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Cross Out Puzzle One

Materials Designed to Build Vocabulary - For English as a Second Language Students and Teachers


Instructions: Cross out (put a line through) the words in the diagram in the order of the numbered instructions below. You will be left with a proverb, when remaining words are read left to right, top to bottom.


 A
 B
 C
 D
 E
 F
1
 PEEK
 A
 ALBERTA
 BARRIERE
 TURN
 MUDDY
2
 BETRAY
 VAVENBY
 GOING
 BIRD
 QUEBEC
 TEAL
3
 IN
 TOOT
 THE
 SHAPE
 LOLLIPOP
 SPLIT
4
 MAGENTA
 SMELL
 MANITOBA
 MACAROON
 COPPER
 SEEING
5
 ONTARIO
 WORK
 HAND
 GRUNGY
 CALL
 FEEL
6
 COOMBS
 FUDGE
 JUMPING
 WAKE
 IS
 SUCKER
7
 TURN
 SHOPWORN
 HAZELTON
 TOUCH
 FORAY
 RELAY
8
 FALLING
 WORTH
 SHAKE
 WALKING
 CLEARWATER
 BEAT
9
 QUEST
 FONDANT
 MAUVE
 DELAY
 SILVER
 TWO
10
 START
 POPKUM
 GRITTY
 IN
 CROCHET
 SITTING
11
 THE
 MATINEE
 FOOT
 MAKE
 HOLD
 QUESNEL
12
 COMOX
 STANDING
 BUSH
 THROUGHWAY
 FILTHY
 SASHAY

CROSS OUT:
  1. Words that mean the same as "DIRTY" in rows 1, 5, 7, 10, 12.
  2. Verbs in the Present Progressive tense in even rows.
  3. Names of colours in columns A, C, E, F.
  4. Four-letter words with a double vowel in the middle.
  5. Words that are kinds of candy in columns B, D, E, F.
  6. Names of  towns in British Columbia, Canada.
  7. Words that are still words when preceded by "RE-" in odd rows.
  8. Names of  Provinces of Canada in rows 1-5.
  9. Words that rhyme with "BOUQUET. "
  10. Verbs that precede "UP" to make the phrasal verb "___ UP."
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