Tom Swifties ContinueLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom speaks, and the way he is said to speak is a pun. Both meanings of the pun could be true.
e.g. "I love hot dogs", Tom said frankly. "Frank" describes how he spoke and relates to the hot dog! [Frankfurter!] Choose one of the listed words or phrases to fill each gap. ** CLUES ** 1. "I was adopted," said Tom _____. 2. "Pass the playing cards," said Tom _____. 3. "I know the square root of 64," said Tom ____. 4. "The prisoner escaped down a rope," said Tom ____. 5. "None of my teeth have had any decay yet," said Tom ____. Choose one of the listed words to fill each gap. ** WORD LIST ** belatedly condescendingly congenially considerately gracefully ideally precariously suddenly transparently unwittingly ** BONUS ** Complete this one yourself and write your answer as a "Comment". "This is tedious", said Tom _____. What Next?
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