Word Games, Riddles and Logic Tests by Adrian Wallwork

Author:Adrian Wallwork [Wallwork, Adrian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Linguistics
Published: 2017-12-11T13:22:18+00:00

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Proverbs

Match the proverbs (1-10) with their explanations (a-j).

1. Beggars can’t be choosers

2. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

3. Blood is thicker than water

4. Do as I say, not as I do

5. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

6. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

7. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

8. Every cloud has a silver lining

9. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

10. Give someone an inch and they will take a mile

a) Do not automatically assume that something will turn out right before it actually happens.

b) Don’t be critical of something that you are going to get for free.

c) Don’t criticize a present that you receive.

d) Family ties are stronger than other relationships.

e) Follow my advice rather than looking at my actions.

f) If you give a little to someone they will then ask for more.

g) Spread your options.

h) The current situation, however bad, may be better than a change for some thing that may be worse.

i) The inexperienced often become involved in difficult situations that more intelligent people would avoid.

j) There is always something positive in every apparently bad event.

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Keys to Chapter 5

Keys to Chapter 5

Acronyms

aka = also known as

asap = as soon as possible

atb = all the best

bbn = bye bye now

bf = boy friend

bfn = bye for now

btdt = been there done that

btw = by the way

eom = end of message

fyi = for your information

Rhyming Words

The following pairs rhyme: nose/chose, ill/kill, new/knew, raw/draw

Word Ladder

SLEEP

BLEEP (a short high tone produced as a signal or warning)

BLEED (lose blood)

BREED (have/raise young animals)

DREED (not a recognized word)

DREAD (causing fear or terror)

DREAM

Keys to Chapter 5

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Riddles

The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. What is it? A towel.

What can you catch but not throw? A cold.

What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night? A pillow.

What gets broken without being held? A promise. Silence

What is always coming but never arrives? Tomorrow.

What goes through towns and over hills but never moves? A road.

What has 88 keys but can’t open a single door? A piano.

What has a neck but no head? A bottle

What has one eye but cannot see? A needle.

What has hands but can not clap? A clock.

What has 50 heads but can’t think? A box of matches.

Ambiguous Headlines

Stolen painting found by tree. It sounds like the tree found the painting.

Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted. The ambiguous word here is belted which means i) ‘with their safety belts on’, ii) hit with a

belt as a form of corporal punishment.

A quarter of a million Chinese live on water. In reality these Chinese have constructed housing on the water, but ‘live on water’ sounds like they survive

simply by consuming water and nothing else.

Old school pillars are replaced by alumni. The alumni have removed the old pillars and put new pillars in their place. But it sounds like the alumni are now being used as pillars.

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Palindromes

The extra words are in italics.

No lemons and no melon.

Ten animals I now slam in a net.

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