1. Each of the following words can be slightly changed so that they can all be preceded by the same two letters - making them into different words. The first four words can be used to make up a nonsense "homophone sentence."

FEET

DUCK

FENCE

TALE

SIDE

SEND

SENT

2. The following are the initial letters of ten related words. Can you determine the relationship?

S

M

H

D

W

M

Y

D

C

M

Answers:

1)

DEFEAT

DEDUCT

DEFENSE

DETAIL

DECIDE

DESCEND

DESCENT

Defeat of deduct went over defense before detail.

2. They are words designating units of time:

SECOND

MINUTE

HOUR

DAY

WEEK

MONTH

YEAR

DECADE

CENTRY

MILLENNIUM