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426 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
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Homophones
2 november 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringMail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
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Compound nouns
26 oktober 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringIce cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
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Similar words
19 oktober 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringWe talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.
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Adjective order
12 oktober 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringThis is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.
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Contractions
5 oktober 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze aflevering"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.
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Job suffixes
28 september 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringWhat's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
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Word stress
21 september 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringHow to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
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Compound adjectives
14 september 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
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Lexical sets
7 september 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFinn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
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-ing and -ed adjectives
31 augustus 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringBoring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
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Binomials
24 augustus 2020 · 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
17 augustus 2020 · 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
10 augustus 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringHave no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes!
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Adjectives and adverbs
3 augustus 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
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Suffixes
27 juli 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFinn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.
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Academic Vocabulary
20 juli 2020 · 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
13 juli 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
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Irregular verbs 2
6 juli 2020 · 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
29 juni 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringTo google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
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Adjectives from names
22 juni 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFreudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.
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Large numbers
15 juni 2020 · 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
8 juni 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze aflevering"I have a confesSION: my ambiTION is to meet a MarTIAN!" - We teach you suffixes.
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Synonyms
1 juni 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringLearn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.
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Discourse Markers: Interjections
25 mei 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringDo you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
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Commonly misspelled words
18 mei 2020 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringFinn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.
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6 Minute Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary
19 maart 2018 · 6 min
Beluister deze afleveringNeil and Finn's top tips for dealing with specialist vocabulary