Susan Elkin M.A. B.A. (Hons.) Cert. Ed. taught English for 36 years and was a member of the English department at Benenden School from 1993 to 2004. She is now a full-time freelance writer, journalist and author of over 30 books including So You Really Want To Learn English books 1, 2 and 3 and English Year 9 published by Galore Park. Her e-book (Kindle 2103) Please Miss We're Boys describes - with humour - her first teaching job as a naïve young woman in an all boys' school in 1960s Deptford.

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• 1: -os or -oes2: The Latin words for one to ten3: Latin prepositions and adverbs4: Words starting with gn-5: Words ending in -mn6: Words ending in -cious7: Dis- or diss- ?8: Dictation for spelling practice9: Silent letters within eight tricky words10: One n or two?11: -full, -fully and -ful12: Ordinal numbers13: More Latin prepositions14: Homographs15: Words ending in -tious16: -able or -ible17: Six tricky words18: Synonyms19: Ph words20: Practise or practice?21: Poly- and tele-22: kn and gh23: -ys or -ies24: The silent p25: Words ending in -re26: -fy words27: Words with -cei-28: Words wheels29: -ist words30: The silent b31: When -ei- says 'ay'32: Mal- and ben-33: -er or -or?34: Phobias35: Antonyms36: Double consonants in verbs37: Easily confused endings38: Latin roots39: Prefixes that change their spellings40: More word wheels41: Words with -fer-42: Words that sometimes cause problems43: -duce, -pose, -struct and -clude44: Homophones45: Some quirky plurals46: Eponyms47: Short words for long48: Does the e stay or go?49: Extending your vocabulary50: Words to watch

Susan Elkin M.A. B.A. (Hons.) Cert. Ed. taught English for 36 years and was a member of the English department at Benenden School from 1993 to 2004. She is now a full-time freelance writer, journalist and author of over 30 books including So You Really Want To Learn English books 1, 2 and 3 and English Year 9 published by Galore Park. Her e-book (Kindle 2103) Please Miss We're Boys describes - with humour - her first teaching job as a naïve young woman in an all boys' school in 1960s Deptford.

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• 1: -os or -oes2: The Latin words for one to ten3: Latin prepositions and adverbs4: Words starting with gn-5: Words ending in -mn6: Words ending in -cious7: Dis- or diss- ?8: Dictation for spelling practice9: Silent letters within eight tricky words10: One n or two?11: -full, -fully and -ful12: Ordinal numbers13: More Latin prepositions14: Homographs15: Words ending in -tious16: -able or -ible17: Six tricky words18: Synonyms19: Ph words20: Practise or practice?21: Poly- and tele-22: kn and gh23: -ys or -ies24: The silent p25: Words ending in -re26: -fy words27: Words with -cei-28: Words wheels29: -ist words30: The silent b31: When -ei- says 'ay'32: Mal- and ben-33: -er or -or?34: Phobias35: Antonyms36: Double consonants in verbs37: Easily confused endings38: Latin roots39: Prefixes that change their spellings40: More word wheels41: Words with -fer-42: Words that sometimes cause problems43: -duce, -pose, -struct and -clude44: Homophones45: Some quirky plurals46: Eponyms47: Short words for long48: Does the e stay or go?49: Extending your vocabulary50: Words to watch

Susan Elkin M.A. B.A. (Hons.) Cert. Ed. taught English for 36 years and was a member of the English department at Benenden School from 1993 to 2004. She is now a full-time freelance writer, journalist and author of over 30 books including So You Really Want To Learn English books 1, 2 and 3 and English Year 9 published by Galore Park. Her e-book (Kindle 2103) Please Miss We're Boys describes - with humour - her first teaching job as a naïve young woman in an all boys' school in 1960s Deptford.

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• 1: -os or -oes2: The Latin words for one to ten3: Latin prepositions and adverbs4: Words starting with gn-5: Words ending in -mn6: Words ending in -cious7: Dis- or diss- ?8: Dictation for spelling practice9: Silent letters within eight tricky words10: One n or two?11: -full, -fully and -ful12: Ordinal numbers13: More Latin prepositions14: Homographs15: Words ending in -tious16: -able or -ible17: Six tricky words18: Synonyms19: Ph words20: Practise or practice?21: Poly- and tele-22: kn and gh23: -ys or -ies24: The silent p25: Words ending in -re26: -fy words27: Words with -cei-28: Words wheels29: -ist words30: The silent b31: When -ei- says 'ay'32: Mal- and ben-33: -er or -or?34: Phobias35: Antonyms36: Double consonants in verbs37: Easily confused endings38: Latin roots39: Prefixes that change their spellings40: More word wheels41: Words with -fer-42: Words that sometimes cause problems43: -duce, -pose, -struct and -clude44: Homophones45: Some quirky plurals46: Eponyms47: Short words for long48: Does the e stay or go?49: Extending your vocabulary50: Words to watch