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Whether you’re curious about how words came to be, love learning new expressions, or just want to play with language, this page is the perfect place to celebrate the incredible world of words!
Can you solve these riddles?
Can you solve these riddles?
Questions
Questions
Five men attended an outdoor funeral but then it started to rain so four of them ran for shelter but the other one stayed put and stayed dry. How?
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
What can be stolen but never leaves you?
4.What has keys but no lock?
5.Nobody empties me but I never stay full for long.what am i?
6.What occurs once in a minute,twice in a moment,but never in a 1,000 years?
7.What's always on the ground but never gets dirty?
8. What gets wetter as it dries?
9. What can be given but never sold?
10.What can you keep after you give it away?
Journalist:Indie
Answers
Answers
1.He was in the coffin
2.Light
3.Your identity
4.A keyboard
5.The moon
6.The letter M
7.Your shadow
8.A towel
9.A compliment
10.A promise
Word Pictures
Word Pictures
A word picture is a word, or several words, turned into a kind of a picture. The picture stands for the name of something. For example, if you look at the first image on the right you will see a 'cross' and the word 'fire under it so the answer for this one is 'crossfire' Now try the rest of them from the Just Family Fun Website.
set1.pdfset2.pdfSet3.pdfIdioms - What are they?
Idioms - What are they?
An idiom is a special kind of phrase or saying that doesn’t mean exactly what the words say. It’s like a little puzzle! For example, if someone says, “It’s raining cats and dogs,” they don’t mean animals are falling from the sky—they just mean it’s raining really hard. Idioms are fun because they make language colourful and interesting! Click the button to take the Idiom quiz. How well will you do?
Journalist: Evie
Tongue Twisters - Have a go!
Tongue Twisters - Have a go!
A tongue twister is a fun and tricky sentence that is hard to say quickly because it has lots of words with similar sounds. It’s like a game for your mouth! For example, try saying, "She sells seashells by the seashore" really fast. The challenge is to say it without messing up!
Tongue twisters help you practice speaking clearly and are a fun way to get your words all mixed up!
Click play to listen to Amber try to say a tongue twister!
Vocaroo 1bOMKoZoTU9l.mp4Journalists: Evie and Amber
Try saying these tongue twisters
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter’s bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter will make my batter better
So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
She sells seashells by the seashore.
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
Can you create your own tongue twister?
Start by using the first letter of your name and brainstorm lots of words that begin with that letter, e.g., if your name is Peter, words could be potter, poodle, peanut butter. Then try putting them into a sentence. Don't forget to share your tongue twister with the Media Team. They would love to hear it!
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