FIVE RIDDLES

1) HI FOLKS!

What do the following words have in common?

DAM

LICE

SON

TENT

USE

PER

2. What do the following words have in common?

AGE

BID

GET

MAT

TUNE

GIVE

3. What three-letter word can precede EON to make a new word?

4)

I'm a word of six letters:

My first half: a container,

My whole: a specialized language.

5)

A fake stone,

Green without envy;

A plant with three leaves,

Symbol of a saint and his country.

HINTS:

1. Each word can be preceded by a two-letter word. The words are not the same, but they are related.

2. Each word can be preceded by the same three-letter word.

3. The word that precedes is an animal and the new word is too.

Answers:

1. The first three can be preceded by MA, and the second three by PA to make new words.

2. Each word can be preceded by FOR to make new words.

3. PIG (pigeon)

4. JARGON

5. Shamrock (sham rock)