Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Learning English Vocabulary
BBC
4.5 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a download from BBC Learning English. |
| 0:03.2 | To find out more, visit our website. |
| 0:07.0 | Six-minute vocabulary. |
| 0:09.2 | From BBC learning English.com. |
| 0:13.0 | Hello, I'm Catherine and this is Rob. |
| 0:16.2 | Yes, hello, and welcome to six-minute vocabulary. |
| 0:20.9 | Today we're talking about adjectives that end in ICC, pronounced ICA, |
| 0:26.1 | and adjectives that end in ICAL, pronounced ICAL. |
| 0:30.7 | First, let's listen to Hannah. |
| 0:32.7 | She's talking about her favourite books. |
| 0:35.6 | Our question today is, |
| 0:37.6 | why does Hannah get most of her books from the library? |
| 0:40.7 | Listen carefully and find out. |
| 0:44.8 | I'm always reading. |
| 0:47.0 | I like classic English novels by writers like Jane Austen or Charles Dickens. |
| 0:52.7 | I also like non-fiction, especially books about interesting |
| 0:57.0 | historical characters. I love buying books, but it's so expensive. Mostly, I borrow books |
| 1:04.5 | from the library. It's much more economical. So why does Hannah prefer to get her books from the library? |
| 1:14.6 | Because it's more economical. |
| 1:17.6 | Hannah mentioned that she likes to read novels. |
| 1:19.6 | Do you remember what type of novels she likes to read? |
| 1:23.6 | Listen once again. |
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