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Hands-on
Verbal
Submissions
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Verbal problems - pg. 9 |
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| Name as many uses that you can think of for a 24-pack cube of Pepsi-cola. ex. Use it as the weight to drop on a catapult. Name as many uses for a plastic Easter egg as you can. ex. To keep knee high panty hose in. You are a color or flavor in a package of lifesavers. What color or flavor would you be and why? ex I would be pep-o-mint so that I could help rid the world of morning breath. Name a use for bricks aside from as building materials. ex. To scrape mud off shoes. Given that your first word is HOUSE, you must make a word that begins with "H" or "E.” The next member must make a word that begins with the first or last letter of that word. ex. house > horoscope > epiphany * You are making a time capsule. What would you put in it and why? ex. A DVD player and a DVD of a typical day so that our lifestyle may be observed. Name different kinds of acts. ex. Magic act, reacts, actions. Name as many "endangered" things as you can. ex. Rotary telephones. Forest fires are unfortunately all too common out west in hot, dry months. Name as many things as you can that might be observed in such a forest fire. ex. Thumper and Bambi running for their lives. Name things that you can change or cannot change. Members must alternate "can change" with "cannot change." ex. You cannot change when a volcano will erupt. You can change how much you weigh. You cannot change the smell of a rose. You can change how strong you are. Put a nickel in an opaque bag. The team is to respond as to what the coin would say if it was talking to you. ex. Get me out of this bag! I belong at Monticello. Given two greeting cards, find as many uses as possible. ex. Build a roach motel If you were a ripe apple still hanging on a tree, what are some of the things you might say? ex. Hey, you with the white wig! Look out below! Give as many words or phrases that contain to, too, two, tu as possible. ex. Et tu Brutus? Name as many things as you can that can be found on an envelope ex. A tear Name things that are red and green ex. Christmas wrapping paper. Name something that takes time ex. Homework List ways to get from here to the moon ex. Read a book Name as many movie titles as you can that are prepositional phrases ex. On the Waterfront, From Russia with Love You are going to work for the day and will have to pack your briefcase, what will you take? ex. Aspirin Name things that slide ex. Minor infractions of the law How are a cat and a refrigerator alike? ex. They both hold milk Thyme is a herb. Time is a measure of duration. Give words or phrases with time/thyme in them ex. Perfect timing, Times Square Name as many types of bags as possible ex. Laundry bag, baguette cut diamonds Name as many types of lines as possible ex. Contour lines, family lines |
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