Finding Words

Have them read each group of letters out loud and look for the word hidden inside. You can also print the page and circle the words.

Exercise 1

Circle all the sport games.

  • Attention
  • Language
  • Problem solving
QTENNISORBIGOLFUMMAVLOPRETKASOCCERN
DUGOLFAPPRUGBYTELMAVLOPRETKASOCCERN
WEJOGGINGSTOHIKINGAPASWIMMINGROLOBASEBALLI
VESOFTBALLUNORELTUBYZUBOWLINGEMIVOLLEYBALLA
ESQUASHTIFIBASEBALLOTOBOXINGRAHUDARTSOM
MARATHONELPINGPONGARROWINGTAVEFOOTBALLIKE
GYMNASTICSORUHOCKEYPASETULIMORAKESKIINGU
Sample answer

You can find tennis, golf, soccer, rugby, jogging, hiking, swimming, baseball, softball, bowling, volleyball, squash, boxing, darts, marathon, ping-pong, rowing, football, gymnastics, hockey and skiing. Some groups, like ‘MAVLOPRET’, ‘NORELTUBY’ and ‘SETULIMORA’, have no sport hidden in them at all.

Exercise 2

Circle all the words that are spelled correctly.

  • Visuospatial perception
  • Attention
  • Language

mommapmanponmupnappanmopnup

mapmanmommapmipmopponnoppim

mapmanponmupnappanmopnupnop

mommapmanponmupnappanmopnup

mapmanmommapmipmopponnoppim

Show answer

The real words are mom, map, man, nap, pan, mop. pon, mup, nup, mip, nop and pim are not words. Watch out: a group printed in large letters is not necessarily a word.

Exercise 3

Circle all the words that are spelled correctly.

  • Visuospatial perception
  • Attention
  • Language

cacaocarrotcanletcastlecabsle

candlecarpolcalnorcacaocamera

calnorcacaocameracandrocamdle

carrotcastlecanletcameracacao

calnorcabslecarpolcacaocastle

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The real words are carrot, castle, candle, camera. ‘Cacao’ (the bean chocolate is made from) is also a real word, so count it if they circle it. canlet, cabsle, carpol, calnor, candro and camdle are not words.