Friday, July 1, 2011

(MORE) OPPOSITE OUTCOMES
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Dec. 1999
Patricia Dombrink (adapted)

The word fragments below will become complete words with the insertion of a pair of familiar opposites in the blanks for each set.

Example:
SC _ _ _
_ _ CE ..................... could change to scOFF and ONce

1)
FOR _ _ _ _
S _ _ _ _

2)
F _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ OVERS

3)
_ _ _ _ _ STAND
_ _ _ _ LOOK

4)
_ _ _ HER
_ _ _ _ K

5)
O _ _ _ _
_ _ _ SEL

6)
G _ _ _
K _ _ _

7)
_ _ _ _ LIGHT
CAR _ _

8)
OB _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ AGE

9)
_ _ _ _ UP
_ _ _ _ UP

10)
_ _ _ _ ER
DIS _ _ _ _

11)
_ _ _ _ ER
DIS _ _ _ _ _

HINTS:
The first letters of the opposites are:
1. G/T
2. R/L
3. U/O
4. F/T
5. L/D
6. O/N
7. S/G
8. L/S
9. P/P
10. W/P
11. O/C

Answers:

1)
forGIVE
sTAKE

2)
fRIGHT
LEFTovers

3)
UNDERstand
OVERlook

4)
FATher
THINk

5)
oLIVE
DIEsel

6)
gOLD
kNEW

7)
STOPlight
carGO

8)
obLONG
SHORTage

9)
PUSHup
PULLup

10)
WORKer
disPLAY

11)
OPENer
disCLOSE



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