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The banks of the River Doon in Ayrshire.

© PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Banks

© PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

The banks of the River Doon in Ayrshire.

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The banks of the River Doon in Ayrshire. Robert Burns’s song from 1791, recalling the unhappy case of Margaret ‘Peggy’ Kennedy (1766-95), abandoned by Andrew McDouall and left with his child, begins by invoking this verdant countryside.

Ye banks and braes o’ bonie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair;
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae weary, fu’ o’ care!

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A Polyword is a game with words and letters. Make words of four letters or more from the letters of a nine-letter word, using each letter only once. Include the highlighted letter in every word you make. Can you beat our score?

Tap on any letter to use it for your word. Remember to include the highlighted letter. To change the highlighted letter and get different words, click here.

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Opposites Find in Think and Speak

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Bare. 2. Care. 3. Near.

Show Useful Words (A-Z order)

Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding dis-.

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