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VIII. Vocabulary and Spelling<br />
Puns<br />
Some riddles are funny because they are puns. Puns are made with<br />
words that have double meanings. A pun doesn’t make sense until you<br />
know both meanings of the word. Read the riddles below and then<br />
write the two meanings of each underlined word.<br />
Example: A. When is a car not a car?<br />
B. When it is turning into a driveway. (4,7)<br />
Turning into means turning to enter and becoming,<br />
transforming.<br />
A. When did the blind man see?<br />
B.<br />
A. What has four legs and flies?<br />
B.<br />
A. When is a piece of wood like a king?<br />
B.<br />
A. Why does a cow wear a bell?<br />
B.<br />
A. Who raises things without lifting them?<br />
B.<br />
1. hard, curved bones on the outside of a cow’s head<br />
2. moves in the air<br />
3. a tool for cutting wood<br />
4. turning to enter<br />
5. a loud instrument for making noise<br />
6. insects that disturb picnics<br />
7. becoming, transforming<br />
8. past of see<br />
9. to grow vegetables<br />
10. a straight piece of wood for measuring<br />
11. the leader of a country<br />
12. to elevate, to move something higher<br />
Some puns are made with homonyms. Homonyms are words that<br />
sound the same but are spelled differently. These riddles and puns are<br />
not so funny in <strong>writing</strong>. You need to say them out loud in order to<br />
understand them completely.<br />
Read these riddles out loud and then write the two meanings of each<br />
underlined word.<br />
saw.<br />
table.<br />
ruler.<br />
work.<br />
and<br />
hammer<br />
A picnic<br />
a<br />
is<br />
it<br />
don’t<br />
A farmer.<br />
When<br />
horns<br />
his<br />
its<br />
up<br />
picked<br />
Because<br />
68<br />
he<br />
When
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