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Many personality adjectives are made using one of the suffixes below.

Which three adjectives best describe you?

Pop! 💥 Have you heard of onomatopoeia?

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound similar to the noises the words refer to.

For example, the word ‘ring’ sounds like the ‘brrring’ noise a telephone makes.

Which is your favourite? Can you think of any more?

Have you heard of crutch words? 💭 English is full of them!

Crutch words are filler words that people use when they speak, to give them time to think or pause.

Words such as ‘like’, ‘actually’, ‘basically’, ‘honestly’ and ‘well’ are all crutch words. Examples are:

Well, I’m interested in reading a book on skiing in Austria.

Actually, I’m not sure what I’m doing this weekend.

Basically, I’ve been living alone for four years.

Use them sparingly in your speaking exams to sound more natural!

Do you have any crutch words in your language?

To mark the start of autumn in some parts of the world, we’ve chosen ‘foliage’ as our Word of the month! 🍁

Foliage makes a great shelter for many animal species – it provides protection from predators, harsh weather and sunlight.

Can you use it in a sentence?

How many different compound words can you think of? 🦷➕🪥

A compound word is two or more words linked together to produce a word with a new meaning.

They can become two separate words, one word, or even hyphenated (-).

Learn more about compound words on our Cambridge Dictionary website:

https://bit.ly/3Zv6NoY

Do you tend to use British 🇬🇧 or American 🇺🇸 English spelling?

Some people are taught to use one or the other – for other people, it’s just preference.

In your Cambridge exam, it doesn’t matter if you use British or American spelling, as long as you’re consistent.

Here are some words that end in ‘-se’ and ‘-ze’.

Can you think of any others?

Do you always fold your clothes neatly? 👚🧺

Beside ➡️ or besides ➕?

These two words are often confused because they sound similar.

Try writing a sentence for each, and don’t forget to like and save this post for later! ❤️

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