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Silly Sarah's School Studies: Part IV
Language
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
It's 9 AM, time for English class. Silly Sarah is excited, because she has heard that the English teacher is the coolest person ever. When she got to class, she was quickly saddened. They had a substitute today, even on the first day of school!
The teacher, Mr. Meeneeyfase, forced the students to do a worksheet on the different topics that would be covered during the year in English. Sarah, being lazy, needs your help to complete it. Can you figure out the different things that have to do with English?
1. A male gypsy + A light metallic sound
2. Writer of "Annabel Lee" + A large plant found in forests
3. Not excited or agitated + Prefix meaning earlier, before, or prior to + Female chicken + Front part of the leg between the knee and ankle
4. Where you buy things + 5th letter of the alphabet
5. Prefix meaning again + A small dent in a car
6. Sound of first letter of the alphabet + Carelessly discarded refuse + First letter of alphabet + To avoid deliberately
7. Short for a simulation + Sick + EEEEE
8. One thousandth of a kilogram + A disfiguring mark
9. Vo + The compartment in a motor vehicle where the driver sits + Not me, but ___ + Short for Lawrence
10. A short, indefinite period of time + Suffix with three letters
The teacher, Mr. Meeneeyfase, forced the students to do a worksheet on the different topics that would be covered during the year in English. Sarah, being lazy, needs your help to complete it. Can you figure out the different things that have to do with English?
1. A male gypsy + A light metallic sound
2. Writer of "Annabel Lee" + A large plant found in forests
3. Not excited or agitated + Prefix meaning earlier, before, or prior to + Female chicken + Front part of the leg between the knee and ankle
4. Where you buy things + 5th letter of the alphabet
5. Prefix meaning again + A small dent in a car
6. Sound of first letter of the alphabet + Carelessly discarded refuse + First letter of alphabet + To avoid deliberately
7. Short for a simulation + Sick + EEEEE
8. One thousandth of a kilogram + A disfiguring mark
9. Vo + The compartment in a motor vehicle where the driver sits + Not me, but ___ + Short for Lawrence
10. A short, indefinite period of time + Suffix with three letters
Answer
1. Writing (Rye + Ting)2. Poetry (Poe + Tree)
3. Comprehension (Calm + Pre + Hen + Shin)
4. Story (Store + E)
5. Reading (Re- + Ding)
6. Alliteration (A + Litter + A + Shun)
7. Similes (Sim + Ill + E's)
8. Grammar (Gram + Mar)
9. Vocabulary (Vo + Cab + You + Larry)
10. Spelling (Spell + -Ing)
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Took a couple minutes, challenging, but fun!
Each one just gets better and better. Great job!
Silly Sarah teasers are cool!
That was fun! I didn't get the first and the last ones, though. Isn't a male gypsy called a "rom"? I never heard of rye used that way. Quite clever.
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