Vocabulary
Grow your vocabulary and communicate more easily. You’ll improve your listening too. Our videos cover essential English vocabulary and help new words stick in your mind with memorable examples.
We focus on useful, common English words and we show you what they mean and how to use them. Some of them are tricky. We know the problems they can cause English learners and we’ll help you avoid common mistakes.
You’ll find videos focused on things like confusing words, collocations, idioms and false friends. We also have videos on prefixes and suffixes that will help you build new words. Click here to see them.
Devise Vs. Device
ADVISE or ADVICE? What’s the difference?
The Phrasal Verb Rap Video with Fluency MC
English weight loss vocabulary – a success story
I can see again! English Sight and Vision Vocabulary
6 Common English Idioms and the Stories Behind Them
6 interesting English idioms and the stories behind them. (Set 2)
12 Useful Business English Phrasal Verbs
Colloquial English: 14 useful phrases you should know (set five)
6 interesting English idioms and the stories behind them. (Set 1)
9 really useful English three-word phrasal verbs (transitive verbs)
15 Useful Colloquial English Phrases you should know (set 4)
Colloquial English: 12 phrases you should know (set three)
Colloquial English: 12+ phrases you should know (set two)
15 useful English word pairs (binomials)
12 colloquial phrases you should know (set one)
What does the English word ironic really mean?
11 English idioms about food
Google Assistant as a Dinner Guest – Pragmatics
Lying English words
US election issues – English vocabulary
US Elections English Vocabulary Quiz
How English word pairs work
31 word pairs for natural fluent English
English for the hairdresser’s and barbershop
COVID-19 Word Play Quiz
New English Words and Language Change with COVID-19
COVID-19: Stocks, supplies and shortages
25 more British and American English word differences
26 British and American English word differences
How good is your English? Quiz 3
Actual & Actually: How to use these false friends in English
7 American slang expressions that Brits don’t use.
10 British Slang Expressions
How good is your English? Quiz 2
Literally – an overused word?
How good is your English? Let’s see!
Emergency English – making a 911 or 211 call
The trickiest word in English – Quite!
British Slang Words Quiz
7 useful English adjectives
Dish or plate? Prototype theory and English vocabulary
Vocabulary for talking about love – Happy Valentine’s Day!
Sickness and Illness Vocabulary in British and American English
10 British words and phrases that Americans don’t use
Make or do – The rules we follow
Travel Phrasal Verbs and Common English Expressions
Learn English Phrasal Verbs for Organizing Things
Explain or Explain me? Fix a common mistake
Shakespeare phrases we still use today 2
24 essential phrasal verbs for computers and technology
Shakespeare phrases that we still use today 1
Economic, Economy, Economize – an English word family
English words for money, tax and taxes – learn with Donald Trump
Actual and Current – learn how to use these false friends
British and American words for clothes – they’re different!
Realize, Notice and the phrasal verb Find out
Wear, Put on, Get dressed & Carry – How to use these verbs
Lose – Loose – Loosen – fix a common English mistake
Listen and Hear. What’s the difference in meaning?
Bath & Bathe. Let’s fix some common mistakes
Travel, Trip and Journey (countable and uncountable nouns)
Fit, Suit and Fit In – how to use these English words
Play Go Do – the words we use to talk about sports in English
Due – a verb we use to talk about the future in English
Sympathetic and Nice – don’t let these false friends catch you out
Worth and Trustworthy – really useful English words
American Baseball Idioms (See examples in action)
Miss or Lose? What’s the difference?
Happy and Lucky (and Happy-go-lucky)
Fun Funny – learn their different English meanings and uses
Watch, Look or See? How to use these English verbs
Effective – Efficient – They mean different things in English
Fall Feel Felt – don’t muddle up these irregular verbs
Concentrate, Concentrated and Concentrating – what’s the difference?
Alone and Lonely – What’s the difference?
High and Tall – What’s the difference?
Make and Do – Collocations and Fixed Expressions
Cook, Cooker and Chef – What’s the Difference?
Come, Go, Bring, Take, Fetch and Get – useful English verbs
To Take, To Last – learn their different English meanings
To Take – How to talk about jobs and journey times in English
Security and Safety – an in depth explanation of these two English words
Safety and Security – a simple explanation of these two English words
Check and Control – Learn Which English Verb to Use
Remember and Remind – Learn the Difference
Lend and Borrow – What’s the difference?
Sensible and Sensitive – What’s the difference?
Story and History – Learn the meanings of these false friends
Ready for more?
Check out our collection of videos on prefixes and suffixes. They’re designed to grow your vocabulary fast.
Click here to see our video on how to remember words more easily.
And click here to see our video on how to think and dream in English.
And for more help, don’t forget we have a free checklist to help you fix common mistakes. Click here to download Fix It.
