Spellzone June Round-Up

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  • This month one of our users wrote in and asked us to write an article about the difference between the words prophecy and prophesy. Do you know when to use each word? You can also learn about the difference between more ‘c’ vs. ‘s’ spellings here. 
     
  • For this month's 10 Words feature, we chose a word that we’ve occasionally heard teachers describe as their nemesis: nice. Click here to learn ten alternatives and here to practise spelling them. 
     
  • There are an estimated 25,000 idioms in the English language and many of them are about animals. In the past we’ve shared  idioms about cats, dogs, birds, and sea creatures. This month we chose to look at idioms about the farm – find part one here and part two here. 
     
  • Our Word for Wednesday theme for June is sports. 

    The Spellzone dictionary defines sport as ‘an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition’. The word dates to the early-fifteenth century when it meant ‘pleasant pastime’. Sport was a shortening of the Anglo-French ‘disport’ meaning ‘activity that offers amusement or reaction’.

    Learn about the history of the words badminton, tennis, hockey, and lacrosse. 

 

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30 Jun 2020
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"Thank goodness for Spellzone during this remote learning phase. The site is easy for students to navigate independently and they're really enjoying the activities and spelling games. You get an awful lot for your money with Spellzone. Really reassuring is the very prompt response with helpdesk queries. I've very rarely needed the helpdesk, but when I have, the issue has been addressed and sorted within a very short time."

Sarah Taggart, Oasis Academy Lord's Hill