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New Class League Tables!
Is your class in the top hundred on Spellzone? Find our new Class League Table, as well as the School League Table and the Student League Table on your Admin Homepage if you’re a teacher or on the My Spellzone page if you’re a student. Read more about league tables here.
Closed Leagues Now Available
Would you like to organise a closed league for the schools in your LEA or Academy Trust? Contact us and we will set one up for you. Once set up, your new league table will appear on your Admin Homepage if you’re a teacher or on the My Spellzone page if you’re a student.
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Last week, to celebrate Independence Day, we had a look at American English. Spellzone devotes a unit to the differences between British and American spellings, but there’s more to it than that. There are also cases where the two types of English use different terms to describe the same thing. With this in mind, today we’re going to take a look at four American words that might confuse us over here in Britain.
Eggplant
This word might make you imagine a plant that grows eggs – and you wouldn’t actually be too far off. Eggplants are a type of vegetable which, when grown in North America and Europe, are usually oval-shaped with a dark purple skin. In Britain they...
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