This month's English vocabulary lists were ‘ble’ as a suffix, Key Stage 3: Science, and 10 Words for … SURPISED. Have you tried our new Monkey Business game? We added two new blog posts to our Commonly Confused Words series. Do you know the difference between creak and creek? What about which and witch? Our Word for Wednesday theme for October was Halloween. The word Halloween likely dates to the seventeenth century but was popularised in the Burns poem ‘Halloween’ which was written in 1785. It is a Scottish abbreviation of ‘Allhallow-even’ which means ‘Ev...
What does each word mean? A creak is a squeaking sound like the one made by a stair. Here is creak used in some example sentences: Watch out for the creaking stair. We heard an ominous creak. The rocking chair creaked but no one was sitting in it. Look up creak in the Spellzone dictionary. A creek is a stream of water that is smaller than a river. Here is creek used in some example sentences: The bubbling creek was peaceful to listen to. They live on the other side of the creek. The creek connects to the river. Look up creek in the Spellzone dictionary. Where does each word come from? The word...
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