suffixes: -ness & -ity
7 juni 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn how to use the suffixes '-ness' and '-ity' in English.
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Discourse markers: Attitude
31 mei 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringWords and phrases we use to express our attitude to what we’re saying or writing.
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Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
24 mei 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
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Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
17 mei 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.
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Irregular verbs
10 mei 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringChoose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
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Reporting verbs
3 mei 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.
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False friends
26 april 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringEmbarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.
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Words with 'ough'
19 april 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringCough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
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Easily confused words
13 april 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringBoring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Suffixes: -less and -free
5 april 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringIs this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
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Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
29 maart 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringDo you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.
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Ordinal numbers
22 maart 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringWhat's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
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Short spoken forms
15 maart 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn how these words are used: gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha.
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Uncountable nouns
8 maart 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringCan you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
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Time expressions
1 maart 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringNeil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
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Hyphenation
22 februari 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
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Words with double letters
15 februari 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringCatherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
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Pronouncing verbs and nouns
8 februari 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze aflevering'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...
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British and American English
1 februari 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringHear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Business jargon
25 januari 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringCan you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
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Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’
18 januari 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringListen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.
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Phrasal verbs and context
11 januari 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringA guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs.
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Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-
4 januari 2021 · 6 min
Beluister deze aflevering'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
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Silent letters
28 december 2020 · 7 min
Beluister deze afleveringWe talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.
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Onomatopoeia
21 december 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
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Multi-word verbs
14 december 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringDo you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
7 december 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze aflevering'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
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Strong adjectives
30 november 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze aflevering'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.
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Male and female job words
23 november 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringPoliceman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.
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New words
16 november 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze aflevering'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made.
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Weather words
9 november 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringThe British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.