1. Can you think of two three-letter words, both beginning with O, that become homophones when each word is preceded by the same two letters?

2. The words EAR and ALLOW are unusual in that each word can be preceded by two different letters and by both letters together. Can you determine what the two letters are?

HINTS:

1. Each word also contains an N.

Answers:

1. OWN and ONE (SHOWN and SHONE)

2. The letters are S and H.

EAR/SEAR/HEAR/SHEAR

ALLOW/SALLOW/HALLOW/SHALLOW