Linking words

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Linking words

FromLearning English Vocabulary

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Jul 12, 2021

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Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.

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Jul 12, 2021

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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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Commonly misspelled words: Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Homophones: Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Large numbers: How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Talk like Shakespeare: Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today. by Learning English Vocabulary
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6 Minute Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary: Neil and Finn's top tips for dealing with specialist vocabulary by Learning English Vocabulary
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Similar words: We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Compound adjectives: Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates). by Learning English Vocabulary
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Adjectives from names: Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Academic Vocabulary: Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Discourse Markers: Interjections: Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Hyphenation: Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool." by Learning English Vocabulary
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Male and female job words: Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs: To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Synonyms: Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Contractions: "I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Lexical sets: Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Binomials: Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Suffixes: Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes. by Learning English 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 Learning English Vocabulary
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Adjectives and adverbs: Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Irregular verbs 2: Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves. by Learning English 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 Learning English Vocabulary
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Multi-word verbs: Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Prefixes: Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes! by Learning English Vocabulary
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Onomatopoeia: Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe. by Learning English Vocabulary
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New words: 'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence: ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns. by Learning English 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 Learning English Vocabulary
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Adjective order: This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Job suffixes: What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Discourse markers: showing attitude: fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. by Learning English Vocabulary
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False friends: Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English. by Learning English Vocabulary
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