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1 {WORD|LADDER} 2 ADD A LeTTER

Change one word into another word in ten steps. If you add a letter you get a new word.
Change only one letter each time. The sentence will help you.

TOMB have Some men do it in the morning.

    - terrorists like using this weapon The covering of a person, animal or


ski
fruit.
    - you tidy your hair with it
love You wear it if you are cold.
    - to move here
eat The sun comes up here.
   - a fizzy drink
bus with a lot of things to do
    - sometimes it has candles
late a flat, round object
    - to look after someone
see place on a bus
    - a not well-done steak
die It makes you thinner.
   - who is the fastest?

   - white food loud It carries rain.

   - with a lot of money sit Some men wear it with a tie.

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3 WordChain 4 LoST VoWeLS
Finish the first word and start the second word These words have no vowels. Can you guess them?
with the same letters.

......... dlt – older than a teenager


U N LEC V E R
a male relative - intelligent – a lot of people know him or her

C A LEC O N ......... bsct – a small dry cake


an animal – a big round fruit
– a colourful drink
S A L LE U L T
healthy food – not a child
......... crm – sour is white, ice is colourful
F I N LEC M A N Y
part of your body – a country – look for it after the rain

M E EC A R M ......... rrng – you wear it for decoration


breakfast, lunch and dinner – a type of clock

– a very difficult age

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5 MISSING LETTERS 6 Jumbled wrods
Complete these words. What are these jumbled words?
Groups of 6 words make up a category. What do they have in common?
d___c__u_
word word These are all...
very good to eat, tasty
tarin ___ cybicel ___
a_l___y
you are ill when you eat or breathe in a thing
pearalone ___ toba ___
therpolice ___ rroly ___
__ph__e_
all the letters of a language
aknes ___ pdsrie ___
pa____g__ oodlceirc ___ gaiefrf ___
rides in a car or bus but doesn’t drive it
rkash ___ dphonil ___
j_u___y
a long trip opatssrp ___ etuscsai ___
p____e_s maerca ___ rtdiec ardc ___
ssuanslseg ___ ___
the king’s daughter
apm

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7 MINI PUZZLES 8 LETTER SOUP
Put the jumbled letters in order then
Fill in the missing letters. These letters spell out an extra word. What is it?
read out the letters in the boxes.

L__D give someone something for a short time ___ L_ emyno


__RL a young woman __L_ atoc
_E_D must have something _L___ demra s LLLLL
W_A_ to have clothes on L___ tere
\ _____ ____L clhun

__AM a test
_L___ w tee s
B_E_ a drink
L___ a rhi
_O_N a round piece of money
VA__ you put flowers in it
____L w erit s LLLLL
___L a vse
\ _____ __L__ x elra

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9 Beginnings&ends 10 sameLETTERS
Finish the first word and start the second word
Which 2 letters are missing from every word?
with the same letters.

ttle ison
__ wling __ imary toi___ter
rn etty
sis___rible
ead ture
bot___ato
__ idge __ rniture
own  nny casi__rth
rent gara che__ricot
__ rrot messa __
nur__ason
tient hu
gar___tist
East fema
wait __ midd __ lis___nis
lett sing

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11 Find the jumbled words 12 ONLY 1 LETTER
Find the jumbled words in the sentences One word is wrong in each sentence. Correct the mistakes:
and write them correctly. add (+), take away (–) or change () one letter.

The police are looking for a man with a long, black bear. + _____
My niece keeps her school things in her adwerr. _____
It was very crowded on the tram. A man even stepped
If you want to work abroad, you need to speak
on my food.  _____
gifenor languages. _____
The neighbour’s sons broke my widow again while they
My unisoc looks like me: he has curly hair and green eyes. _____ were playing football. + _____

The Olympics will begin the day after woromort. _____ Use alive oil for frying meat, it’s much healthier.  _____

My neighbour planted beautiful srowfel in her garden. _____ We didn’t want any desert after the huge meal, only
something to drink. + _____
In the morning, there is always a crifaft jam in
the city centre. _____ Our teachers hate it if we are chewing gun or eat
during the lessons.  _____
The film begins at eruqtra to five. _____
Could I have a glass of still mineral waiter, please? – _____

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13 Correct the mistakes 14 Spelling bee
Correct the spelling mistakes in the sentences. Which word is not spelt correctly?
Let’s buy some rice, meet and vegetables for the
dinner party on Thursday. ............ A B
microwave secretary
My nephew couldn’t climb trees when he was a child, average passenger
but he new everything about them. ............
beleive Wendesday

Our neighbours decided to paint there house purple. ............


C D
It’s a very expensive restaurant. Look at the prize temperature scissors
of the desserts. ............ foreign unfrendly
spagetti diary
His friend’s youngest sun lives near the church. ............
E F
Sally and her husband cannot come four dinner tonight. ............
cieling casette

Their daughter could right correctly when she was three. ............ souvenir professor
excursion satellite
On weakdays he studies every afternoon, but on
Saturday he goes cycling. ............

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15 JOBSEARCH 16 cross out
Can you find all the names of jobs in the puzzle? If you read out Cross out one letter in each square, so that the remaining letters spell out
the remaining letters, you will get 3 of the most stressful jobs. words down and across.
T P N A I C I S U M E A C H
E H I P R H F H R T M I N E
M O R L A E A O E S I B R T
E T A U O F R P Y I R A T A
C U S T C
C O R M F T M A W N P K R T
M E R I Y
H G C B F D E S A O U E A S A W L
A R H E I C R S L I C R N I O H H
N A I R A R B I L T C E S M G L A P E
I P T O N W T S V P L E L E E R E M A
C H E T A I K T R E E N A H S L S
O E C I C L O A L C R I T C I R E
A R T I S T O N E E K G O R
T A B E N
W E A A D O C T O R I N R T
R N A I C I R T C E L E E R
C U K L S
Here are the first letters of the words:
A, A, B, C, C, C, C, D, D, E, E, F, L, L, M, M, N, P, P, P, P, R, S, T, W

The three most stressful jobs are:


____________ ____________ ____________

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17 TIMETABLE 18 LETTERS LEFT
Look at the time on the clock. Use the letters from the two boxes to make words.
Use the clues to find eight words in the box below. For each word, cross out one
EAT letter from each line. When you have finished, there will be an extra word.
RAR YMICS What is it?

1st letter
HEL IN
>
c s h o b g d s g —
2nd letter
>
c r r o u i r t r —
3rd letter
WIMM
LOVI >
o a i a o d a u a —
4th letter
>
r s r w e p n d i —
5th letter
>
e y n e n e e r f —
OGO LIBY

1. you use it for thinking


RHET CANGD
2. the king and queen wear it
SING 3. a book you write for yourself
4. you make wine from this fruit
5. he shows the city to the tourists
1. twenty past eight …………… 2. half past ten …………… 6. to ask for food in a restaurant
3. twenty-five to one …………… 4. quarter past two …………… 7. you wear it when you are cold
8. a rock
5. five to four …………… 6. ten past five ……………
7. quarter to six …………… 8. seven o’clock …………… If you like watching TV, you will know that the extra word is also
the name of a famous TV character. What is his job?

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19 {WORD|LADDER} 20 ADD A LeTTER
Change one word into another word in ten steps. If you add a letter you get a new word.
Change only one letter each time. The sentence will help you.

TAIL sad Many castles are made of this.

    - not short men You read it in restaurants.


    - communicate tie It flies very quickly.
    - a very strong vehicle past a type of food
   - a safe place
came an animal that carries people
    - group of musicians
ear a dozen months
    - without hair
river He can take you somewhere.
    - you play or do sports with it
cap People can stay here.
   - the ‘cow’s husband’
ten a ‘light house’
   - not empty
ice You can eat it.
   - went down quickly

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21 WordChain 22 LoST VoWeLS
These words have no vowels. Can you guess them?
Finish the first word and start the second word
with the same letters.
......... SCPN – you can cook things in it
C A R LEC R O L
– a very rich person
it is on the floor – vehicles work with it

F A L LE R I O U S ......... SMK – see it when something is burning


not true – not joking
– a special Sunday in March or April
Q U E EC G I N E
the king’s wife – a machine
......... PTNT – a doctor is looking after him or her
R U B LEC R Y
correct your mistakes with it – a small fruit – pretty

S U LEC A G E ......... RVR – a motorway for ships


you put it in your tea – cars park here
– a vegetable

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23 MISSING LETTERS 24 Jumbled wrods
Complete these words. What are these jumbled words?
Groups of 6 words make up a category. What do they have in common?
m__st__
a big, ugly and frightening creature word word These are all...

cu___m__
mruecotp ___ awihngs maceihn ___
a person who buys things from a shop awierdsshh ___ eidrgf ___
b_lc___
tveenloiis ___ rehayrrdi ___
Juliet talks to Romeo from here
paneilepp ___ eonlmarwet ___
p__c_k_
a thin flat round food
muccubre ___ twybrrsare ___
oecrliaulfw ___ bebagca ___
tr___l___
to change from one language to another
pyahoregg ___ ryhsiot ___
pr___i__ tsham ___ lgooybi ___
do something many times to be better
mhsytiecr ___ ishcyps ___

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25 MINI PUZZLES 26 LETTER SOUP
Put the jumbled letters in order then
Fill in the missing letters. These letters spell out an extra word. What is it? read out the letters in the boxes.

__MP it gives light


___L_ yditr
KI__ a man who rules a country
_L__ uohr
T_N_ a fish in your sandwich
_R_Y mix black and white, and get …
__L__ aicrh s LLLLL
L___ ings
\ _____ ____L hyact

__VE to go to a new place to live


A__T a female relative ___L_ u ckiq
_E_M a group of people _L__ z ayl
PA__ you feel it when you are hurt ____L n irat s LLLLL
__L_ h eso
\ _____ L____ t mpe y

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27 Beginnings&ends 28 sameLETTERS
Which 2 letters are missing from every word? Finish the first word and start the second word
with the same letters.

mera arf
__ rtoon __ hool kni__male
stle ience flo__ange

oose ney reci__pper


__ ild __ spital
ange  rse rep___port

lite sha cyc__sson


__ tato la  __ ope__dio
ster jo
lem__line
li bra
jac___chup
cott __ cous  __
ir pa

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29 Find the jumbled words 30 ONLY 1 LETTER
Find the jumbled words in the sentences One word is wrong in each sentence. Correct the mistakes:
and write them correctly. add (+) or change () one letter.

The water was very worm so we swam and played a lot


‘I won’t say anything without my arlyew’, – said
in the lake.  _____
the bank robber. _____
The guests sat in big comfortable armhairs around the
The cintisset tried to build a time machine. _____ coffee table. + _____

He got the virles medal but he wanted to be first. _____ He scored three goats in the last twenty minutes, so they
won the match.  _____
My dog likes the thecurb very much – he always
gives him some sausage. _____ My little brother loves watching cartons in the morning. + _____

Policemen always eat thoduguns in American films. _____ Would you like to put some lemon or money in your tea?  _____

My sister always screams when she sees a prised. _____ He climbed up the stars to the bathroom to brush
his teeth. + _____
We’ve been to all tourcines in Europe, except for Croatia. _____
She is wearing a beautiful golden chair with a medal
around her neck.  _____

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31 Correct the mistakes 32 letters
Correct the spelling mistakes in the sentences. In this puzzle, each number belongs to a letter.
Can you guess them and fill in the grid?
I don’t no the answer to this difficult question. ............
19 10 15 21 22 25 3 15 18 26
They said the weather was quiet nice. ............
10 10 6 18 22

The English curse I took in the autumn was excellent 14 12 18 25 6 25 22 3 18

and useful. ............ 22 22 25 6

The concert lasted twelve ours and eighty minutes – 25 25 6 15 7 1 6 26 3

a new world record! ............ 3 20 22 10 17 22

18 3 8 22 7 7 22
Do you know wear my trousers and shoes are? ............
6 18 25 7

The secretary sad to the mechanic that the fax 10 22 22 14 22 25 25 12 25


machine was out of paper. ............
14 14 6 26 1

Put the sausage in the frying pen, and then add some
salt and pepper. ............ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Could you please land me your pencil and calculator


for the Physics lesson? ............ a little help: S=3, H=20, E=22, R=25

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33 cross out 34 Logic Puzzle
Cross out one letter in each square, so that the remaining letters spell out Susan is getting married. From the clues below, work out what her best friends were wearning
at the wedding and what present they gave the couple. Write your answers in the boxes below.
words down and across.

dress colour present

S H N U K Timi

R I O E T Adrienne
M N E Diana
W W I Esther
I L I V Y Cornelia
A M A D E
L R G 1. Timi bought a barbecue set for the couple.
N O T 2. Adrienne wasn’t wearing a light blue dress.
T U F C H 3. Diana chose a nice yellow dress with high-heeled shoes.
L A N P S 4. The lady wearing the green dress gave her friends green bedclothes.
5. Cornelia wrapped the coffee machine in silver wrapping paper.
6. The lady in pink knew the bride loves trying new recipes.
7. Esther did not bring the bedclothes or the photo album.
8. The silk bedclothes did not belong to the ladies in light blue and pink.
9. The lady in yellow, who took a lot of pictures at the wedding, knew the
couple would need a huge new photo album.
10. The present wrapped in silver was carried by a lady dressed in light purple.

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35 IQ TEST 36 {WORD|LADDER}
Can you answer these tricky questions?
Change one word into another word in ten steps.
Change only one letter each time.
G How many birthdays does the average person have?

G If your doctor gave you three pills and said to take MICE
one every half hour, how long would they last?     - you can eat it with meat
G Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how     - you do this with horses or bicycles
many have 28?
    - not narrow
G A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many
    - husband’s partner
does the farmer have left?
    - between birth and death
G If your bedroom were completely dark and you
needed a matching pair of socks, what is the minimum     - takes you up and down
number of socks you will need to take out of the
drawer, to guarantee a matching pair, if the drawer     - you need it for shopping
contains 25 white and 25 blue socks?
   - can become first, too

    - not west

    - without problems

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37 ADD A LeTTER 38 WordChain
If you add a letter you get a new word.
Finish the first word and start the second word
The sentence will help you.
with the same letters.

win a drink made from a fruit P O LEC G E


white bear – big in size
each All seas have it.

sack a quick meal M I R R LE D E R


an object in the bathroom – ask for food
arm a group of people who fight

hair P A LEC M P
You can find it in the house.
Italian food – You stick it on an envelope
back something dark
M O EC I O N
plan a green living thing You can see it at night – it can make you cry
win He/she looks exactly the same as you.
S E C LEC U R N
disc a place Don’t tell anyone! – not single

lock a big building with flats

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39 LoST VoWeLS 40 MISSING LETTERS
These words have no vowels. Can you guess them? Complete these words.

sa__r_
......... RNG – a fruit
money paid for your work every month

– a type of meat, shaped like a cucumber c_l______r


a machine that helps you count
......... TGRPH – a famous person’s name
po____c___
– ask someone to come to your house a person who works in the government

re__r__
......... FSHN – way of dressing that people like to copy
stopped work because of old age

– a trip to the country with a lunch basket


co__f____s
breakfast food you eat with milk
......... CTBR – find it in the calendar
ru___s_
– he saves the world things you don’t need and throw away

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41 Jumbled wrods 42 MINI PUZZLES
What are these jumbled words?
Fill in the missing letters. These letters spell out an extra word. What is it?
Groups of 6 words make up a category. What do they have in common?

word word These are all... _AI_ two things of the same kind

grnyame ___ cegere ___ F__E very well, happy


__NT one hundredth of a dollar
rnfeac ___ uisaalrta ___ MI__ to feel sad when someone is not there
___ ___
intarib oacdntsl
\ _____
shienec ___ snrusai ___
__IZ a game of answering questions
tilania ___ sihnasp ___ D__K piece of furniture in the classroom
narhnuiag ___ hewdiss ___ _W_N your brother born on the same day as you
B_R_ started life
___ ___
smrdu

temtpur ___
noapi

oepanoxhs ___
\ _____
iartgu ___ ivnlio ___
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43 LETTER SOUP 44 Beginnings&ends
Put the jumbled letters in order then Which 2 letters are missing from every word?
read out the letters in the boxes.
lour oon
__ urse __ ider
L____ rfolo
llect ort
__L_ reus
_L___ uynfn s LLLLL rtain mp
___L xiat __ rly __ wyer
____L roths shion  zy

ilor jui
__ lary prin __
____L pesel
lad dan
_L__ opcy
__L__ ongy u s LLLLL mon hor
___L enar tee __ noi __
L____ r dvie sou pur

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45 sameLETTERS 46 Find the jumbled words
Finish the first word and start the second word Find the jumbled words in the sentences
with the same letters. and write them correctly.

fru__aly
If you want to do well on the test, do all the secerexis
in the workbook _____
pho__phew
The cook cut his gefrin with the breadknife. _____
pri__bra
I didn’t hear the doorbell because I was having a reshow. _____
hap___guin
plas___ket We need to buy some lastpic cups for the party. _____

oce__imal I always buy some copporn before watching a film


in the cinema. _____
chur__annel
In my inipoon, this book is a bit boring. _____
futu__turn
Some English people eat toast and marmalade for farbsteak. _____

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47 ONLY 1 LETTER 48 Spelling bee
One word is wrong in each sentence. Correct the mistakes: Which word is not spelt correctly?
add (+), take away (–) or change () one letter.
A B
He put on an elegant grey skirt and tie for the interview.  _____
typical countryside
Our mother got a sock when she saw how dirty our anniversery matematics
clothes were. + _____ vegetable difficult

He doesn’t do anything, he just lies on the peach all day.  _____ C D


journalist tommorow
Grandma asked us to water her planets while she was away
on holiday. – _____ scientist building
surename unemployed
We had chicken sandwitch and strawberry shake for lunch. – _____
E F
She keeps her nurse in the kitchen cupboard because she is
envelop patient
afraid of robbers.  _____
ambulance engineer
The fight from New York was very long – it took thirteen kangaroo adress
hours? + _____

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49 FRUIT SALAD 50 cross out
Can you find all the names of fruits in the puzzle? Cross out one letter in each square, so that the remaining letters spell out
words down and across.

N O L E M R E T A W P
P B T B X G N Y Y Q S C L E S E
I P I L N T W T R T L B R A W H
N M U A T O C I R P A L K O
A C P
E V R C N H Y A E C P D R T E Y
A O F K O S W M B O P O F I V N
P B E B M B P O P C L U M E
G O U
P E P E E S E Z S O E
D A R T H
L P A R L B A N A N A H I N G Y
E Y R R E H C R R U X
Z Y G Y G G H P S T X

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51 {WORD|LADDER} 52 ADD A LeTTER
Change one word into another word in ten steps. If you add a letter you get a new word.
Change only one letter each time. The sentence will help you.

PASS hear a place for feelings


    - now it’s history
nice a female relative
    - a piece of something
rum You can hit it to make music.
    - to leave your car somewhere
pure It is in your bag or in your pocket.
   - a type of meat
pain a hot country
    - you do it for 8 hours every day
each a hairy fruit
    - a group of letters
pond You can pay in it.
    - a material

   - right, correct rain You use it for thinking.

   - a valuable metal sin when you write your name

   - a sport tap you can play it

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53 WordChain 54 LoST VoWeLS
Finish the first word and start the second word These words have no vowels. Can you guess them?
with the same letters.

......... nvrsty – a place where you study


B A LEC C E R T
meat from a pig – music for a lot of people – same clothes for everyone

P E P LEC S O N ......... nrs – he or she helps doctors


it makes your food hotter – a human being
– when leaves fall
V I R LE U A L
It can make you ill – happening most often
......... crtn – you cover your window with this
F U T U EC P E A T
the time that will come – do again – the winner gets it

P I LEC T E R Y ......... pppr – it gives your food a hot taste


drives aeroplanes – win a prize with numbers

– it helps you remember a place

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55 MISSING LETTERS 56 Jumbled wrods
Complete these words. What are these jumbled words?
Groups of 6 words make up a category. What do they have in common?
st___g__
a person you do not know word word These are all...

j_u___l___ rhcatee ___ hiesrredras ___


his job is to write about the news isettnd ___ rtcetachi ___
st__t__ npoatciiil ___ oeilcp ofiercf ___
the first part of a meal, e.g. soup

w__dr___
otsta ___ tutebr ___
you keep your clothes here clerea ___ emardlama ___
f_e_z__ gtryhou ___ aseausg ___
a machine for making food ice-cold
rcuhch ___ hastopil ___
_cc__e__
something bad that happens by chance
arilryb ___ otpsofcefi ___
thrteea ___ ylwiara onistta ___
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57 MINI PUZZLES 58 LETTER SOUP
Put the jumbled letters in order then
Fill in the missing letters. These letters spell out an extra word. What is it? read out the letters in the boxes.

_YP_ to write words with a computer


____L bmcil
S__D to make something go somewhere
__L_ neek
S_N_ made sounds with your voice
_U_O the money in the purse of Germans _L___ dlaas s LLLLL
L___ ahcs
\ _____ _L___ srotn

_O_P you wash yourself with it


__RN to change direction L____ s onp o
WO__ you can find it in the dictionary _L__ y usb
_RM_ a group of soldiers ___L_ a eglr s LLLLL
\ _____ __L_
____L
d rao
g iert

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59 Beginnings&ends 60 Find the jumbled words
Which 2 letters are missing from every word? Find the jumbled words in the sentences
and write them correctly.

sert wer
_____
__ velop __ day
It’s very drugosane to go near the lion’s cage.

sk oth Fruits contain more minivats than chocolate, so eat


them instead. _____
ary ue
__ scuss __ affic He plays basketball every tonofearn because he wants
nner  actor to be a professional player. _____

edit fore My aunt’s third badhuns is a millionaire. _____


__ azy lo  __
own ea I sent spradcost for all my friends while I was on holiday. _____

monit invi Many children are adafir of the dark at night. _____
horr __ da  __
doct pla My father always forgets their gidwend anniversary. _____

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61 ONLY 1 LETTER 62 letters
One word is wrong in each sentence. Correct the mistakes: In this puzzle, each number belongs to a letter.
Can you guess them and fill in the grid?
add (+), take away (–) or change () one letter.

He had to drive very carefully because of the strong wines 23 11 18 14 8 17 16 2 4 22

on the mountain.  _____ 18 8 18 22

16 19 7 22 3 17 8 1 19 1
How much did your new bicycle coast? It looks fantastic! – _____
20 14 17 15

I’d like a medium vanilla milksnake, a cheeseburger 26 2 16 11 6 14 17 10 4

and chips.  _____ 4 19 11

21 11 8 22 2 8 19 8 22 4
I put all the clothes in the washing machine but I forgot the
washing power. + _____ 11 1 3

22 19 16 19 15 3 11 8 19 4
I’d like fish and ships, a chocolate biscuit and a light coke,
please.  _____ 4 20 4 26 14

He kicked the bull hard and scored a goal for his team.  _____ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Try putting some cheese in your union soup, it’s delicious.  _____ a little help: N=8, O=11, T=22, U=18

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63 IQ TEST 64 {WORD|LADDER}
Can you answer these tricky questions?
Change one word into another word in ten steps.
Change only one letter each time.

G Two men were playing chess. They played five games and
each man won the same number of games, with no ties. How is KILO
this possible?
    - to make someone die
G How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the     - to make something full
Ark with him?
    - went down quickly
G Divide 30 by one-half and add 10. What is the answer?
    - know something because your body tells you
G There are 12 one-cent stamps in a dozen. How many two-cent     - part of your legs
stamps are in a dozen?
    - come together at a certain time
G If three cats kill three rats in three minutes, how long will it take
for one hundred cats to kill one hundred rats?     - get it from the butcher’s

   - to hit

    - it holds your trousers

    - better than better

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65 WordChain 66 LoST VoWeLS
Finish the first word and start the second word These words have no vowels. Can you guess them?
with the same letters.

......... bld – the red liquid in your body


B O T T LE M O N
it is used for keeping liquids in it – a fruit – a kind of workplace

E A R CE I R S T Y ......... thtr – a place you go to see plays


our planet – someone who needs a drink
– you use it to clean yourself
G U E EC A T U E
somebody who visits your home – a figure made of stone
......... pr – a play where the actors sing the words
T O A LE A I R S
breakfast food – use them when there is no lift – it costs a lot of money

S O EL P L E ......... sttn – a place where buses and trains stop


you can find it in the bathroom – Snow White ate it

– it’s under your feet

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67 MISSING LETTERS 68 MINI PUZZLES
Complete these words.
Fill in the missing letters. These letters spell out an extra word. What is it?

_mb____c_
_IL_ you take it when you are ill
it takes people to the hospital
FL__ a group of rooms
te_____t___ __RK you eat with it
how hot or cold something is D_U_ a musical instrument

b____rf__ \ _____
an insect with bright coloured wings

un_____y__ __LE a boy or man

a person without work _A_E not easy to find


_DE_ a thought or plan
a_vi__ _AT_ a door in your fence
something people like to give but not take

ro_____k___s
\ _____
special shoes with wheels

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69 LETTER SOUP 70 Beginnings&ends
Put the jumbled letters in order then Which 2 letters are missing from every word?
read out the letters in the boxes.

plain sit
L____ felas __ ample __ olin
_L__ ytic am llage
___L_ rmtso s LLLLL
__L_ tsop
lse ather
____L segut
__ shion __ dding
rm  ak

uit gra
___L_ m sat p
__ idge envelo __
__L_ aded
ance ho
L____ s agrs s LLLLL
_L__ i hsf bea glo
____L ci com lun  __ survi  __
coa di

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71 Find the jumbled words 72 ONLY 1 LETTER
Find the jumbled words in the sentences One word is wrong in each sentence. Correct the mistakes:
and write them correctly. add (+), take away (–) or change () one letter.

Believe me, you are the most beautiful and most intelligent
He put on some srevafathe and combed his hair. _____ girl in the word! + _____
There are many titsours in the city centre. _____ Go straight across the fridge. The theatre is on the other
bank of the river.  _____
If the hearwet is fine, we will go on an outing. _____
They spent their summer holiday in a little village on the
My snatrengprad live next door, so I often have toast.  _____
lunch there after school. _____
He borrowed some monkey from the bank to build
My sister has just started learning to play the viniol. _____ a house. – _____

Everyone took a riputce of the Eiffel Tower – and Kings and queens used the Towel of London as a prison
they all looked the same. _____ many times.  _____

Eating crisps and chocolate all day is not very lahhtey. _____ Why are you making such a big nose? Everyone will wake up! + _____

She dances and sinks at school to become an actress.  _____


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73 Spelling bee 74 cross out
Which word is not spelt correctly? Cross out one letter in each square, so that the remaining letters spell out
words down and across.
A B
tourist toothache
oxygen necklice S H O R H
exercice shoulder T P I O N
T R O
O B I
C D U L D O R
vulcano architecht O S T E L
keyboard village T F V
saucepan journey N E T
Y A C T H
E E R G Y
E F
pengwin nervous
dictionary medicine
adventure Chineese

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75 {WORD|LADDER} 76 MISSING LETTERS
Change one word into another word in ten steps. Complete these words.
Change only one letter each time.

FACT av_r___
usual or ordinary
    - quick

    - after all the others __ff__u__


    - you don’t know where it is hard to do or understand

   - to send a parcel or letter b__m__t__


    - the money you spend on sg game played with a ball with feathers

    - you need it when it’s cold ca___u_


    - it can swim thinks seriously and pays attention

   - you wear it on your foot


fu___t___
   - find it in a library objects such as chairs, tables, beds
   - a job
_nn_______y
the same important date each year

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77 MINI PUZZLES 78 ONLY 1 LETTER
One word is wrong in each sentence. Correct the mistakes:
Fill in the missing letters. These letters spell out an extra word. What is it? add (+), take away (–) or change () one letter.

F_I_ blond
My niece is slim, has blind hair and bright blue eyes.  _____
_I_E elephants are afraid of these
There was a big traffic jam because of a car cash on the
_E_D above your neck bridge. + _____
__ON to make your clothes smooth
The streets were crowded with cards. We couldn’t park
\ _____ anywhere near the stadium. – _____

The passengers were all afraid because the policemen


_EN_ a list of foods you can choose
found a comb on the plane.  _____
DI__ you wash them after a meal
__CK a type of music Be careful, the cat’s sleeping under the table. Don’t step
H__E the place where you live on its mail.  _____
\ _____ I’m not sure I can write your surname correctly. Could you
smell it, please?  _____

Sometimes you will see a beautiful rainbow after the pain.  _____
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79 WORDSEARCH 80 Logic Puzzle
The words in this puzzle are all connected to school. There is a fancy dress party at school. From the clues below,
Can you find them all? work out the children’s names (Bianca, Christopher, Valentin, Martin, Laura),
their costumes (pirate, princess, Shrek, cat, painter)
and the prizes (video cassettes, book, chocolate, memory cards, ball)
they got. Write your answers in the boxes below.
B T C H E M I S T R Y
L C N U L I C N E P G
Child’s name Fancy dress prize
A I O E S N I B G H O
Mrs Grasty
C R T M D H B V R Y L Mrs Turner
K E E E P U T E A S O Mrs Grady
B H B L R U T A M I I Mrs Abell
Mrs Baggett
O C O R U A T S M C B
A A O S I R T E A S T
R E K S E D Y U R C O
1. Mrs Grasty’s son was very happy with the fifth prize – he alone got a huge
D T R A G Y M L R L E bar of chocolate.
G E Y H P A R G O E G 2. Christopher didn’t dress up as a cat, but he won the 2nd prize, a book.
3. Mrs Turner even bought a wooden sword for her son’s pirate uniform.
Here are the first letters of the words: 4. The third prize, a pack of memory cards, went to Laura.
A, B, B, C, C, D, G, G, G, L, M, N, P, P, R, R, S, T 5. Mrs Grady was very proud when her child won the costume competition.
6. Mrs Baggett worked on the cat costume for three days.
7. Bianca Grady is Cristopher’s cousin.
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8. Valentin was sorry he did not get the fourth prize – a ball.
9. Martin, the little painter won the fourth prize.
10. Mrs Grady’s daughter wore a pink dress and a small crown.
11. Mrs Abell’s son went to play football with his new ball.
12. Valentin lost one of his ears, but the cat helped him find it.

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8 LETTER SOUP
SOLUTIONS earth wheel

9 BEGINNINGS & ENDS


1 WORD LADDER
bo pr ge br fu er pa le
TOMB bomb comb come coke cake care rare race rice rich
10 SAME LETTERS
2 ADD A LETTER
let ter tom no ap se den ten
shave skin glove east busy plate seat diet cloud suit
11 FIND THE JUMBLED WORDS
3 WORD CHAIN
drawer foreign cousin tomorrow flowers traffic quarter
cle mel ad ger al
12 ONLY 1 LETTER
4 LOST VOWELS
bear  beard, food  foot, widow  window, alive  olive, desert  dessert, gun
adult famous biscuit cocktail cream rainbow earring teenager  gum, waiter  water

5 MISSING LETTERS 13 CORRECT THE MISTAKES


delicious allergy alphabet passenger journey princess meet  meat, new  knew , there  their, prize  price , sun  son, four  for,
right  write, weakdays  weekdays

6 JUMBLED WRODS
14 SPELLING BEE
transport, vehicles: train, bicycle, aeroplane, boat, helicopter, lorry
animals: snake, spider, crocodile, giraffe, shark, dolphin A believe B Wednesday C spaghetti D unfriendly E ceiling F cassette
things you need on your holiday: passport, suitcase, camera, credit card, sunglasses,
map school

7 MINI PUZZLES
engineer exercise
15 JOBSEARCH 19 {WORD|LADDER}
T P N A I C I S U M E A C H TAIL tall talk tank bank band bald ball bull full fell
E H I P R H F H R T M I N E
M
E
O
T
R
A
L
U
A
O
E
F
A
R
O
P
E
Y
S
I
I
R
B
A
R
T
T
A 20 ADD A LETTER
C O R M F T M A W N P K R T
H G C B F D E S A O U E A S sand menu time pasta camel year driver camp tent rice
A R H E I C R S L I C R N I
N A I R A R B I L T C E S M
I P T O N W T S V P L E L E 21 WORDCHAIN
C H E T A I K T R E E N A H
O E C I C L O A L C R I T C
A R T I S T O N E E K G O R
pet se en ber gar
W E A A D O C T O R I N R T
R N A I C I R T C E L E E R
22 LOST VOWELS
solution: Architect, Artist, Baker, Chef, Chemist, Clerk, Cook, Doctor, Driver,
saucepan millionaire smoke Easter patient beautiful river tomato
Electrician, Engineer, Farmer, Lawyer, Librarian, Mechanic, Musician, Nurse,
Photographer, Pilot, Plumber, Politician, Receptionist, Shop assistant, Translator,
Waiter 23 MISSING LETTERS
the three stressful jobs: teacher, miner, air traffic controller
monster customer balcony pancake translate practise
16 CROSS OUT
24 JUMBLED WRODS
M U S I C
A H H things powered by electricity: computer, washing machine, dishwasher, fridge,
G R A P E television, hairdryer
I R S vegetables and fruits: pineapple, watermelon, cucumber, strawberry, cauliflower,
C A K E S cabbage
school subjects: Geography, History, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics

17 TIMETABLE 25 MINI PUZZLES


8:20 Biology 10:30 English 12:35 Chemistry 14:15 violin 15:55 library 17:10
dancing 17:45 swimming 19:00 theatre language mountain

18 LETTERS LEFT 26 LETTER SOUP


1. Brain, 2. Crown, 3. Diary, 4. Grape, 5. Guide, 6. Order, 7. Scarf, 8. Stone toast canoe
27 BEGINNINGS&ENDS 34 LOGIC PUZZLE
ca sc ke ch ho on po in dress colour present
Timmy light blue barbecue set
28 SAMELETTERS Adrienne
Diana
green
yellow
bedclothes
photo album
Esther pink cookbooks
fe or pe air le ra on ket Cornelia light purple coffee machine

29 FIND THE JUMBLED WORDS 35 IQ TEST


lawyer scientist silver butcher doughnuts spider countries
One One hour (for example 6:00, 6:30, then 7:00) All 9 3

30 ONLY 1 LETTER 36 {WORD|LADDER}


worm  warm, armhair  armchair, goat  goal, carton  cartoon, money 
MICE rice ride wide wife life lift list last east east
honey, stars  stairs, chair  chain

31 CORRECT THE MISTAKES 37 ADD A LETTER


wine beach snack army chair black plant twin disco block
no  know, quiet  quite, curse  course, our  hour, wear  where , sad 
said, pen  pan, land  lend
38 WORDCHAIN
32 NUMBERS&LETTERS
lar or sta on ret
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

39 LOST VOWELS
W S A L G N O
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
D I B T U H V E R Y

orange sausage autograph invite fashion picnic October superhero


33 CROSS OUT
S H O U T
40 MISSING LETTERS
M N E
salary calculator politician retired cornflakes rubbish
A L I V E
L O T
L U N C H
41 JUMBLED WRODS 49 FRUIT SALAD
countries: Germany, Greece, France, Australia, Britain, Scotland N O L E M R E T A W P
languages: Chinese, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Swedish P B T B X G N Y Y Q S
musical instruments: drums, piano, trumpet, saxophone, guitar, violin
I P I L N T W T R T L
N M U A T O C I R P A
42 MINI PUZZLES E V R C N H Y A E C P
A O F K O S W M B O P
princess question P B E B M B P O P C L
P E P E E S E Z S O E
43 LETTER SOUP L
E
P
Y
A
R
R
R
L
E
B
H
A
C
N
R
A
R
N
U
A
X
Z Y G Y G G H P S T X
fruit pound

Apple, Apricot, Banana, Blackberry, Cherry, Coconut, Grape, Grapefruit, Lemon,


44 BEGINNINGS&ENDS Orange, Peach, Pear, Pineapple, Raspberry, Strawberry, Watermelon

co sp ce cu la th sa se
50 CROSS OUT
45 SAMELETTERS C R A S H
L C O
it ne ze pen tic an ch re O F T E N
U O E
46 FIND THE JUMBLED WORDS D I R T Y

exercises finger shower plastic popcorn opinion breakfast 51 {WORD|LADDER}


47 ONLY 1 LETTER PASS past part park pork work word wood good gold golf

skirt  shirt, sock  shoch, peach  beach, planets  plants, sandwitch 


sandwich, nurse  purse, fight  flight
52 ADD A LETTER
heart niece drum purse Spain peach pound brain sign tape
48 SPELLING BEE
A anniversary B mathematics C surname D tomorrow E envelope F address
53 WORDCHAIN
con per us re lot
54 LOST VOWELS 62 NUMBERS&LETTERS
uniform souvenir university nurse autumn prize curtain pepper 1
D
2
I
3
H
4
S
5 6
G
7
F
8
N
9 10
M O
11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
R P L A U E Y C T J K
55 MISSING LETTERS
stranger journalist starter wardrobe freezer accident
63 IQ TEST
They both played with somebody else None, Noah went 70 12 Three minutes
56 JUMBLED WRODS
jobs: teacher, hairdresser, dentist, architect, police officer, politician
64 {WORD|LADDER}
breakfast foods: toast, butter, marmalade, cereal, yoghurt, sausage
places in town: church, hospital, library, theatre, post office, railway station KILO kill fill fell feel feet meet meat beat belt best

57 MINI PUZZLES 65 WORDCHAIN


teenager Saturday le st st th ap

58 LETTER SOUP 66 LOST VOWELS


beach sugar blood theatre office shampoo opera station expensive floor

59 BEGINNINGS&ENDS 67 MISSING LETTERS


de to st di tr or cr te ambulance temperature butterfly unemployed advice rollerskates

60 FIND THE JUMBLED WORDS 68 MINI PUZZLES


dangerous vitamins afternoon husband postcards afraid wedding platform marriage

61 ONLY 1 LETTER 69 LETTER SOUP


wines  winds, coast  cost, milksnake  milkshake, power  powder, ships  first magic
chips, bull  ball, union  onion
70 BEGINNINGS&ENDS 77 MINI PUZZLES
ex vi pe fa we ch fr ve armchair mushroom

71 FIND THE JUMBLED WORDS 78 ONLY 1 LETTER


aftershave tourists weather grandparents violin riptuce healthy blind  blond, cash  crash, cards  cars, comb  bomb, mail  tail, smell 
spell, pain  rain
72 ONLY 1 LETTER
79 WORDSEARCH
word  world, fridge  bridge, toast  coast, monkey  money, Towel  Tower,
nose  noise, sink  sing B T C H E M I S T R Y
L C N U L I C N E P G
73 SPELLING BEE A I O E S N I B G H O
C R T M D H B V R Y L
A exercise B necklace C volcano D architect E penguin F Chinese K E E E P U T E A S O
B H B L R U T A M I I

74 CROSS OUT O
A
C
A
O
O
R
S
U
I
A
R
T
T
S
E
M
A
C
S
B
T
R E K S E D Y U R C O
S P O O N D T R A G Y M L R L E
T R O G E Y H P A R G O E G
O L D E R
N E T Art, Biology, Blackboard, Chemistry, Computer, Desk, Geography, Grammar, Gym,
Literature, Maths, Notebook, Pencil, Physics, Rubber, Ruler, Student, Teacher
E A R T H
80 LOGIC PUZZLE
75 {WORD|LADDER} child’s name
fancy
prize
dress
FACT fast last lost post cost coat boat boot book cook Mrs Grasty Valentin Shrek 5.
Mrs Turner Christopher pirate 2.

76 MISSING LETTERS Mrs Grady


Mrs Abell
Bianca
Martin
princess
painter
1.
4.
Mrs Baggett Laura cat 3.
average difficult badminton careful furniture anniversary

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