Complete the third pair
In each pair, the second word is made from the first in the same way. Find the rule and use it on the third word.
What the question looks like
(part, trap) (stop, pots) (reed, ?)
How Thena would solve it
See how part becomes trap: the same letters, written backwards.
p a r t → t r a p
Check the rule on the second pair: stop backwards is pots.
s t o p → p o t s
Write reed backwards.
r e e d → deer
Answer: deer
The usual mistakes
A rule that fits one pair
Check the rule on both pairs first.
Changing more than the rule says
Keep to the rule exactly: backwards, or one letter taken off.
Missing a letter taken off
Count the letters: if the second word is shorter, see which went.
Try ten
Ten complete the third pair questions
A new set every time, marked when you finish.
Have paper and a pencil ready for working out.
Questions parents ask
How do you answer Complete the third pair questions?
Look at how the first word becomes the second: written backwards, a letter taken off, a letter added. Check the rule on the second pair before using it on the third.
More in making words
- Hidden wordsA four-letter word across two words in a sentence.
- Compound wordsOne word from each group, joined into a new one.
- Missing three lettersThree letters taken out of a word, spelling a word.
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