1. 1. Insert a three-letter word between DISH and HER 6. Put the letters B, C, D, E, F, G and H into the
to give a ten-letter word. empty circles in the diagram below in such a way that
no letter is connected by a line to the letter that is
Answer: __________________________________ before or after it in the alphabet order.
2. Place a four-letter word in the boxes below. When
this word is attached to the four words to the right,
another English word will be formed in each case.
COMING WARD LAND WORK
A
3. Between the brackets on each line, place a letter
which, when substituted for the middle letter of the
words on either side, will give two other English
words. When you have found all the letters, they will
spell a word which can be read downwards. What is
it?
7. Femi, Ugo and Ahmed get ready for a costume
party. They have three costumes: clown, pirate and
LATER ( ) RIDES ghost.
PENCE ( ) FLUSH
Ugo says: “If Ahmed dresses up as a clown, then I’ll
RESIT ( ) WATER go as a pirate. But if Ahmed puts on the pirate
QUICK ( ) ADOPT costume then I’ll dress as a ghost.”
MATCH ( ) HOUSE Femi interrupted: “If Ugo doesn’t go as a clown then
I’ll be the pirate.”
SHORT ( ) BLANK
Write down the costume that Femi, Ugo and Ahmed
eventually wore to the party.
Answer: __________________________________
Femi: _______________________________
4. Pair up these words to form four larger words.
Ugo: ________________________________
HER FAIR
Ahmed: ______________________________
LEADER LIGHT
GROUND FEAT Explain your answer:
RING HEAD _________________________________________
a) Answer: ________________________________ _________________________________________
b) Answer: ________________________________ _________________________________________
c) Answer: ________________________________ _________________________________________
d) Answer: ________________________________ _________________________________________
5. Insert the missing vowels in the following group _________________________________________
of letters to form four related words.
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LLGTR LPRD
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GRLL BFFL
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a) Answer: ________________________________
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b) Answer: ________________________________
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c) Answer: ________________________________
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d) Answer: ________________________________
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8. Ada has a well and she can get as much from it as 9. An old farmer died and left 17 cows to his three
she likes. sons. In his will, the farmer stated that his oldest son
should get 1/2, his middle son should get 1/3, and
But she has only two buckets. One holds 18 litres his youngest son should get 1/9 of all the cows. The
and the other holds 30 litres. sons, who did not want to end up with half cows, sat
for days wondering how many cows each of them
should get.
One day, their neighbour came by to see how they
were doing after their father's death. The three sons
told him their problem. After thinking for a while, the
neighbour said: "I'll be right back!" He went away,
and when he came back, the three sons could divide
the cows according to their father's will, and in such a
She also has a very large tank with a tap. way that each of them got a whole number of cows.
What was the neighbour's solution?
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a) Can Ada measure exactly each of these amounts
of water with her two buckets? If she can, explain _________________________________________
how.
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(a) 24 litres (b) 21 litres (c) 42 litres
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a) Answer: __________________________________
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Explanation: _________________________________
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b) Answer: __________________________________
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Explanation: _________________________________
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10. Draw straight lines on the shape below to divide it
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c) Answer: __________________________________
Explanation: _________________________________
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