I know that most of you have been working hard lately for your English exams - FCE, IGCSE, IELTS - so I thought I'd give you a break from grammar and vocabulary, listening , reading and writing by suggesting some English word games. While you are having fun, you can also improve your vocabulary. And good luck to all those of you who are taking the FCE today.
A. Words within Words
This is a very common game. The aim is to make as many words as possible from one single word. You can only use the letters from that word and use each letter only once in the new word. For example, from the word STRANGER you can make the following new words:
strange, range, great, grate, grant, anger, stag, gnat, seat, stage, rage, etc
How many words can you make from the following words?
EXAMINATION / UNIVERSAL / INSTITUTION
B. Anagrams
An anagram uses all the letters of a word and rearranges them to make another word.
Example:
READ = DARE, DEPART = PARTED
Anagrams are often used as clues in crosswords. Can you work out from the clues what these anagrams are?
LEAP - not very dark
MELONS - feeling rather serious and subdued
PRAISED - hopelessness
CARTHORSE - a number of people making music
EXCITATION - to make someone drunk
C. Rebus
A rebus uses words, numbers, symbols or pictures to represent words or syllables.
Example:
T42 = tea for two
Can you work out the following?
IOU
B4
NE1
NME
2 good 2B4 gotten
YYUR YYUB ICUR YY4me
