HATE Change one letter at each step to make a new word.
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Can you think of ten words containing the letters GEO in that order?
Geo was the Greek word for world.
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How many ‘ready made’ words can you find inside the word GRANDMOTHER
Hint: There are more than 10
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How many words can you make using 5 or more letters in this grid? Use any letters in any order, but only once in a word.
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How many ready made words can you find inside the word PHOTOGRAPHY
Hint : There are six
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One prefix will make the following into complete words. What is it? ________________ social ______________ bacterial _______________dote _______________biotic _____________clockwise ________________septic What does it mean ?
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Rearrange the following letters to make new words :
DAWN LATE MADE EAR EACH NOT NOTE LAME EAT TEAM ABLE READ
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Can you change ROSE into MILK in 4 moves? ROSE
MILK Change one letter at each step to make a new word.
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Can you change REEL into LEAP in 4 moves? REEL
LEAP Change one letter at each step to make a new word.
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Can you change CAME into LONE in 4 moves? CAME
LONE Change one letter at each step to make a new word.
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WHAT AM I? I HAVE SIX LETTERS My first makes more than one. My second makes waves. My third is just me. My fourth is the same as my last. My fifth starts the opposite of “yes”. My sixth sounds like “see”. My last starts the end.
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Think of another word with the same starting letter and same number of syllables : passenger independent opening horrible complicated
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How many different meanings can you find for the words : 1.depression 2. bank 3. show
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Think of 3 prefixes you could put in front of both
and
to make other words. What do they mean?
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Complete these sentences with a main clause : 1) After 30 minutes of waiting at the bus stop, ………. 2) Although it looked disgusting, ……………. 3) ………...…, despite feeling unwell. 4) Frantically, ……………………….. 5) ……………… unless you have got a good excuse. 6) Shocked, ……………….………….
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Can you work out the answer to this riddle? * I am a place with 10 letters. * I start and end with two different consonants. * In my middle, I have two vowels together. * I come from the French language. * I contain the word “ran”. * I contain a word meaning “glow”. * I am a place where people can “rest” while they eat.
What am I?
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Make up a riddle for one of these words : * Knowledge * Accommodation * Leisure
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Choose the correct prefix (dis…, ir…, im…, un…) to form the antonym (opposite) of each of these words :
Can you think of 5 synonyms for to fit in this sentence? Eg. This quotation shows that Cassie is really scared. Hint : There are more than 5.
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Can you think of 5 alternatives to ‘said’ in each of these sentences? 1. “Why haven’t you done your homework?” (said) the teacher. 2. “I hate lumpy custard!” (said) Jack. 3. The police officer (said), “Drop the gun now!”
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How many words containing
(meaning write) can you think of? eg. telegraph
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How many words beginning with
can you think of?
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Unscramble the letters to give a scientific word. You are given the first letter.
Which prefix, meaning ‘before’, can you put in front of the following to make words : ____________dict ____________sent ____________vent ____________mature ____________liminary ____________vious
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SOME ANSWERS 1. Love Dove Dave Have Hate
2. Geography Geometry George Surgeon Gorgeous Courageous Outrageous
3. grand gran ran rand (South African currency) an and mother moth other he her
4. bleat later table stale stone stable steal stole …and more
5. photo to rap
6. anti = against
7. wand tale dame are ache ton tone male tea meat bale dear
hot graph tog
8. rose role mole mile milk
Geology Geophysics Dungeon Sturgeon
beast laser loses stare strobe least bloat
34 9. reel, real, reap, leap
10. came, come, cone, lone
11. Science
12. By way of example : probably indefinite opposite holiday complemented
13. DEPRESSION : • misery • dent • economic slump
14. pre in circum
BANK : • financial institution • river side • flying turn • bet SHOW : • reveal • performance 15. A variety of possible answers.