Following directions Name Fun With Words Follow the directions to play each word game. 1. A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same forward or backward. Write each word backward. Circle each word that is a palindrome. Put an X on each word that is not. 2. Some words imitate the noise that they stand for. For example, when you say “pop,” it sounds like a popping sound! That is called onomatopoeia. Unscramble each noise word. Write it correctly. wow _____________________ seechrc _____________________ dad _____________________ owp _____________________ mom _____________________ plurs _____________________ funny _____________________ mobo _____________________ noon _____________________ lckic _____________________ tall zzisel _____________________ _____________________ chnucr _____________________ deed _____________________ 4. Add or subtract letters from each 3. Homophones are words that sound alike when you say them but are spelled differently and have different meanings. For example, see and sea are homophones. Draw a line to match each pair of homophones. word to change it into another word. Write the new word. peach – ch + r = __________________ shirt – irt + oe = ___________________ sports – p – rts + ccer = ___________ knot flew love – ove + ike = ________________ break soar stove – st + n = ___________________ flu not chicken – c – ick = ________________ sore write brother – bro + nei = ______________ right road rode brake Some names sound funny when you pronounce them backward. For example, Carol would be pronounced Lorac, and Jason would be pronounced Nosaj! Write your name and each of your classmates’ names backward. Then pronounce each name. Are any of the names palidromes? © Scholastic Teaching Resources Scholastic Success With Reading Comprehension • Grade 3 19 Page 19 1. The palindromes are wow, dad, mom, noon, deed. (The other words are not.); 2. screech, pow, slurp, boom, click, sizzle, crunch; 3. knot–not; break–brake; flu–flew; sore–soar; right–write; rode–road; 4. pear, shoe, soccer, like, oven, hen, neither
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