Puzzle
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.
----------- #50 The words you have to find with the help of the clues are all compound nouns. Choose for the list.
But beware! There are four in the list you don't need.
Scarecrow Bookshop Breakdown Blackleg Sundial Housework Spoilsport Slowcoach Bookstall Breakthrough Blacksmith Bookworm Housewife Spacecraft 1. A shop that sells books.
2. A person who is fond of reading books.
3. Work that has to be done in a house.
4. A person who spoils other people's fun.
5. A vehicle that travels through space.
6. A person who does things very slowly.
7. A figure that is placed in a field to frighten away birds.
8. A person who offers to work when the regular workers are on strike.
9. A failure in a piece of machinery, or in a car.
10. A clock that tells the time by the shadow cast by the sun.
Answers: 1. Bookshop, 2. Bookworm, 3.housework, 4.
spoilsport, 5. spacecraft, 6. slow coach , 7.scarecrow, 8. blackleg, 9. Breakdown, 10. sundial