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10 Words for...

In our 10 Words blog feature we help you expand your vocabulary by choosing a word and offering 10 other words that that you can use instead. Here is a list of all our 10 Words articles: 10 Words for… ANGRY 10 Words for ... BIG  10 Words for … COLD 10 Words for … FAST 10 Words for … FUNNY 10 Words for … GOOD 10 Words for... HAPPY  10 Words for … HARDWORKING 10 Words for… HELLO 10 Words for … HOT 10 Words for... LOVE 10 Words for … NICE 10 Words for … SAD 10 Words for ... SAID 10 Words for...SCARY 10 Words for … SMALL 10 Words for … SU...

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Spellzone November Round-Up 2020

One more day until December!  Here’s a round-up of the blog posts we shared in November:  Is it beginning to get cold in your part of the world? Here in England, the days are getting shorter and many of us have found ourselves reaching for our hats, scarves, and gloves. In our first blog post in November, we shared 10 alternatives for the world cold. From bitter, to chilly, to nippy; you’ll never struggle to describe the cold weather again.    The fact that it gets dark early lends itself well to many of our celebrations for this time of year, many of which include sparkling lights. Our Halloween, Bonfire Night, and Diwali celebrations may have lo...

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10 Words for … COLD

arctic – extremely cold, like in arctic regions The weather channel says we can expect arctic conditions next week.   biting – causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold The wind was biting.   bitter – causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold We walked through a bitter storm.    chilly – lacking warmth of feeling I look forward to the chilly Autumn weather because I love wearing cosy jumpers.   cool – neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat The cool breeze was extremely welcome on the hot day.     crisp – pleasantly ...

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5 Wintry Word Lists for the Christmas Season

With the Christmas holidays approaching, you might not be feeling as focused on your spelling studies as usual. We don’t blame you – there’s nothing like a cozy evening in on a cold day.  Why not try out our relaxing Spelling Snowball game to keep your spelling in shape? In the game, you click on snowflakes in the right order to spell out a word. While Spelling Snowball can be used with any word list (click on the football above the list to play), we’ve created five season-appropriate spelling lists for you to practise with. After all, if you have to work on your spelling, you might as feel festive while you’re doing it.  Here are our 5 wintry wo...

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Anne Shisler, SENCO, City of London School for Girls

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