1. What do the following words have in common?

ARE

CAME

GAPE 

LIEN 

RODE

SMILE 

  

2. What do the following words have in common?

 

AIR

ALE

ART

END 

LODE 

LORE

 

Answers:

 

1. Each of the words has one syllable.  By adding or inserting a single letter, each word becomes three syllables:  

 

ARE - AREA

CAME - CAMEO

GAPE - AGAPE (selfless love)

LIEN - ALIEN

RODE - RODEO

SMILE - SIMILE  

 

2. Each word can be preceded by IMP to make a common word:

 

IMPAIR

IMPALE

IMPART

IMPEND 

IMPLODE 

IMPLORE