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There are five vowels in the English alphabet.
Questions About Words 3
Word puzzles test how well you know language. They measure skills in spotting meanings, opposites, and patterns, helping pupils prepare for exams and improve vocabulary.
Example:
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
SILVER
SALVER
SOLVER
ELEVEN
SALTED
Which consonant appears most frequently?
Answer: ‘L’ appears five times, that’s more than any other consonant, so is the correct answer.
1 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which vowel does not appear in any word?
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which vowel does not appear in any word?
A
U
O
E
None of the words contain the letter ‘E, but all the other vowels (A, I, O and U) appear at least once. This is unusual because ‘E’ is the most often used letter in English
2 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
CHUBBY
BIONIC
RABBIT
VICARS
‘B’ comes before ‘C’, ‘R’, and ‘V’ in the alphabet, so ‘bionic’ would come first in a dictionary
3 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which vowel appears most frequently?
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which vowel appears most frequently?
I
A
U
O
‘I’ appears four times - that’s more than any other vowel, so is the correct answer
4 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which word would appear last in a dictionary?
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which word would appear last in a dictionary?
VICARS
RABBIT
VULGAR
BIONIC
Looking at the first letters of each word, ‘V’ comes after ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘R’ in the alphabet, so the answer is either ‘vulgar’ or ‘vicars’. Looking at their second letters, ‘I’ comes before ‘U’ in the alphabet so ‘vulgar’ would appear last in a dictionary
5 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which consonant appears most frequently?
VULGAR
CHUBBY
BIONIC
VICARS
RABBIT
Which consonant appears most frequently?
B
C
R
V
‘B’ appears five times - that’s more than any other consonant (‘C’ and ‘R’ appear thrice, and ‘V’ twice). ‘B’ is the correct answer
6 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which vowel does not appear in any word?
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which vowel does not appear in any word?
U
A
O
E
None of the words contain the letter ‘E’, but all the other vowels (A, I, O and U) appear at least twice
7 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
CHIRPY
JOKING
CALMLY
LIZARD
‘C’ comes before ‘J’ and ‘L’ in the alphabet and two of the words start with a ‘C’, so we must look at their second letters. ‘A’ comes before ‘H’ in the alphabet so ‘calmly’ will appear before ‘chirpy’ in a dictionary
8 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which vowel appears most frequently?
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which vowel appears most frequently?
O
I
U
A
‘I’ appears three times – that’s more often than any other vowel
9 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which word would appear last in a dictionary?
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which word would appear last in a dictionary?
JOYFUL
LIZARD
JOKING
CALMLY
‘L’ comes later in the alphabet than ‘C’ or ‘J’ so ‘lizard’ would be listed last in a dictionary
10 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which consonant appears most frequently?
JOYFUL
CHIRPY
LIZARD
CALMLY
JOKING
Which consonant appears most frequently?
Y
J
L
C
‘L’ appears four times. That’s more than ‘Y’ (three times), ‘J’, ‘C’ or ‘R’ (twice)
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