Analogies

1. Open is to close as near is to _______. (far/close/shut)
2. Soft is to loud as slow is to ________. (quiet/quick/sluggish)
3. Smart is to intelligent as sly is to _______. (sneaky/dumb/genius)

Riddles

1. I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
2. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
3. What is full of holes but can still hold water?
4. Imagine that you are in a boat, in the middle of the sea. Suddenly, you are surrounded by hungry sharks, just waiting to feed on you. How can you put an end to this?

Facts

1. “Go!” is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English.
2. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
3. About 4,000 words are added to the Dictionary each year.
4. The oldest English word that is still in use is “town”.
5. Humming birds can fly backwards.
6. Believe it or not, Caterpillars have 12 eyes!!
7. Did you know an ostrich’s brain is smaller than it’s eye!!

Rebus puzzles

1. Important=important
2. O

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Time.

3. LEM

ADE

4. Mount mount mount mount mount mount mount mount mount mount
5. ESROH riding
6. R+R
7. Vice + Vice
8. Come Table Table Table Table
   • Santhiya K and Vandana Reddy, X – D