1. Think of a five-letter, one-syllable word starting with W. Insert an I as the middle letter and you have a one-syllable homophone of the first word. Now replace the W (first letter) of this word with N and you have a two-syllable word meaning inexperienced. Insert a T as the third letter of this word and you have a two-syllable word meaning ............(see hint below if needed).

2. Two common words mean the same thing. If you combine the two words into a compound word, the compound word means the same thing as the two single words. Can you determine the two words?

3. These three words share an unusual feature. Can you determine what it is?

MOPED

DRAWER

EVENING

HINT:

1. The final word means indigenous.
2. One of the words is known and used internationally.

Answers:

1. WAVE/WAIVE/NAIVE/NATIVE
2. TAXI/CAB

3. These words are stressonyms. They can be pronounced differently by changing the stress on the syllables and/or the syllables themselves:

MOPED as in "He was feeling discouraged and moped around the house all day."

DRAWER as in "She put the address book in the desk drawer."

EVENING as in "Let's meet this evening for dinner."

OR

MOPED as in a motorized bicycle

DRAWER as in one who draws

EVENING as in making something even