Think and Speak

The materials collection in Think and Speak fall into two basic categories: Exercises focus on a particular feature of grammar or vocabulary; and Word Games — well, they’re just for fun. Choose from these featured topics, or use the links below to explore the rest of the collection.

Exercises
Word Games

Exercises

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Exercises are based on textbooks given to pupils in English schools from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Word Games

Posts 6

A collection of puzzles with words and letters. Make words from the letters of a nine-letter-word, or go against the clock in my Honeycomb Game.

Sentegrams

These sentences, taken from English literature, have been jumbled up like an anagram; see if you can piece them back together.

Fragments

Say whether these short utterances make whole sentences or not; and if they don’t, add whatever is necessary.

Spinners

Turn out as many sentences as you can that use all three of the words given.

Polywords

Posts 247

Make as many words of four letters of more from the letters you are given, using each letter just once. Can you beat our score? What is the nine-letter word?

Honeycomb Game

Make words using letters from adjacent cells in a ‘honeycomb’. Increase your score with letters such as J and Q, and letters carrying bonus points.

Add Vowels

See how many words you can make just by adding vowels to these consonants.

Clay Lane