There are four levels to play, each divided into three stages. You start by learning the home row keys. Each stage builds on previous lessons, introducing new letters as you progress and giving you ...

Til my yumchaks were all oblong. Professor: Sorry about that. As I was saying, they often use words which have simply been made up, usually they are mixed up with normal words to make… Nonsense poetry ...

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Janine: And the synonyms keep on coming. All those words that have the same meaning – you’re like a human thesaurus, Jeff! Jeff: Thanks, Janine. Well take Jimmy here, he could be described as defeated ...

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Different audiences are going to be interested in different things. Think about who you are writing for, what they already know and don’t forget to use language they will understand. Different ...

Imagine the errors you might’ve made. Does it even make sense? Here, let me take a look. ‘A witch that casts a terrible smell.’ ‘Stop scaring, little children.’ You don’t need that comma. Let’s remove ...

Narrator: Oh no Brain! They’re not the same thing at all. In fact they’re really quite different. A hyphen is used to join two words together that describe a noun. They help us avoid confusion when ...

The headlines are there to grab our attention, so they’re quite loud. Let’s move onto the more colourful bits. What’s this? ‘Lion escapes after 10 years in a circus’. The caption on this picture helps ...

Narrator: Looks like you’ve caught more than you expected there. Fisherman: Help! There’s a beast. I’m trapped on the lake. My boat is stuck. Narrator: Nice use of your nouns there. Beast, lake and ...