Puzzle
2. The place where the farmer works.
3. You pay it to go on a bus or train.
4. To be afraid.
5. You often put this round a picture.
6. This is a quality the famous have.
7. The back of a car is called this.
8. The opposite of common.
9. This grows from the shoulder.
10. The name of a female horse.
Answers: 1. Ear, 2. Farm, 3. Fare, 4. Fear, 5.
Frame, 6. Fame , 7. Rear, 8. Rare, 9. Arm, 10.
Mare #47 To solve this puzzle you have to find the missing adjective, which is followed by a preposition.
Worried Ashamed Similar Capable Afraid Aware Fond Familiar Clever Suitable 1.The thief became suddenly ...........of a policeman standing by him.
2. Mr. Jones is too .......... of his food; he is getting very fat.
3. Young children are often .......... of the dark.
4. Edward is .......... at solving puzzles; he always gets them right.
5. A frog is different from but .......... to a toad.
6. I'm not .......... about losing my pencil; I have plenty more.
7. That lazy boy is .......... of much better work.
8. This difficult book is not .......... for very young children.
9. Not many Englishmen are .......... with the customs of the Japanese.
10. Aren't you ......... of behaving so badly? Answers: 1. Aware, 2. Fond, 3. Afraid, 4. Clever, 5. Similar, 6. Worried, 7. Capable, 8. Suitable, 9.familiar, 10. Ashamed.
Brain Teaser There are three drawers in my kitchen cupboard.
There are no spoons in either the top drawer or the middle one, but there are few in the bottom one. Neither the top drawer nor the bottom one has any knives in it, but there are half a dozen in the middle one. Both the middle drawer and the top one have some forks in them, but there are none in the bottom one. None of the drawers contains anything else.
Which of the three drawers contains neither spoons nor knives? Answer: The top one does.