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left brain: proverbAll the

vowels have been removed from

the following proverb, and the

consonants have been clustered into

groups of three or four letters. Replace

the vowels and reveal the proverb.

TWH

DSRB

TTRT

HNN

Advanced Exercises

9

letter scramble no. 2Come

up with as many words of two

or more letters as you can from

the letters below. Use each letter

only once in each word.

OGEUNRY

10

finicky frank Frank has

very eccentric tastes. He’s

a fan of football but hates

rugby, loves beer but hates ale, and

drives a Ferrari but wouldn’t be

caught dead in a Lamborghini. Based

on Frank’s finicky tastes, would he

prefer cycling or skiing?

THE COMEBACK KID

Four-year-old: Can we get a kitten?

Me: I’m allergic. We can’t be in the same house.

Four-year-old: You could sleep outside.

@xplodingunicorn (james breakwell)

A

7

H

3

2

8

G

B

(^1) C
ANSWERS

1. 21 squares


2. WALL, WILL, FILL, FILM, FIRM or
   WALL, FALL, FILL, FILM, FIRM


3. IX (Roman numeral)
   4.A, air, an, ban, bar, barn, bin, bra,
   brain, bran, I, in, nab, ran, rain, rib.
   (You may find others.)


4. B


5. 
   


6. Green, orange, violet, yellow


7. Two heads are better than one.


8. Go, gone, goner, gore, grey, gun,
   guy, on, one, oner, or, ore, rouge, rue,
   rug, run, rung, you, young, younger.
   (You may find others.)


9. Skiing, because he prefers words
   that contain double letters

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