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MAKE A MATCH

Match each word in list A with one word in list B to form a new word. Examples:

 

A B NEW WORD

back blue backrest

true card true blue

wild rest wild card

 

A B

1.     

camp line

door cast

club full

dove face

coal fire

down crow

cock back

drag cote

cram step

draw foot

2. 

case book

down cobs

coal bowl

drag line

copy nets

drum bars

crow head

dust fall

date work

corn mine

3. 

cock wise

down rope

come back

drag foot

copy stop

crab bell

crow spur

door load

draw hold

dumb back

4. cock bins

come base

cash pipe

data hand

door sure

down ways

dust flow

face well

fare down

farm less

5. 

dark spun

dead play

door ball

down lift

face bowl

farm line

fast room

fine back

fire jamb

fish yard

6. 

dead pole

door mate

down back

feed ball

fire lock

fish knob

flag lore

flat boat

folk cake

foot pour

7. 

dead ship

door fall

down fail

fire wood

fish hand

flag mats

flax tale

folk bugs

foot seed

free time

8. 

door hold

down bags

fire town

foot nail

free hill

fuss back

gang pots

grey damp

hand loom

heir land

8. 

door less

fire ball

foot bill

free post

hand made

hard side

hell hole

help ball

home hold

horn boot

9. 

down land

fire line

foot cast

hand trap

hard word

home mark

horn book

loan pipe

main bred

news turn

10. 

fire bows

foot reel

hand mast

hard cuff

home note

main hole

over cast

news ship

peep land

rain wood

11. 

foot bags

hand show

home coat

main post

over kick

peep path

rain made

sand over

side come

sign sail

12. 

foot line

hard bank

home ball

main done

over case

rain stay

sand sick

side drop

slip rest

snow ware

13. 

foot drop

home fall

open cast

over ware

rain book

sand slog

snow spun

soft dust

star bars

side show

14.

foot lash

over fish

sand mill

side coat

snow draw

star cock

stop show

tail sore

whip fall

wind step

15. 

foot gate

over worm

sand pile

side flow

snow room

star step

stop gaze

tail gaps

whip ball

wind book


 

Study the following phrases which are called Ricochet Words. These are paired words that differ only in a vowel or a consonant.

dilly-dally fifty-fifty

fuddy-duddy hanky-panky

higgledy-piggledy hoity-toity

holus-bolus helter-skelter

hurly-burly nitty-gritty

shilly-shally tittle-tattle

 

 

 

 
 

 

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