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Title: Fun Quizzes, Puzzles and Games © 2009 Ready-Ed Publications Printed in Australia Author: Margaret Warner Illustrator: Terry Allen
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Books and Characters Quiz
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Colour Word Search
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Secret Code
Write or Right?
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Puzzling Planets
Unscramble the Letters
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Planets Puzzle
Missing Body Parts
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Wild Animal Quiz
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Body Parts Quiz
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Animal Artist
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Australian Wildlife Quiz
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Odd Word Out
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Opposites Puzzle
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Cross Check
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Noughts and Crosses
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Quiz on Famous Aussies
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People at Work Quiz
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Who Am I?
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Cryptograms
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Shapes and Measurement Quiz
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Find the Pairs
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The Pelican Puzzle
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Teachers’ Notes Fun Quizzes, Puzzles and Games has been created for lower primary students. It contains over forty brilliantly written quizzes, puzzles and games which are all curriculum linked. Students who complete the activities found in this book, will develop their literacy and numeracy skills and test and extend their general knowledge.
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Colour Quiz Fill in the blanks with a colour word. 1.
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P15 Match the Sounds (1) buzzes (2) purrs (3) roars (4) chirps (5) barks (6) chatters (7) trumpets (8) bleats (9) grunts (10) quacks (11) squeaks (12) crows (13) hoots (14) gobbles (15) howls (16) squawks (17) moos (18) neighs (19) hisses (20) sings P16 Cross Check Veggies: potato, lettuce, carrot Time words: week, hours, day Continents: Australia, Antarctica, Europe Mammals: koala, wombat, kangaroo Sports: tennis, swimming, cricket Insects: butterfly, cicada, ant
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P23 Money Maths (1) echidna (2) lyre bird (3) platypus (4) kangaroo (5) Aboriginal man (1) $2.50 (2) $2.75 (3) $1.40 (4) $2.90 (5) $1.75 (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 5 (5) 10 (6) 10 (7) 20 (8) 12 (9) 12 (10) 27 P24 Pyramid Puzzle Pyramid Puzzle 1
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P27 Books and Characters Quiz (1) author (2) illustrator (3) title (4) contents (5) fiction (6) non-fiction (7) fairy (8) mystery (9) legend (10) fable (11) giant (12) dragon (13) possum (14) spider (15) fish (16) wombat (17) kangaroo (18) bilby (19) wallaby (20) mouse P28 Secret Code The most famous Australian children’s book is Possum Magic by Mem Fox. P29 Puzzling Planets (1) Saturn (2) Neptune (3) Venus (4) Earth (5) Jupiter (6)Uranus (7) Mars/Mercury (8) Pluto (9) Mercury (10) Jupiter (11) Venus (12) Saturn (13)
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P39 People At Work Quiz (1) lawyer (2) doctor (3) pilot (4) clown (5) umpire/referee (6) plumber (7) artist (8) waitress/ waiter (9) dentist (10) postman/woman (11) farmer (12) musician (13) florist (14) jockey (15) optometrist (16) teacher (17) hairdresser (18) police officer (19) nurse (20) Prime Minister
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P40 Cryptograms (1) I deliver mail to your home /Postman/woman (2) I write and compose music / Musician P41 Shapes And Measurement Quiz (1) circle (2) rectangle (3) square (4) triangle (5) sphere (6) cone (7) cylinder (8) cube (9) hexagon (10) octagon (1) 100cm or 1metre (2) 30cm (3) 100cm (4) 60seconds (5) 60minutes 6) 1000 grams 7) No (8) thermometer (9) teacher to check (10) teacher to check
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P35 Sports Quiz (1) umpire (2) goal (3) racquet (4) net (5) cricket (6) club (7) fielder (8) bike (9) stick (10) horse (11) bat (12) pit (13) pole (14) 11 (15) 11 (16) 7 (17) 13 (18) race (19) three 47
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