Help Humpty Dumpty
solve this puzzle!
This humour-themed puzzle is inspired by Lewis
Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Complete
the word search and locate the remaining letters to find
out what the Mad Hatter desperately wants to ask Alice!
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Rules: Find these 15 words in the grid
and cross them out. Use the remaining
letters to complete the sentence below,
and find out what question the Mad
Hatter would like to ask!
absurd
joke
W
clever
laugh
I
N
comedy
pun
comic
satire
O
K
E
fun
silly
humour
witty
Y
S
K
irony
wordplay
A
jest
A
?
Discussion question: Once you have solved the wordsearch above and the question
is revealed, what do you think the answer is to this question? Discuss in class.
Lewis Carroll is not only known for his famous literary works,
but he also invented the word ladder! Here are some fun
Alice-themed word ladders for you to solve.
joke
cake
Rules: Solve these word ladders
by finding a chain of other words
to link the two. Each successive
word should differ by one letter.
cat
story
fun
stars
The answers to these puzzles can be found on www.macmillandictionary.com
www.macmillandictionary.com
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