2020 is almost over and it has been like no other. With school closures across the world, we have all had to adapt to new ways of teaching and learning. So from us, here’s a big well done to every teacher, student, parent, and carer. You have been brilliant. Here is a round-up of our year: Students from around the world sent in their rainbow artwork. View their amazing creations here. We shared advice on how to use Spellzone if your school was closed, how to use Spellzone to keep up with your learning while at home, and how to use Spellzone to help you stay connected. We enhanced our Spelling Ability Test to allow students to get started o...
The English language is constantly evolving in creative ways and this has always been the case. This month we started a new blog feature on slang words and their plain English meanings. Our first post in this new series looks at Cockney rhyming slang. We returned to our Commonly Confused Words series with a very similar-sounding pair of words—allusion and illusion. Do you know when to use which word? Visit the blog for memory devices to help you tell them apart. For our Idioms article we looked at figurative expressions about fruit. We continued with the fruit theme in July’s Word for Wednesday posts. Did you know the word ...
Welcome to our new blog feature on slang words! The English language is constantly evolving in creative ways, and this has always been the case. In these articles we will look at slang words and share their plain English meanings. Cockney rhyming slang originates from the East End of London – the traditional definition of a Cockney is someone who is born within hearing distance of Bow Bells. In this dialect, words are replaced with rhyming phrases. However, the rhyming word from the phrase is often omitted when spoken. For example: ‘Barnet’ is short for ‘hair’ from the phrase ‘Barnet fair’. He needs to get that barnet ...
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