Oxford The great game of the english language 1996 Original Jumbo

	Oxford The great game of the english language	1996	Original Jumbo
	First produced	1996	Players	2 to 6	Age(s)	14+

	Click the picture for more			Thousands of questions about the meanings of words and how to spell them. The object is to move from the centre of the spiral on the board to the final square of the outer circuit. Along the way, three small Oxford dictionaries are collected by passing special dictionary squares on the board or by winning a duel. The first player to cross the line with three dictionaries is the winner. Answer questions correctly to move forward. Questions are set at easy, difficult or very difficult; you choose. Correct answers to more difficult questions make for faster progress.
	Contents	Notes
	1 x playing board 6 x coloured playing pieces 18 x coloured dictionaries 1 x dice 1 x box of spelling questions 1 x box of vocabulary questions 1 x rules leaflet	There are two types of question cards, meaning and spelling. Spelling Questions; each card contains three short texts with a number of difficult words, one of which you must spell. The reader reads out the paragraph and you have to spell out the chosen word letter by letter, including capitals, spaces, hyphens and accents. - "Jo's strenuous attempt to appear *self-possessed* and focused on her forst day as PA to the MD was a complete disaster. In reception she endured the *excruciating* humiliation of catching a heel in the grating" Meaning Questions; each card contains nine difficult words with three possible meanings. The reader selects a word and its possible meanings. You have to guess the right one. - disperse; pay for / deal out / scatter - yashmak; nomad's tent / ox used as a beast of burden / veil worn by Muslim women - eupeptic; having good digestion / good tempered / having the highest possible freezing point Expansion packs were also produced. Edition 1 covers proverbs, sayings and idioms.

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the
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more

Thousands of questions about the meanings of words and how to spell them. The object is to move from the centre of the spiral on the board to the final square of the outer circuit. Along the way, three small Oxford dictionaries are collected by passing special dictionary squares on the board or by winning a duel.
The first player to cross the line with three dictionaries is the winner. Answer questions correctly to move forward.
Questions are set at easy, difficult or very difficult; you choose. Correct answers to more difficult questions make for faster progress.

Contents

Notes

1 x playing board
6 x coloured playing pieces
18 x coloured dictionaries
1 x dice
1 x box of spelling questions
1 x box of vocabulary questions
1 x rules leaflet

There are two types of question cards, meaning and spelling.
Spelling Questions; each card contains three short texts with a number of difficult words, one of which you must spell.
The reader reads out the paragraph and you have to spell out the chosen word letter by letter, including capitals, spaces, hyphens and accents.

- "Jo's strenuous attempt to appear self-possessed and focused on her forst day as PA to the MD was a complete disaster. In reception she endured the excruciating humiliation of catching a heel in the grating"

Meaning Questions; each card contains nine difficult words with three possible meanings. The reader selects a word and its possible meanings. You have to guess the right one.

- disperse; pay for / deal out / scatter
- yashmak; nomad's tent / ox used as a beast of burden / veil worn by Muslim women
- eupeptic; having good digestion / good tempered / having the highest possible freezing point

Expansion packs were also produced. Edition 1 covers proverbs, sayings and idioms.