Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
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| 0:27.4 | Six-minute vocabulary. |
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| 0:33.5 | Hello, I'm Catherine and this is Rob. |
| 0:36.7 | Yes, hello. |
| 0:37.2 | And welcome to six-minute vocabulary. |
| 0:41.5 | Today we're talking about adjectives that end in ICC, pronounced ICAL, and adjectives that end in ICAL, pronounced ICLE. |
| 0:51.2 | First, let's listen to Hannah. She's talking about her favourite books. |
| 0:56.3 | Our question today is, why does Hannah get most of her books from the library? |
| 1:01.3 | Listen carefully and find out. |
| 1:05.3 | I'm always reading. I like classic English novels by writers like Jane Austen or Charles Dickens. I also like |
| 1:14.1 | non-fiction, especially books about interesting historical characters. I love buying books, but it's so |
| 1:21.7 | expensive. Mostly, I borrow books from the library. It's much more economical. |
| 1:30.9 | So why does Hannah prefer to get her books from the library? |
| 1:34.9 | Because it's more economical. |
| 1:37.9 | Hannah mentioned that she likes to read novels. |
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