1. What do the following words have in common?

NO

UP

CAP

HER

 

2. The following words share an unusual property. Can you determine what it is?

 

THERE

YOURS

FLYING 

Answers:

 

1. Adding ON to each word make a new word:

 

NOON

UPON

CAPON

HERON

 

2. Dropping the first letter of each word leaves a word that is the near opposite of the original word:

 

THERE - HERE

YOURS - OURS

FLYING - LYING (lying down)