ODDS AND ENDS

1. What do these four rhyming words have in common?

WALL

BALL

MALL

PALL

 

2. Complete the words below with the same four letters, in the same order.

 

V _ _ _ _

LE _ _ _ _ 

PL _ _ _ _  

 

3. Can you think of a word that is one letter off from the words below that has an opposite, nearly opposite, or at least very different meaning? 

 

HUMOR - M _ _ _ _

PRISON - S _ _ _ _ _

ASSERT - A _ _ _ _ _

UTOPIA - O _ _ _ _ _ 

(add a letter) 

PRESIDENT - P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

 

Answers:

 

1. Each word becomes a new one if you add the letters ET at the end:

    WALLET

    BALLET

    MALLET

    PALLET

 

2. VAGUE

    LEAGUE

    PLAGUE

 

3. HUMOR - MOURN

    PRISON - SPRING

    ASSERT - ASSENT

    UTOPIA - OPIATE

    (add a letter) 

    PRESIDENT - PEDESTRIAN  

 

Credit:

1: Sam Brody