Compound nouns

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:

Visit our website ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish

LIKE PODCASTS?

Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ Learning Easy English ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English Stories

They're all available by searching in your podcast app.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.9	Want to practice your reading skills?
0:08.5	Try the Reading Room, our new series of magazine-style articles.
0:12.9	What's best? A morning shower or an evening shower?
0:16.3	What can magic teach us about the brain?
0:19.0	Making friends as you get older.
0:21.1	These are all topics you'll discover in the series.
0:24.2	Each article comes with highlighted vocabulary,
0:27.1	comprehension questions and an audio download.
0:30.2	Learn about the world and improve your reading skills
0:32.9	with the reading room at BBC LearningEnglish.com.
0:38.0	6 minutes vocabulary. BBC learning English.com.
0:44.4	Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary with me, Alice.
0:49.1	And me, Finn.
0:51.0	And today we're looking at compound nouns.
0:56.7	What are you eating, Finn?
0:58.4	Popcorn. I've also got some ice cream. Do you want some, Alice?
1:02.4	Well, maybe after the show.
1:05.9	Oh, sorry. In today's show, we're looking at compound nouns.
1:11.1	We'll look at what they are, what they mean, and how to use them.
1:14.8	There'll be a quiz.
1:16.5	And we'll leave you with a tasty top tip for learning vocabulary.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.