1. What do these words have in common?

BIT

AD

AN

SPOT

POT

2. What do thee words have in common?

STARE

STAMP

LASER

FARCE

BLAND

3. What do the following words have in common?

OLD

NEW

MODERN

SPACE

MIDDLE

HINTS:

1. The same two letters can precede each word to make a new word.

2. The same letter in each word can be replaced by another letter, the same one in each word, to make new words.

Answers:

1. Each word can be preceded by DE to make a new word.

2. The A in each word can be replaced by an O to make new words.

3. Each word can be followed by AGE.