1. The four words below can be changed in the same way to get four new words. What is the change and what are the new words?

PET

STY

PUP

KING

 

2. The two words below can be changed into one new word and one new phrase by making the same change to both words. What is the change and what are the new word and phrase?

 

PRECIOUS

HEADACHES

 

1. HINT:

    The same three letters need to be inserted in each word.

 

Answers:

 

1. Inserting the letters ICK into each word changes them into new words:

 

PET - PICKET

STY - STICKY

PUP - PICKUP

KING - KICKING

 

2. Inserting the letters CO changes PRECIOUS to PRECOCIOUS and HEADACHES to HEAD COAHCES

 

Credits:

1: Ruth Bloomfield Margolin

2. Mike Shenk