Bibliography and External Links page

Dictionaries

Dictionary.com is not only a website but an excellent app for your phone. It includes a ‘word of the day’ and an English Language blog.

English Language

The History of English in Ten Minutes, by the Open University, highly recommended.

Ngram Viewer – Searching the frequency of words through the ages.

Wordcount.org which graphically illustrates the frequency of words in English.

Mrs Wordsmith, including free educational resources Mrs. Wordsmith

Word Roots

Ted-Ed on the development of English & word roots: TedEd

Word Roots, Latin or Greek

Images like this that you find here are all from an app called Greek and Latin Word Roots, available here: Word Roots app

Latin book Latin Words Sticker Book

Recommended: Etymology Online, home page

https://wordinfo.info/

https://wordpandit.com/english-word-roots/

Word meanings can change over time, even when the word itself sounds the same. Sometimes I have included older meanings which I found in Altered English by Jeffrey Kacirk.

Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary quiz for all abilities available here: Freerice

Quizlet website.

Synonym quiz on Merriam Webster

Learner’s vocabulary quiz

Treasure Island

Books by Robert Louis Stevenson:

Treasure Island online here

Quizlet Treasure Island Vocabulary

Robert Louis Stevenson word search site: The Victorian Literary Studies Archive.

Harry Potter:

I have on the whole left invented Harry Potter words to other websites, which cover them well, and I’ve focused on vocabulary words in Harry Potter that could appear in any book. I have tried to avoid any story spoilers in this site but the externally linked websites may have them!

Books by JK Rowling: