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Word puzzles challenge pupils to spot links in language. They may ask you to match words, test meanings, or work out how parts of words change their sense.
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.
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which vowel does not appear in any word?
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which vowel does not appear in any word?
E
I
O
U
None of the words contain the letter ‘I’, but all the other vowels (A, E, O and U) appear at least once
2 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
WARBLE
HUBCAP
HERONS
GLASSY
‘G’ comes before ‘H’ and ‘W’ in the alphabet, so ‘glassy’ would come first in a dictionary
3 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which vowel appears most frequently?
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which vowel appears most frequently?
E
O
A
U
‘A’ 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.
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which word would appear last in a dictionary?
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which word would appear last in a dictionary?
WASHER
WARBLE
GLASSY
HERONS
Looking at the first letters of each word, ‘W’ comes after ‘G’ and ‘H’ in the alphabet, so the answer is either ‘washer’ or ‘warble’. Looking at their second letters, both have the letter ‘A’, so we move on to the third letter. ‘R’ comes before ‘S’ in the alphabet so ‘washer’ would appear last in a dictionary
5 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which consonant appears most frequently?
HUBCAP
WARBLE
GLASSY
WASHER
HERONS
Which consonant appears most frequently?
S
H
R
W
‘S’ appears four times - that’s more than any other consonant (‘H’ and ‘R’ appear thrice, and ‘B’, ‘L’ and ‘W’ twice). ‘S’ is the correct answer
6 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which vowel does not appear in any word?
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which vowel does not appear in any word?
I
E
O
U
None of the words contain the letter ‘O’, but all the other vowels (A, E, I and U) appear at least once
7 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
TAUTLY
LATHER
HERBAL
CHITTY
‘C’ comes before ‘H’, ‘L’ and ‘T’ in the alphabet so ‘chitty’ will appear first in a dictionary
8 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which vowel appears most frequently?
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which vowel appears most frequently?
I
A
U
E
‘A’ appears four times – that’s more often than any other vowel
9 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which word would appear last in a dictionary?
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which word would appear last in a dictionary?
CHITTY
TAUTLY
LATHER
HERBAL
‘T’ comes later in the alphabet than ‘C’, ‘H’ and ‘L’ so ‘tautly’ would be listed last in a dictionary
10 .
Look at the words below and then answer the question about them.
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which consonant appears most frequently?
HERBAL
TAUTLY
LATHER
CHITTY
LACKEY
Which consonant appears most frequently?
L
H
Y
T
‘T’ appears five times. That’s more than ‘L’ (four times), ‘H’ and ‘Y’ (three times), or ‘C’ (twice)
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