07-21-2008
WIN, PLACE and SHOW 1 ! A horse-race game !
In the "Horse race" below, try to pick the first three finishers, called " Win, Place and Show ". To pick the WINNER of the "race", use all the letters given to make a 10-letter word, whose first letter is given. To pick the "PLACE" horse, use all the letters in 2 separate words, and to pick the "SHOW" horse, use all the letters in 3 separate words.
Note : No capitalized or foreign words are allowed. No deadline : First found with 20 points will be the winner !
Scoring : Win = 10 points, PLACE = 6 points ( for 2 words ), and SHOW earns 4 points. Thus, a perfect score on each race is 20 ! GO for it ! ;0)
1 : E E E I N N P R S T
WIN : S
PLACE :
SHOW :
More difficult, isn't it ? Where there's a will ... Good hunt ! Oups ! Sorry ... Good Race !
WORD GAME 3. Solutions. WOW !
This week, we have 2 winners : Rémi ( from Spain ! ) gave the exact list below and won 1,970 points 5 days ago, and Mehdi ( from Morocco! ) has caught up with Rémi and (though he gave LAM twice ) has found 2 extra 4-letter words : ARUM and MARL and one extra 6-letter word : FULMAR, which makes a total of 2,560 points !!! Wonderful, boys ! .....
Solutions : 3 letter-words : ARM, FAR, FLU, FUR, LAM, MAR, RAM, RUM.
4 letter-words : ALUM, FARM, FURL, MAUL.
5 letter-word : MURAL
6 letter-word : ARMFUL
Very well done ! Next one coming soon !
DROPLINES ! First found, first won !
-This time, you'll have to find a quotation ! It's been fit into the diagram below, though you'll have to rearrange the letters considerably to find it !
Looking at each column of letters vertically, distribute the letters in it into the empty spaces directly below. The X spaces show you the spaces between the words in the quotation. They'll help you decide just which space to use for each letter over it in order to spell out the Droplines quotation correctly !
E A E A L H E E K E A I N E A I I A L
E A G I T T H I F H M O G D L N G R
L E L L Y L R I M T O R N O I R
L L O R T T T S
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X - - - X - - - X - - - - - - X - X -
- - - - - X - - - - X - - X - - X - -
- X - - - - - - X - - - - - - - X - -
- - - - - X - - X - - - - - - - - - X
Remember, work VERTICALLY ! Each X marks a change of words ... It's a real quotation by A. W. and you shouldn't follow his example ! Work well !!! No deadline, this time .... The quickest one of you will be the winner ! Ready, steady, go !!!!
07-19-2008
THE COMPETITION IS ON !!!
HAVE YOU NOTICED THE NEW SUPER-BRAIN-TEASER : FOUR-SQUARE 1 ? (answers required by the 28th, 9 p. m.)
Come on ! This is THE real thing !
07-12-2008
WORD GAME 3.
Today, the given letters are : A U L F R M
and you can find : eight 3-letter words, four 4-letter words, one 5-letter word and one 6-letter word ! (14 words and 2,420 points to get...) Go for it !
Next time, you'll have another word game ! Suggestions should be back in the commentary section by Monday 21rst. 9 p. m. Rack your brains !
06-29-2008
WORD GAME 2 = Solutions.
... and the winner is Rémi P. again ! Well done ! (and he won all the 1,640 points ! That was perfect ! Besides, before leaving for his holiday, he has already done the following game which I had posted (very temporarily) by mistake ...) Come on, students, save you honour ! Show what your English is worth !
The solutions for Game 2 are :
3-letter words : DEW, EEL, EWE, LED, LEE, WED, WEE.
4 four-letter words : DEED, LEWD, WEED, WELD,
and one 6-letter word : WELDED.
Don't forget to look up their meanings ! Have a nice discovery !
WORD GAME ! (training 2)
Easy, today ! The letters are : E E D D L W
Even if you work well, you will find only 12 words : 7 three-letter words, 4 four-letter words, and one six-letter word ! You can take your time, and "work" in team ! Good luck !
Give your results in the commentary section by Monday 14th of July - 9 o'clock pm. Have fun !
WORD GAME 1 = Solutions.
... and our winner is Rémi P. [former student of Seconde18] (with 3680 points out of 4590 ! ) Very well done, Rémi ! Come on, students, your honour is at stake !
Here are the solutions of the first game : 3 letters : ACE, ALE, CAD, ELK, LAD, LEA, LED.
4 letters : ACED, CAKE, CALK, CLAD, DALE, DEAL, DECK, KALE, LACE, LACK, LADE, LAKE, LEAD, LEAK.
5 letters :CAKED, DECAL, LACED, LAKED.
6 letters : CALKED, LACKED.
Now, you can take your dictionaries or go to http://wordreference.com to look up the words you don't know. This is the way to learn ! Next game coming !