JANUARY 5TH-9TH
WARM-UPS
Happy New Year!
MONDAY, JANUARY 5TH WARM-UP
The answer to each set of clues are homophones (words that sound the
same but are spelled differently). The first one has been done for you.
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Curve
ARC
Biblical boat
ARK
Insensitive……………...hardened skin
To sell………………….part of a bike
Pronoun……………….female sheep
Flew high………………sharp blade
To rule (a country)…….precipitation
Encounter…………..…a steak
Church song…….…….pronoun
Quick look……………mountaintop
Run away………………insect
Authentic………………winding device
Vegetable……………….to strike or hit
Carry……………………passageway
Atmosphere……………someone who inherits something
Confusing paths………….corn
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6TH WARM-UP
Each clue below suggests a word that ends with the letters AT-E. The first one has been done for you.
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Act like someone else
To supply with water
To make angry
To turn into vapor
To complete high school
To find
A favorite flavor
You do this on ice
To ornament or adorn
To pause briefly
To split apart
To make or invent
Having a backbone
Free from error
Mathematical guess
IMITATE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7TH WARM-UPS
Read each set of clues below. After figuring out the
first word, just rearrange the letters to form the
second word. The first one has been done for you.
1. long, thin stem VINE
carries blood VEIN
2. A smile………………..…..piece of jewelry
3. To run and play……….…high school dance
4. Aching…………….………a flower
5. Alike………………..……..line made by sewing
6. To salvage………..……….ornamental jar
7. To slide………..…….…….slang for children
8. Written message………….quality of sound
9. Walking stick……….…….pimples
10. To boast……………………to take rapidly
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH WARM-UP
By reading either clockwise or counterclockwise, you will find a
commonly used 8 letter word in each circle below. After finding the
word, tell whether it is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb or pronoun.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9TH WARM-UP
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Name the canal that links the Mediterranean and
the Red Sea.
Joan of Arc died in her sleep at the age of 47. True
or false?
What is the hero of a story or play called?
In colonial times, what were the people who made
horseshoes called?
How many zeros are in the number fifty billion?
Which is a close relative of the yak: a cow, a horse or
a buffalo?
What modern day capital city was also the capital of
the Greek Empire?
Which civilization came first: Babylon, Sumer of
Syria?
Add a prefix to “legal” to form its opposite.
Which state is known as “the Peach State”?