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19 August 2024 08:38

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Enter a more convincing word to replace 'pleased'.

📌 Round 1️⃣. Be more CONVINCING 📌

"I'm [pleased] to begin my new job."
(e.g., excited etc.)

🔖 Suggestions: ecstatic, enthused, delighted.

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18 August 2024 11:09

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin im-, meaning "not", and politicus, meaning "political".

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17 August 2024 12:06

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the French mignon, meaning "darling" or "favorite".

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16 August 2024 14:42

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin durus, meaning "hard", which became the French duresse, meaning "hardness" or "oppression".

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15 August 2024 08:35

✍️ Spelling (writing) ✍️

Benefits➕:
📝 Eliminate spelling errors in your writing ;
☑️ Learn to catch errors that spell-check overlooks ;
✍️ Write more efficiently and confidently .

❗️ INSTRUCTIONS: Finish all three rounds choosing the selection that correctly completes the word above.

📍ROUNDS:

♨️ Endings
♨️ Double or single letter?
♨️ Add a letter or OK?

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14 August 2024 11:40

‼️ So, if you replaced the sentence, combined the sentences, and moved the sentence correctly, your text should be refined like this:

📄 It took one perseverant Japanese farmer three decades to develop a new kind of orange. ✅ The Sumo orange is a cross between a mandarin and a navel orange. It is hefty, has a topknot, and looks indestructible. ✅ The Sumo orange is highly prized; a single piece of fruit that does not even weigh 16 ounces can sell for as much as a casual meal! Nevertheless, consumers have responded well to the Sumo. ✅ This is because it is delicately flavorful, exceptionally sweet, and doesn't have any seeds. 📃

ℹ️ 'Refined' implies that your text is clear, free of redundancies, and is logical, which allows a reader to read effortlessly.

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14 August 2024 07:18

↔️ COMBINE THE SENTENCES:

📄 It took one perseverant Japanese farmer three decades to develop a new kind of orange. It is hefty, has a topknot, and looks indestructible. The Sumo orange is a cross between a mandarin and a navel orange. It is also highly prized. ↔️ A single piece of fruit that does not even weigh 16 ounces can sell for as much as a casual meal! Nevertheless, consumers have responded well to the Sumo. For it is delicately flavorful, exceptionally sweet, and virtually seedless. 📃

1️⃣ Because the Sumo orange is highly prized, making a single piece of fruit that does not even weigh 16 ounces sell for as much as a casual meal!
2️⃣ The Sumo orange is highly prized; a single piece of fruit that does not even weigh 16 ounces can sell for as much as a casual meal!

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14 August 2024 07:17

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the selection and start answering questions.

📄 It took one perseverant Japanese farmer three decades to develop a new kind of orange. It is hefty, has a topknot, and looks indestructible. The Sumo orange is a cross between a mandarin and a navel orange. It is also highly prized. A single piece of fruit that does not even weigh 16 ounces can sell for as much as a casual meal! Nevertheless, consumers have responded well to the Sumo. For it is delicately flavorful, exceptionally sweet, and virtually seedless. 📃

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13 August 2024 17:32

📝 Punctuation (writing) 📝

Benefits➕:
⁉️ Improve your use of apostrophes, commas, hyphens, and more ;
📝 Write more clearly by using punctuation marks in the right place .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the correct punctuation.

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12 August 2024 06:19

❗️ INSTRUCTIONS: Choose different-colored pairs of opposites. [TIP: some words may only be used later]
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sincere

artificial

guilty

innocent

antonym

permanent

painless

excruciating

temporary

unknown

synonym
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✅ Answer:
artificial X sincere
innocent X guilty
excruciating X painless
temporary X permanent
synonym X antonym

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12 August 2024 06:19

❗️ INSTRUCTIONS: Choose different-colored pairs of opposites. [TIP: some words may only be used later]
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convinced

gilded

herbivore

magnify

carnivore

shrink

dialogue

monologue

sincere
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✅ Answer:
herbivore X carnivore
magnify X shrink
dialogue X monologue

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12 August 2024 06:18

⤴️ Inversion (writing) ⤵️

Benefits➕:
📓 Master new words and expand your vocabulary ;
🌕🌑 Learn to make effective contrasts in your writing .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Choose different-colored pairs of opposites.

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11 August 2024 08:44

📝 Expression (writing) 📝

Benefits➕:
💬🆒 Master tricky everyday phrases and sayings ;
📝✔️ Learn to avoid errors in your writing .

❗️ INSTRUCTIONS: Determine if the sentences contain a properly or improperly used expression by choosing ERROR or VALID.

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10 August 2024 10:56

🎁 BONUS ROUND

❗️Find the single error in the selection.

0 of 1 found

Fuller proposed an ambitious plan to enclothes midtown Manhattan in a geodesic dome 3.2-kilometres wide, but that idea never took shape.

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10 August 2024 10:55

ROUND 2 OF 3. MISSPELLINGS & TYPOS

📝 Info: Read the passage looking for spelling errors and words that may be spelled correctly but used incorrectly (to vs. too). Then, look for misspellings by reading the passage backwards so that you can see each word individually rather than as a group.

Example: In addition to his pionering✖️(pioneering✔️) work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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Geodesic domes our spherical structures of a network of triangles. They were patented by the architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller in the 1950s. Since they were inexpensve and environmentally efficient, they were taken up bye both the United States military adn proponents of sustainable living.

In 1967, Fuller expanded on his designs by building a 61-metre-tall geodesic dome commemorate the Montreal World's Fare.

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19 August 2024 08:37

🗣 Eloquence (speaking) 🆒

Benefits➕:
🆒 Choose the best words to communicate your tone and meaning ;
📖 Master new words and expand your vocabulary ;
🎤 Find the right word when speaking in professional settings .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Replace the highlighted word to match the tone of the prompt. Type as many alternate words as possible. Avoid words that do not follow the prompt of the sentence.

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18 August 2024 09:24

🗣 Diction (speaking) 🗣

Benefits➕:
🗣 Choose the best words and phrases to improve your speaking ;
💬 Avoid embarrassing errors in conversations .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Determine if the sentences contain errors by choosing VALID or ERROR.

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17 August 2024 10:40

🔴 Clarity (speaking) 🔴

Benefits➕:
💬 Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
👥 Use more direct phrases to avoid misunderstanding .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Select and replace a wordy phrase to make the sentence as brief as possible.

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15 August 2024 20:15

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin insidiosus, meaning "cunning" or "deceitful".

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14 August 2024 13:48

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin magnus, meaning "big", and loqui, meaning "to talk".

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14 August 2024 07:18

↩️ MOVE THE SENTENCE:

📄 It took one perseverant Japanese farmer three decades to develop a new kind of orange. 🅰️ It is hefty, has a topknot, and looks indestructible. ↩️ The Sumo orange is a cross between a mandarin and a navel orange. It is also highly prized. A single piece of fruit that does not even weigh 16 ounces can sell for as much as a casual meal! 🅱️ Nevertheless, consumers have responded well to the Sumo. For it is delicately flavorful, exceptionally sweet, and virtually seedless. 📃

1️⃣ Location A ;
2️⃣ Location B .

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14 August 2024 07:17

🔁 REPLACE THE SENTENCE:

📄 It took one perseverant Japanese farmer three decades to develop a new kind of orange. It is hefty, has a topknot, and looks indestructible. The Sumo orange is a cross between a mandarin and a navel orange. It is also highly prized. A single piece of fruit that does not even weigh 16 ounces can sell for as much as a casual meal! Nevertheless, consumers have responded well to the Sumo. 🔁 For it is delicately flavorful, exceptionally sweet, and virtually seedless. 📃

1️⃣ It is delicately flavorful, exceptionally sweet, and additionally it is also virtually without any seeds ;
2️⃣ This is because it is delicately flavorful, exceptionally sweet, and doesn't have any seeds .

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14 August 2024 07:17

🔄 Refinement (writing) 🔄

Benefits➕:
📖 Make your long-form writing more clear and coherent ;
📝 Learn to better structure your paragraphs ;
⚡️ Get your point across faster with more organized writing .

❗️ Heads-up: To make most of this game, play with a timer. That is, right after having read the initial text, start a timer for 40 secs: 10 secs for replacing, combining, and moving tasks. 10 secs for the bonus round.

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12 August 2024 15:33

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Old Norse haggva, meaning "to cut or chop". To cur or chop is still a recognized definition of haggle by some Modern English dictionaries.

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12 August 2024 06:19

❗️ INSTRUCTIONS: Choose different-colored pairs of opposites. [TIP: some words may only be used later]
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gilded

sincere

hope

despair

shrink

undecorated

sincere
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✅ Answer:
undecorated X gilded
despair X hope

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12 August 2024 06:18

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Choose different-colored pairs of opposites. [TIP: some words may only be used later]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
temporary

permanent

unmuffle

stifle

magnify

shrink

artificial

sincere

convinced
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✅ Answer:
permanent X temporary
stifle X unmuffle
shrink X magnify
sincere X artificial

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11 August 2024 10:32

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Greek word peripatetikos, meaning "to walk up and down". It was historically used to mean related to Aristotle, as Aristotle was known for pacing as he taught.

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10 August 2024 13:22

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin concipere, meaning "to become pregnant", which evolved in Middle English to also mean "to take an idea. In- often means "not".

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10 August 2024 10:55

ROUND 3 OF 3. EXTRA & MISSING WORDS

📝 Info: Read the passage aloud to identify extra or missing words. You are more likely to hear errors than you are to catch them during a silent read.

✍️ Example: In addition✖️(to✔️) his pioneering work on on ✖️(1 on✔️) photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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Geodesic domes spherical structures of a an network of triangles. They were patented by by the architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller in the 1950s. Since they were inexpensive and environmentally efficient, they were taken up by both the United States military and proponents of sustainable living.

In 1967, Fuller expanded on his designs by building a 61-metre-tall geodesic dome commemorate the Montreal World's Fair.

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10 August 2024 10:55

ROUND 1️⃣ OF 3️⃣. CAPITALIZATION, QUESTION MARKS & PERIODS

📝 Info: Focus on a single sentence at a time. Make sure that it begins with a capitalized word and ends with proper punctuation.

Example: In addition to his pioneering work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote ✖️Inoculation (inoculation ✔️) against smallpox ✖️(smallpox. ✔️)

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0 of 4 found.

Geodesic domes are spherical structures of a network of Triangles. They were patented by the Architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller in the 1950s Since they were inexpensive and environmentally efficient, they were taken up by both the United States military and proponents of sustainable living.

In 1967, Fuller expanded on his designs by building a 61-metre-tall geodesic dome commemorate the montreal World's Fair.