THE BRICKLAYER WORD GAME

Contextualised English for bricklaying apprentices: learn the descriptor cards, then test your understanding with Odd One Out.

BTTB Literacy Builder

Part 1: Descriptor Learning Zone

Click a descriptor to learn what it means. Once viewed, the tile turns red, but it can still be opened again.

🕵️ Language Detective Challenges (Advanced)

Some advanced Odd One Out questions deliberately use words that belong to more than one language category.

In these questions, the odd one out may be the word with an additional language feature.

This means a word may belong to one language category while also providing evidence of another category.

For example, Misaligned is an adjective, but it also contains the prefix mis-.

Example: Plumb, Level, Misaligned.

All three are adjectives because they describe the condition, quality or alignment of brickwork. However, Misaligned is the odd one out because it also contains the prefix mis-, meaning wrongly or incorrectly.

Part 2: Odd One Out Challenge

Choose a difficulty. Each game gives 20 random questions. Feedback explains the learning.