NEW WORDS FROM OLD
Which noun can you add to all four words to form new single-word nouns ortwo-word nouns?
(Note: the noun can be added before or after the word.)
Example: handbag, kitbag, bagpipes, sleeping bag
1band, chair, fire, pit______
2end, guide, mark, scrap______
3board, Christmas, credit, score______
4hanger, over, rain, waist______
5back, dark, shoe, rocking______
6candle, flood, house, sky______
7clip, news, wall, weight______
8battle, friend, space, wreck______
9fall, proof, salt, melon______
10basket, eye, snow, room______
11bath, service, class, changing______
12arm, woman, push, wheel______
13guest, hold, boarding, wife______
14box, card, goal, lamp______
15bathe, light, set, burn______
16room, cup, dash, key______
17ache, land, letter, strong______
18head, coast, dead, up______
19cloth, coffee, spoon, time______
20page, cow, friend, hood______
21chair, hole, kind, snow______
22father, foot, ladder, in______
23chatter, gear, room, post______
24flower, coffee, hole, tea______
25cut, horse, line, net______
WHO WROTE WHAT?
Try to work out who wrote the books below. Choose from the following authors.
Peter Out
Sue Nora Later
Miss D. Buss
Willie Maykit
Lee King
Ellen Back
Trudy Light
Constance Norah
Lord Howard Hertz
Claude Legg
Neil Downe
Anne Teak
Laura Norder
B. Keeper
U.R.A. Payne
C. Ment
Teresa Green
Liza Lott
San Widge
Walter Wall
A Hole In My Bucket by……………………………………….
A Visit To The Dentist by ……………………………………….
Bricklaying by……………………………………….
Carpet Fitting For All by……………………………………….
Crime Does Not Pay by ……………………………………….
Fade Away by ……………………………………….
How To Tame Lions by……………………………………….
In The Country by……………………………………….
A Long Walk by……………………………………….
Making Snack Meals by ……………………………………….
My Happiest Days by……………………………………….
Not Quite The Truth by……………………………………….
Parachute Jumping by……………………………………….
Sleepless Nights by……………………………………….
The Sunday Service by……………………………………….
It Was Bound To Happen by……………………………………….
The Naughty Boy by……………………………………….
The Worst Journey In The World by……………………………………….
Very Old Furniture by ……………………………………….
How To Make Honey by ……………………………………….
I am listening to the sound of the famous Trevi fountain in Rome, where every day tourists throw coins worth about 3,000 euros to secure good luck and a return visit to Rome. People have been throwing valuable things into water for thousands of years. On the face of it, it's an extraordinary compulsion, but it seems to be a universal one, and it's not only coins into fountains with a light-hearted wish, it's often a deadly serious plea to the gods. In rivers and ponds across Britain archaeologists regularly discover weapons, jewellery and precious metals that were given to the gods thousands of years ago. In the BritishMuseum we have objects from all over the world that were once solemnly deposited in water. One of the most fascinating objects is a mirror thrown into a temple pool around nine hundred years ago, in Japan.
The mirror is circular, it's about the size of a saucer, and it sits comfortably in my hand. There isn't a handle, but it would have had a loop fixed to it, so that you could hang it from a hook. But it's not a mirror as you or I would think of it - the modern, silver-backed reflecting mirror doesn't really come into the world until around the sixteenth century. Early mirrors like this bronze one were all made of metal, which was then so highly polished that you could literally see your face in it.Like so much else in Japanese culture, mirrors originally came to Japan from China.