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Linda's Literacy



School:Linda's Literacy
Location:Brisbane Australia
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Stingray Chaser

Free stingrays and remove harmful algae from the ocean. After removing enough debris from the stingrays, you will be asked to select the correct answer to continue.




Pinball

Vocabulary Pinball Click on the red flipper buttons to keep the ball in play. Try to hit all of the letters with the ball to spell a word. Next, choose the correct definition for the word. A correct answer gives a free ball and an incorrect takes a ball away. Hold down and release the green button to launch the ball! Try all of the lists or register to make your own!




Word Find

Play the classic Word Search and find game.




Word Scramble - Words Only

Solve the scrambled words by moving the tiles around. Use the vocabulary definition or math answers to provide you the hint you need!




Word Scramble - Problems and Definitions

Solve the scrambled words by moving the tiles around. Use the vocabulary definition or math answers to provide you the hint you need!




Hangman

Play hangman with your words. Guess letters to form words from the lists that are added by people just like you! Practice your classroom lists.




List Content

12 May 2010

  • squeeze -- To press firmly together
  • fortune -- Lots of money
  • remove -- Take away
  • reduce -- Make Less
  • persuade -- To sway someone's opinion
  • sneeze -- Achoo!
  • perservere -- To keep going even if it's very hard
  • fertile -- Soil that grows things easily
  • provoke -- Taunt or stir into action
  • affectionate -- To show warm and liking feelings
  • language -- Words used by a nation to comminicate
  • severe -- Very bad
  • consume -- To eat
  • erode -- To wear or eat away
  • negotiate -- To bargain to reach agreement

a sound [ar]

  • bath --
  • past --
  • palm --
  • basket --
  • nasty --
  • pass --
  • plaster --
  • after --
  • father --
  • calf --
  • path --
  • task --
  • glass --
  • craft --
  • almond --

AI Words

  • curtain --
  • rain --
  • train --
  • braid --
  • entertain --
  • failure --
  • brain --
  • saint --
  • daisy --
  • certain --
  • bailiff --
  • main --
  • claim --
  • wait --
  • complain --

ARY & ERY WORDS

  • secretary --
  • TREACHERY -- BETRAYING TRUST
  • imaginary --
  • DISCOVERY -- FINDING SOMETHING
  • dromedary --
  • BAKERY -- PLACE WHERE BREAD AND CAKES ARE MADE
  • surgery --
  • BOUNDARY -- AROUND THE EDGE OF SOMETHING
  • DICTIONARY -- BOOK THAT LISTS WORDS ALPHABETICALLY AND GIVES MEANINGS
  • ordinary --
  • SLAVERY -- USING PEOPLE AS UNPAID LABOUR
  • boundary --
  • ARCHERY -- SPORT WITH BOW AND ARROWS
  • military --
  • NURSERY -- PLACE WHERE BABIES ARE LOOKED AFTER
  • treachery --
  • MILITARY -- ABOUT THE ARMED FORCES
  • discovery --
  • primary --
  • REFINERY -- PLACE THAT MAKES PETROL FROM CRUDE OIL
  • temporary --
  • MASTERY -- COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
  • necessary --
  • SURGERY -- A MEDICAL OPERATION
  • bakery --
  • DROMEDARY -- CAMEL
  • mastery --
  • SECRETARY -- PERSON WHO DOES OFFICE WORK FOR ANOTHER
  • dictionary --
  • BATTERY -- PORTABLE POWER SOURCE

AY Words

  • tray --
  • day --
  • today --
  • birthday --
  • display --
  • pray --
  • say --
  • clay --
  • holiday --
  • decay --
  • relay --
  • pay --
  • yesterday --
  • delay --
  • portray --

b & d confusion

  • box --
  • bus --
  • crab --
  • dan --
  • bag` --
  • bad --
  • bud --
  • rub --
  • dab --
  • ball --
  • boy --
  • bend --
  • dob --
  • do --
  • bed --

c sound [s]

  • cell --
  • acid --
  • circle --
  • cycle --
  • cylinder --
  • cent --
  • celebrate --
  • city --
  • cinema --
  • cygnet --
  • centre --
  • chance --
  • decide --
  • cyclone --
  • cyrpess --

CH Sound [k]

  • choir --
  • Christmas --
  • chlorine --
  • archive --
  • school --
  • anchor --
  • chrome --
  • orchid --
  • echidna --
  • ache --
  • echo --
  • chorus --
  • monarch --
  • architect --
  • chemist --

CH Sound [sh]

  • charades --
  • chammy --
  • quiche --
  • chic --
  • parachute --
  • chicane --
  • champagne --
  • Charlotte --
  • chef --
  • chiffon --
  • avalanche --
  • niche --
  • panache --
  • machine --
  • chassis --

CK after a short vowel

  • bucket --
  • jacket --
  • paddock --
  • pack --
  • duck --
  • truck --
  • packet --
  • locker --
  • lick --
  • mock --
  • ticket --
  • docket --
  • knuckles --
  • black --
  • neck --

Contractions

  • it's -- Means it is
  • who's --
  • doesn't -- Means does not
  • we're --
  • you're -- Means you are
  • who've --
  • you'll -- Means you will
  • they'd --
  • don't -- Means do not
  • mightn't --
  • aren't --
  • who's -- Means who is
  • won't --
  • we're -- Means we are
  • didn't --
  • who've -- Means who have
  • shouldn't --
  • couldn't -- Means could not
  • can't --
  • they're -- Means they are
  • it's --
  • aren't -- Means are not
  • doesn't --
  • won't -- Means will not
  • you're --
  • didn't -- Means did not
  • you'll --
  • they'd -- Means they had or they would
  • doesn't --
  • haven't -- Means have not

DGE sound [j]

  • porridge --
  • lodger --
  • budge --
  • edge --
  • judge --
  • dredge --
  • fidget --
  • badger --
  • badge --
  • fudge --
  • ledge --
  • gadget --
  • trudging --
  • dodge --
  • bridge --

EA Words Long [e]

  • team --
  • please --
  • fleas --
  • nearly --
  • leaves --
  • meal --
  • dream --
  • leak --
  • bean --
  • cream --
  • meat --
  • steam --
  • breathe --
  • beach --
  • peace --

EA Words Short [e]

  • tread --
  • breath --
  • death --
  • heaven --
  • deaf --
  • dread --
  • peasant --
  • health --
  • spread --
  • bread --
  • thread --
  • threat --
  • breakfast --
  • heavy --
  • head --

ED [ed] [d] [t]

  • baked --
  • skipped --
  • graded --
  • reported --
  • loved --
  • rubbed --
  • looked --
  • batted --
  • folded --
  • timed --
  • stopped --
  • jumped --
  • fitted --
  • lifted --
  • played --

EE words

  • refugee --
  • proceed --
  • feel --
  • sleep --
  • wheel --
  • agree --
  • bungee --
  • bee --
  • keen --
  • sheep --
  • sneeze --
  • committee --
  • creek --
  • teeth --
  • spleen --

ei [ee] words

  • receipt --
  • ceiling --
  • deceive --
  • conceive --
  • conceited --
  • seize --
  • receive --
  • perceive --
  • conceit --
  • protein --
  • deceit --

ese & er words

  • passenger -- Person who is transported
  • Japanese -- People from Japan
  • engineer -- Person who designs structures
  • auctioneer -- Person who sells goods by taking bids
  • conjurer -- Person who makes things appear by magic
  • Lebanese -- People from Lebanon
  • pioneer -- Person who explores and moves into new territory
  • jeweller -- Person who works with jewels, gold and silver
  • Chinese -- People from China
  • mountaineer -- Person who climbs mountains

EY Words

  • monkey --
  • hockey --
  • turkey --
  • grey --
  • survey --
  • key --
  • trolley --
  • honey --
  • they --
  • convey --
  • valley --
  • kidney --
  • journey --
  • obey --
  • prey --

F L S Z end 1 syll word

  • gruff --
  • shell --
  • gulls --
  • mess --
  • frizz --
  • sniff --
  • puffing --
  • drill --
  • dress --
  • whizz --
  • cuff --
  • fluff --
  • roll --
  • cross --
  • buzz --

IGH Words

  • bright --
  • right --
  • slight --
  • sight --
  • high --
  • knight --
  • delight --
  • lightning --
  • sigh --
  • night --
  • flight --
  • might --
  • thigh --
  • fright --
  • light --

ist words

  • scientist -- person who works making discoveries in science
  • pharmacist -- person in charge of a chemist shop
  • tourist -- person who tours around a new place
  • dentist -- person who works with teeth
  • journalist -- person who keeps a journal of events and has it published as news
  • florist -- person who works with flowers
  • pianist -- person who plays the piano
  • artist -- person who produces art
  • podiatrist -- person who works with feet

Italian & Chinese

  • spaghetti --
  • parmesan --
  • sampan --
  • chop suey --
  • pekinese --
  • pasta --
  • macaroni --
  • opera --
  • terrace --
  • mandarin --
  • lasagne --
  • antipasto --
  • minestrone --
  • chopsticks --
  • tai chi --

Italian/Chinese Words

  • lasagne -- Dish of pasta and meat sauce in layers with cheese topping
  • antipasto -- Traditional Italian first course of meat, olives and vegetables
  • minestrone -- Italian soup with beans and vegetables
  • chopsticks -- The Chinese use these to eat
  • tai chi -- Chinese exercise
  • spaghetti -- Long, thin pasta
  • parmesan -- Cheese grated on top of Italian food
  • solo -- A singer performing alone
  • chop suey -- Chinese dish of meat and vegetyables
  • sampan -- Flat bottomed wooden Chinese boat
  • pasta -- Flour & eggs mixed together, shaped for base for Italian food
  • macaroni -- Small tubes of pasta
  • opera -- Story told with music
  • terrace -- Open outdoor living area like a verandah
  • pekinese -- Small fluffy dog

KN Words

  • knock --
  • knot --
  • knelt --
  • knell --
  • knife --
  • know --
  • kneel --
  • knickers --
  • knew --
  • knob --
  • knight --
  • knack --
  • knead --
  • unknown --
  • knee --

OA Words

  • loan --
  • coast --
  • throat --
  • float --
  • toaster --
  • foal --
  • coach --
  • groan --
  • coal --
  • soap --
  • soak --
  • boat --
  • toast --
  • cockroach --
  • approach --

OI Words

  • soil --
  • join --
  • avoid --
  • ointment --
  • moist --
  • coil --
  • coin --
  • quoits --
  • appoint --
  • voice --
  • oil --
  • boil --
  • choice --
  • poison --
  • noise --

OO Words Long Sound

  • moon --
  • snooze --
  • baboon --
  • bamboo --
  • pool --
  • shoot --
  • broom --
  • groom --
  • cocoon --
  • balloon --
  • school --
  • spoon --
  • bloom --
  • harpoon --
  • afternoon --

OO Words Short Sound

  • book --
  • cook --
  • shook --
  • wood --
  • understood --
  • good --
  • took --
  • brook --
  • stood --
  • hook --
  • look --
  • wool --
  • hood --
  • foot --
  • crooked --

OY Words

  • boy --
  • loyal --
  • convoy --
  • employ --
  • oyster --
  • soy --
  • destroy --
  • buoy --
  • royal --
  • joy --
  • toy --
  • ploy --
  • annoy --
  • enjoyment --
  • annoying --

plurals es

  • fortresses --
  • choruses --
  • witnesses --
  • speeches --
  • leashes --
  • hoaxes --
  • thrushes --
  • taxes --
  • successes --
  • indexes --

plurals es (2)

  • bonuses --
  • choruses --
  • witnesses --
  • speeches --
  • leashes --
  • sandwiches --
  • hoaxes --
  • thrushes --
  • taxes --
  • sketches --
  • successes --
  • indexes --
  • fortresses --
  • harnesses --

Silent H words

  • honest --
  • exhibit --
  • heirloom --
  • honorable --
  • hour --
  • heir --
  • honorary --
  • honour --
  • John --
  • exhaust --

Silent Letters

  • vehicle -- car, truck etc
  • pneumonia -- sickness involving the lungs
  • design -- drawing from which something is made
  • honesty -- telling the truth
  • rhinoceros -- large African animal
  • sword -- weapon with long sharp blade
  • knowledge -- understanding facts
  • gnash -- gringing teeth together
  • dinghy -- small boat
  • almond -- type of nut
  • whisper -- speak very quietly
  • raspberry -- small red berry
  • guilty -- having done wrong
  • hymn -- song sung in church
  • couple -- two

Sounds a

  • afternoon --
  • altogether --
  • apricot --
  • apple --
  • blaze --
  • almond --
  • bald --
  • quarry --
  • wallet --
  • grapes --
  • basket --
  • water --
  • what --
  • animal --
  • snakes --

TCH Sound [ch]

  • sketch --
  • kitchen --
  • snatch --
  • itch --
  • stretch --
  • Dutch --
  • satchel --
  • match --
  • stitch --
  • fetch --
  • clutch --
  • ratchet --
  • catch --
  • scratch --
  • ditch --

th tw dw wh

  • twinge --
  • whisper --
  • thought --
  • dwell --
  • Thursday --
  • twilight --
  • dwindle --
  • whisk --
  • whirl --
  • thaw --
  • twine --
  • dwarf --
  • whim --
  • thorough --
  • thirsty --

WR Words

  • writhe --
  • wrinkle --
  • wrench --
  • wrought --
  • wrap --
  • wriggle --
  • wreath --
  • wrong --
  • wrapper --
  • wrist --
  • wrestle --
  • wreck --
  • wring --
  • writing --
  • write --
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