TRUE OR FALSE

1. Is the following statement true or false?

PEACH begins with P and ends with E.

2. Each of the following words can be preceded by three letters. The letters are different for each word. The three letters may or may not be words in themselves, but they are all very closely related to each other.

EASE

GIN

HEM

ICE

ON

OPUS

RILE

TIC

HINT:

2. The eight three -letter "words" are eight of a set of twelve.

Answers:

1. False in the sense in which this sentence is usually read, but true if you read the sentence with a stress on the word "ends."

Peach begins with P and ends with E.

(i.e. The word "ends" begins with E.)

2)

DECease

MARgin

MAYhem

NOVice

APRon

OCTopus

FEBrile

SEPtic - abbreviations of eight months of the year