Fun With Words

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?
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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