Hyphenation

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.7	Do you struggle to understand conversations in English?
0:11.5	Want to listen to something that's easy and fun?
0:15.8	In real easy English, our presenters have a real conversation in Easy English to help you learn.
0:24.2	Search Learning Easy English on your podcast app or visit our website to watch the video version,
0:31.8	BBClearningEnglish.com.
0:36.3	Six minutes vocabulary from BBC learningenglish.com. Six-minute vocabulary
0:38.3	from BBC learning English.com.
0:42.3	Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary.
0:45.3	I'm Neil.
0:46.3	And I'm Catherine.
0:47.3	And today we're talking about hyphenation.
0:51.3	Hyphens.
0:52.3	Those little signs like dashes that we use in writing to join two words together.
0:57.8	Yes, like in old fashioned. There's always a hyphen between old and fashioned.
1:03.7	So let's start with a clip from Brian. He's a news reporter and he's reporting from a high school
1:09.9	about an election.
1:11.5	Think about this question while you're listening.
1:14.4	How does Brian describe the young people at the school?
1:18.7	Here's Brian.
1:19.9	I asked some 18-year-old students at this secondary school how they're voting in this year's election.
1:30.1	They're all hard-working young people.
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