Learning links

These web sites offer a range of stimulating articles and activities relating to words and language.

English Language Reference

Oxford Dictionaries Online An excellent language site full of articles on the origins of words; tips on writing, grammar, and style; words and quotes of the day; quizzes and much more from Oxford University Press. Find out more about how Oxford Dictionaries Online complements the Oxford English Dictionary Online.
Fun with Words From Rink Works, a free entertainment site.
World Wide Words Michael Quinion, a freelance writer, regularly updates this web site, which is a collection of articles on words and their use in current English and in history.

Etymologic Calling itself the “toughest word game on the web,” in this game you’re presented with randomly selected word origin or word definition puzzles to solve.

Teachit Online library of free English teaching resources.
British Library Learning Resources Explore the “Dictionaries and Meaning” section – leaf through the history of English dictionaries, from the 1500s to the present day, and examine how words change their meaning over time.
How Do You Mean? Multimedia resources and games for Key Stage 3 level.

Dictionary facts Discover all sorts of facts about the OED—from the amount of ink used to print the 20-volume second edition to the longest entry in the Dictionary.
Dictionary contributors Find out what J.R.R. Tolkien did for a living before he wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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