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This board helps players review Playful English: Word Wizards through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Meanings, Russian Look-Alikes (False Friends), Picture This Idiom, Friendly Slang, Sound-Alike Mix-ups. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Meanings

    Что означает слово "artificial"? a) Натуральный b) Искусственный c) Природный d) Реальный

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    b) Искусственный

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  • Russian Look-Alikes (False Friends)

    This English word looks like 'магазин' but means a publication you read.

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    magazine

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  • Picture This Idiom

    When a task is super easy, it's this dessert-related phrase.

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    a piece of cake

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  • Friendly Slang

    If food tastes really good, kids call it this.

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    yummy

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  • Sound-Alike Mix-ups

    Use this word for something that belongs to them.

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    their

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Meanings

$100 — Что означает слово "artificial"? a) Натуральный b) Искусственный c) Природный d) Реальный
b) Искусственный
$200 — Каково истинное значение слова "sincere"? a) Ложный b) Искренний c) Злонамеренный d) Усмешливый
b) Искренний
$300 — This long grammar word means 'against separating church and state in 1800s Britain'—often cited for length.
antidisestablishmentarianism
$400 — This 16-letter word means 'impossible to understand' and looks intimidating but isn't scary.
incomprehensible
$500 — This long adverb means 'not in the usual way.'
uncharacteristically

Russian Look-Alikes (False Friends)

$100 — This English word looks like 'магазин' but means a publication you read.
magazine
$200 — This word looks like 'фабрика' but is cloth for clothes and curtains.
fabric
$300 — This word looks like 'артист' but means a painter or sculptor.
artist
$400 — This tasty-sounding word looks like 'шеф' but means a professional cook.
chef
$500 — This common word looks like 'актуальный', but in English it means 'real, not imaginary'.
actual

Picture This Idiom

$100 — When a task is super easy, it's this dessert-related phrase.
a piece of cake
$200 — In a downpour, English says it's doing this with cats and dogs.
raining cats and dogs
$300 — To reveal a secret, you do this to the beans.
spill the beans
$400 — To start a friendly chat in a new group, you do this to the ice.
break the ice
$500 — If something is very expensive, it costs this body-part duo.
an arm and a leg

Friendly Slang

$100 — If food tastes really good, kids call it this.
yummy
$200 — If something is impressive, you might say it's this, like the opposite of warm.
cool
$300 — What does “slay” mean? A) to kill B) to do something amazingly well C) to sleep D) to run away
B) to do something amazingly well
$400 — What does “ghost” mean as a verb in modern slang? A) to become a ghost B) to suddenly stop replying to someone C) to scare someone D) to wear a white costume
B) to suddenly stop replying to someone — резко перестать отвечать человеку
$500 — What does “stan” mean? A) a country B) an obsessive fan C) a type of dance D) to stand
B) an obsessive fan — фанат, который слишком сильно любит кого-то

Sound-Alike Mix-ups

$100 — Use this word for something that belongs to them.
their
$200 — Use this word for a place or location.
there
$300 — Use this contraction for 'they are'.
they're
$400 — Use this word to mean 'also' or 'excessively'.
too
$500 — This baking powdery ingredient sounds like a flower.
flour

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