ANAGRAM SCRAMBLE II
From "Teacher's Helper"
Grades 4-5
April/May/June 1996
Drop one letter from each of the three words in each clue below and re-arrange the remaining letters to create three new words that belong to the same category. For example, given the clue words NOSE/TOWN/FLOUR, you would drop the S from NOSE, the N from TOWN, and the L from FLOUR. Re-arranging the remaining letters would give you ONE, TWO, and FOUR - all in the category NUMBERS. What are the new words and what are the categories?
1)
MELT
SHAM
SAMPLE
2)
FATTY
SHRUB
TRACKER
3)
THIN
SABLE
MOTHER
4)
FLOGS
NESTING
ELBOWING
5)
DRIVEL
BINARY
RATHER
6)
DAIRY
SLIME
NICHE
7)
LAWNS
NEWER
INBORN
8)
BURLY
STRANGE
REMAILED
9)
BRUCE
OUNCE
GLEANS
10)
LINGO
GOITER
COURAGE
11)
AMAZED
GOADED
CAPTIONS
Answers:
1. Elm, ash, maple - trees
2. Taft, Bush, Carter - U.S. Presidents
3. Hit, base, homer - baseball terms
4. Golf, tennis, bowling - sports
5. Liver, brain, heart - body organs
6. Yard, mile, inch - units of linear measure
7. Swan, wren, robin - birds
8. Ruby, garnet, emerald - gemstones
9. Cube, cone, angle - geometry terms
10. Lion, tiger, cougar - cats
11. Mazda, Dodge, Pontiac - car names
Thursday, March 2, 2017
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