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عدد المساهمات : 8 تاريخ التسجيل : 01/09/2010 الموقع : مديرة مركز سوزان مبارك الاستكشافى للعلوم فرع دكرنس
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| PUZZLES IN ENGLISH!Puzzles of all kinds are very popular in Great Britain. Here are a few you might like to try. They range from easy to advanced, and are in no particular order. Number OneWhich word in the English language is most often pronounced incorrectly?Number TwoUsing the letter grid below, how many words can you find. Each word must contain the central H and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Advanced: 50+ words. Average: 25 words. All words can be found in the Oxford Wordpower dictionary. Here are couple to start you off: ache, heart ... Number ThreeWhat occurs twice in a lifetime, but once in every year. Twice in a week but never in a day?Number FourMany years ago, befor modern educashun in the new millenium, one problem in skools was baseic speeling and grammer. To conbat this and rays acheivement, teechers were adviced to start at the very begining, at the yungest age. Once they had managed to breath new life into leessons, progres came quickly - sucess was then garanteed. How many speeling errors would modern skolars identify in this paragraph?Number FiveMr and Mrs Haines have three daughters and each daughter has two brothers. How many children do Mr and Mrs Haines have?Number SixThink of a number from 1 to 100.Double this number.Add 8.Multiply by 9 (carefully!).Add the digits together, continue to do this until you have a single digit number. For example, 542 >> 11 >> 2.Subtract 5.Determine which letter of the alphabet your number relates to, A=1, B=2, etcThink of a country which STARTS with this letter.Make a note of the LAST letter of this country.Think of an animal which STARTS with this letter.Make a note of the LAST letter of this animal.Think of a colour which STARTS with this letter.ANSWERDoes that orange eating kangaroo live in Denmark!Number SevenThere are 5 houses in 5 different colours. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. Using the clues below can you determine who owns the fish?The Brit lives in a red house. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. The Dane drinks tea. The green house is on the left of the white house. The green house owner drinks coffee. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk. The Norwegian lives in the first house. The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats. The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill. The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. The German smokes Prince. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.Number EightWhich word, if pronounced right, is wrong, but if pronounced wrong is right?Number NineWould you rather a crocodile attack you or an alligator?Number TenEverything Mr Red owns is red, he lives in a red bungalow and his chairs are red, his tables are red. His ceiling, walls and floor are all red. All of this clothes are red, his shoes are red, even his carpet, television and phone are red. What colour are his stairs? | |
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