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Friday 19 July 2019
Sunday 31 March 2019
Name the game!
Name the games for which clues are provided:
1) A game played on a lawn, with balls, mallets, hoops and a peg.
2) There are 28 pieces, split into two sections, either blank or marked with numbers from 1 to 6.
3) Played with pawns, knights and bishops.
4) Played with shuttlecocks.
5) Played with a ball and racquets and terms like love, deuce and advantage.
6) A game played with a set of clubs, on a manicured piece of land, trying to get a ball into a small
hole.
7) Played with nine a side, with a bat and a ball.
Answers tomorrow on the Facebook page
1) A game played on a lawn, with balls, mallets, hoops and a peg.
2) There are 28 pieces, split into two sections, either blank or marked with numbers from 1 to 6.
3) Played with pawns, knights and bishops.
4) Played with shuttlecocks.
5) Played with a ball and racquets and terms like love, deuce and advantage.
6) A game played with a set of clubs, on a manicured piece of land, trying to get a ball into a small
hole.
7) Played with nine a side, with a bat and a ball.
Answers tomorrow on the Facebook page
Saturday 30 March 2019
That dashed word!
Complete the following, and explain the meaning:
- Jug-
- Shilly-
- Pooh-
- Willy-
- Helter-
- Namby-
- Hogen-
- Nulla-
- Mumbo-
- Hodge-
Friday 29 March 2019
Ssh! Find the Silent letters in these words!
- Often.
- Psychiatry.
- Hour.
- Gnostic.
- Knock.
- Pneumatic.
- Rhyme.
- Psalm.
- Almond.
- Cupboard.
Thursday 28 March 2019
Collocations
What is a collocation?
This is a relatively new grammatical term. What I mean by that is that it wasn't taught to me when I was learning English in School 👴😊! This is partly because we were just a decade or so after the British Raj! So, for the most part, we just got used to using some words together!
Which is what a collocation is; "words that are used together by native English speakers". Some common collocations are :
1) A person with hair that appears yellow, is called a person with 'blond/blonde" hair depending on whether it is a male or a female. We do not call them yellow-haired!!
2) We say that people make mistakes not do mistakes.
These are just a few of the various types of collocations. Will do more blogs on them later.
This is a relatively new grammatical term. What I mean by that is that it wasn't taught to me when I was learning English in School 👴😊! This is partly because we were just a decade or so after the British Raj! So, for the most part, we just got used to using some words together!
Which is what a collocation is; "words that are used together by native English speakers". Some common collocations are :
1) A person with hair that appears yellow, is called a person with 'blond/blonde" hair depending on whether it is a male or a female. We do not call them yellow-haired!!
2) We say that people make mistakes not do mistakes.
These are just a few of the various types of collocations. Will do more blogs on them later.
Wednesday 27 March 2019
Words that end in -ment
I am giving you clues to words that end in -ment below:
- A program/show that gives pleasure to its audience: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ment.
- Peaceful and happy: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ment.
- Shelling by artillery cannons: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ment.
- Making a deal or a contract with someone: _ _ _ _ _ment.
- Changing for the better: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ment.
- Mourn:_ _ ment.
- An institution that makes laws in a democracy: _ _ _ _ _ _ment.
- Something that you use to do something useful: _ _ _ __ment.
- A solemn declaration while writing a will: _ _ _ _ _ment.
- Something that you play to make music: _ _ _ _ _ _ment.
- Placing of money for a profit: _ _ _ _ __ _ment.
- These are often given in a Court of law: _ _ _ _ _ment.
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Find the word that means
- Able to use both hands with equal ease.
- A bent missile invented by Australian aborigines.
- A group of ten years.
- Consisting of several types.
- A sea abounding in islands.
- Views or principles spread around deliberately.
- Several letters are interwoven into one.
- A Mosque tower from which the call to prayer is given.
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