english word power at your fingertips pdf

I follow and lead as you pass, dress yourself in black my darkness lasts.

I can fly like a bird not in the sky, which can always swim and can always dry.

They champ, they stamp, and then stand still.

I’m made out of five letters, And I’m made out of seven letters I have keys but I don’t have locks, I’m concerned with time, but not with clocks.when he was a child he crawled on all four, when he was older, he walked on two legs and when he was old aged, he used a cane. What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs in the evening? Answer: A Man.Who am I? HINTS: I start out wonderful, but then begin worse. When you come to the end of all you know, I am there.What is something that dawns on you even when it shouldn't? Answer: The obvious.

The foolish man wastes me, The average man spends me, And wise man invests me, Yet all men succumb to me.What is it that you keep when you need it not, but throw out when you do need it? Answer: An anchor.Can you spell that without any 'R's? Answer: T-H-A-T. River bridge crossing, look out for the guards.How did it happen? Answer: Each is someone's name. Each took a pear and left eleven hanging there. Twelve men walking by, twelve pears hanging high.

What do banana, grammar and assess all have in common? Answer: if you take the first letter and put it on the end of the word, reading it backwards they spell the same word.How many were going to St Ives? Answer: 1. As I was going to St Ives I met a man with 7 wives.I build castles, yet tear down mountains, make some men blind, and others see.A fitting cravat for a poorly chosen suit.No warning of Timber could have stopped the dropping petals.A curved stick and a straight twig means red sap and a snapped trunk.Feed me and I will live, give me a drink and I will die.Two friends stand and travel together, one nearly useless without the other.This fire is smothered best not by water or sand but by words.Better old than young the healthier it is, the smaller it will be.What is not alive but grows, does not breaths but needs air.What five long word become shorter when you add two letters? Answer: Short.Many have heard me, yet nobody has seen me.What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on? Answer: A coat of paint.What has two hands on its face but no arms? Answer: A clock.Escorts you to other realms, without a magic portal. It wears a leather coat to keep its skins in working order.

English word power at your fingertips pdf