1. What do the following words have in common?

TABLE

SING

VICE

MAD

2. What do the following words have in common?

PEN

WED

LIVE

VARY

RANGE

3. What do the following words have in common?

STEP

KICK

LIGHT

TRACK

BOARD

HINT:

1. The same two letters, added in the same place, will create new words.

2. The addition of the same letter will change each word into a new one.

Answers:

1. NO can precede each word:

NOTABLE/NOSING (around)/NOVICE/NOMAD

2. Each word can be preceded by the letter O.

3. Each word can be preceded by SIDE.