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Fun word puzzles: Anagrams

Rearrange the letters in the following words to make new words that fit the clues.

• reed ......................... (a four-legged animal)
• sore ......................... (a flower)
• lamp ......................... (a type of tree)
• bake ......................... (part of a bird)
• star ......................... (small rodents)
• paws ......................... (a stinging insect)
• blow ......................... (a dish)
• wolf ......................... (a farmyard bird)
• tame ......................... (flesh of animals)
• lump ......................... (a fruit)
• prides ......................... (an eight-legged creature)
• words ......................... (a steel weapon)
• solemn ......................... (a sour fruit)
• plate ......................... (part of a flower)
• fringe ......................... (part of the hand)
• bruise ......................... (precious red stones)
• lance ......................... (not dirty)
• earth ......................... (an organ of the body)
• thorn ......................... (a direction)
• arc ......................... (a vehicle)

Answers

• deer
• rose
• palm
• beak
• rats
• wasp
• bowl
• fowl
• meat
• plum
• spider
• sword
• melon
• petal
• finger
• rubies
• clean
• heart
• north
• car

Fun word puzzles: analogies

When a writer highlights the similarity between two things, we call it an analogy. Complete each analogy given below.

• Lion is to cub as cat is to .........................
• Organ is to music as football is to .........................
• Fish is to water as bird is to .........................
• Hen is to egg as cow is to .........................
• Scales is to reptiles as feathers are to .........................
• Cold is to hot as tall is to .........................
• Sculptor is to sculpture as poet is to .........................
• Aeroplane is to hangar as car is to .........................
• Wardrobe is to bedroom as shower is to .........................
• September is to August as Tuesday is to .........................
• Elephant is to trumpet as horse is to .........................
• Beaver is to lodge as bee is to .........................
• Geese is to gaggle as lion is to .........................
• Food is to famine as water is to .........................
• Elephant is to animal as earth is to .........................
• England is to London as Japan is to .........................
• Fat is to slim as rough is to .........................
• Lion is to den as dog is to .........................
• Coke is to soft drink as Nissan is to .........................
• Pizza is to food as shirt is to .........................

Answers

• kitten
• sports
• sky
• calf
• bird
• short
• poem
• garage
• bathroom
• Monday
• neigh
• hive
• pride
• drought
• planet
• Tokyo
• smooth
• kennel
• car
• clothes

(Courtesy: Peter Clutterbuck 1995. Macmillan Education Australia)

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