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Irregular verbs 2

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Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.

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Jul 6, 2020

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Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills.

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Eponyms as nouns and verbs: To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Irregular verbs 2: Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Compound nouns: Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjective order: This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Suffixes -sion -tion -tian: "I have a confesSION: my ambiTION is to meet a MarTIAN!" - We teach you suffixes. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Talk like Shakespeare: Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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-ing and -ed adjectives: Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjectives from names: Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Compound adjectives: Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates). by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Commonly misspelled words: Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Suffixes: Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Word stress: How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Uncountable nouns: Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Prefixes: Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes! by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjectives and adverbs: Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Binomials: Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Synonyms: Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Silent letters: We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Chunks of language: Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Strong adjectives: 'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Prefixes: dys- de- dis-: Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical: 'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Discourse Markers: Interjections: Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Contractions: "I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Lexical sets: Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Weather words: The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion: Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion. by 6 Minute Vocabulary
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