Words of a Feather

End of Year Tips

Directions: Each answer word will contain only letters found in the word feather. Example: A giggly laugh:  _____ _____.  

Answer:  Tee hee. (The word “the” appears so many times that it is not being considered as part of an answer.)

  1. George Washington is known to be the _________ of our country.
  2. People who don’t like to climb mountains might have a __________ of heights.
  3. ________ was a story of a _______ of several million dollars on yesterday’s news.
  4. Movie of the 1960s starring Sydney Poitier and Rod Steiger: “In the _________ of the Night.”
  5. Piece of playground equipment:  __________ – Totter.
  6. Did you _______ ______ noise?  It’s making my _______ beat faster!
  7. The cook’s reputation for outstanding barbecue is spreading _______ and wide.
  8. My grandson, second-year college student, now lives in a _______ house.
  9. Brushing one’s _______ twice a day helps keep the _________ off of them.
  10. World famous tennis player of Spain:  _______ (nickname) Nadal.
  11. Sometimes I ______ way too many sweets. However, I don’t seem to be getting any ________.
  12. What on _______ is wrong with you!?!
  13. The _______ of Life has several religious connotations.
  14. Let’s go to the __________ tonight. We’ve been good.  We deserve a _______!
  15. _______ the show, let’s get _______ scoops of ice cream!
  16. Sandpipers’ song of the 1960s: “Cast your ______ to the Wind.”
  17. A person with no worries or troubles could be called “_______ as a bird.”
  18. The postal _______ for sending packages has gone way up, as has the _______ for a bus ride.
  19. The faster we go, the __________ we will get.
  20. Don’t _______.  The _______ will be caught in our trap.

Answers:

  1. Father
  2. Fear
  3. There, theft
  4. Heat
  5. Teeter
  6. Hear, that, heart
  7. Far
  8. Frat
  9. Teeth, tartar
  10. Rafa
  11. Eat, fatter
  12. Earth
  13. Tree
  14. Theater, treat
  15. After, three
  16. Fate
  17. Free
  18. Rate, fare
  19. Farther
  20. Fret, rat

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