HAVE FUN WITH ENGLISH

 

 1. PLAY WITH WORDS                                                

2. WORD SEARCH

3. WORD SQUARES

4. WORD CHAINS

5. JOKES

                                      

 If you like games, puzzles, brainteasers and others, consult the recommended webs on "webs interesantes" in our page or the following webs:

 http://brainbashers.com (crosswods,wordsearch, visual games) 
 www.funnylessons.com (a lot of jokes about different themes with explanation of vocabulary, verbs and sentences)
 

You can also use the books "Puzzle Time" By Olivia Johnson         Ed. Penguin Longman. They´ve got five different levels

 

PLAY WITH WORD PUZZLES

1. What is the next letter?     J F M A M J J A .....................

2. What is the next letter ?    O T T F F S S .................

3. Two Italians meet in a restaurant. One of them is the father of the one´s son. In what way are they relatives?

4. A man and his wife have five daughters. Each of the daughters has a brother. How many people are there inthe family?

5. If one wet sheet takes 35 minutes to dry on the washing line, How long do three sheets take to dry?

6. ADD A LETTER

Add a letter to the word on the left to make a new word. To help you, therre´s a clue for each new word.

WORD                                  CLUE                                                   NEW WORD

1  have              Men do this if they don´t have a beard                   ....shave....

2  tin                 the opposite of fat                                                    ................

3 sick                She´s hurt her leg and is using a walking.....           .................

4 rice                It costs 10 pounds. That´s the ..........                      .................

5 hair                You sit on it.                                                             ..................

6 hut                The opposite of open.                                                ..................

7 shot              The opposite of tall.                                                   ..................

8 ring               "Please.....some food and drink to the party"            ..................

9 light              "What time is the ........? The plane leaves at two      .................

10 earn            I want to .....Spanish before my holiday to Argentina   ..............

11 hear            It sends blood all around the body                             ...............

12 coat            The land meets the sea here.                                      ...............

13 now            You see it high on mountains                                      ................

14  our             "Please .......some juice into my glass"                       .................

15 lower          The prettiest part of a plant                                        .................

Solutions at the end of the page 

 

WORD SEARCH

Word search games can be a good method of improving vocabulary in a fun way.

For example, find the following football-related words in the grid below. Words can be written in any direction (forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally):

CENTRE BACK
COACH
CORNER
CROSSBAR
DEFENDER
FOOTBALL
FORMATION
FORWARD
FOUL
GOALPOST
HANDBALL
HEADER
HOME
KEEPER
LINESMAN
MANAGER
MATCH
MIDFIELDER
NIL
OFFSIDE
PASS
PENALTY
PLAYER
REFEREE
SCORE
SENT OFF
SHOT
SOCCER
STRIKER
SUBSTITUTE
SUPPORTER
TACKLE
TEAM
THROW
YELLOW CARD

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WORD SQUARES

Think of a 4-letter word such as WORD and try to make a "word square" in which the same words
 read across and down. For example:

WORD
OVER
REDO
DROP

If you find this easy, try 5-letter word such as WORDS:

WORDS
OPERA
REBEL
DRESS
SALSA 

 

WORD CHAINS
 

Start with any 4-letter word, such as WORD.
Change one of the letters to make another word. For example, change the last letter from D to E to make WORE.
The next person does the same, but cannot change the letter that was changed most recently. For example, it is OK to change the first letter to make the word BORE, but not to change the last letter to make WORM (because the last letter has just been changed).

You lose this game if you cannot think of a proper word which has not been used already. For example: A: WORD - B: WORE - A: BORE - B: BONE - A: ZONE - B: cannot think of a word and loses the game.

   
JOKES

                         "The English Patient"

Have you been feeling ill recently? This might be the reason ...

Medical statistics show that:
- The Japanese eat very little fat, and have fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
- But the French eat a lot of fat, and also have fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

Medical statistics also show that:
- The Japanese drink very little red wine, and have fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
- But the Italians drink large amounts of red wine, and also have fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

Conclusion:
Eat & drink what you like. It's speaking English that kills you !!!

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* Can February March? No, but April May.

* Where does Dracula keep his savings?  In a blood bank.

* How do ghosts like their eggs?  Terrifried.

* How did the telephone propose to his girlfriend? he gave her a ring.

* What did one pencil say to the other? you´re looking sharp.

* Where do birds meet for coffee?  In a nest cafe.

* Why did Robin Hood rob the rich?  Because the poor didn´t have any money

* Why did the teacher needed to wear glasses? because she couldn´t control her pupils  (by courtesy of Angel del Riego 2ºESO)

One more about teachers:

*Teacher: You aren´t paying attention to what I´m saying. Are you having trouble hearing?          

Jenny: No, Miss. I´m having trouble listening

 

 

 Solutions to play with words puzzles:

1. S (for september, the letters are the initials of the months)

2. E ( for eight, the letters are the initials of the numbers from one to seven)

3. husband and wife

4. five  (the son is the brother of all the girls)

5. 35 minutes

6. thin, stick, price, chair, shut, short, bring, flight, learn, heart,coast, snow, pour, flower