DIRECTIONS: Follow the directions in each of the steps and see what happens with the word Education. Rewrite the word with its changes for each step, and work each step with the word as it is after the change from the previous step. It becomes a word most people want in planning their future. If it doesn't come out right, check back to find your error.
1. Write the word in the blank. ___________________________
2. Drop the third vowel in the word. ____________________________
3. Add the letter of the alphabet which comes
before t and place it before the t in the word. ___________________________
4. Drop the letter which follows b by two in the
alphabet and in its place add the letter which
follows the seventeenth letter of the alphabet. ____________________________
5. Change the position of the second and fourth
letters in the word, so that the fourth letter
becomes the second one and the second letter
becomes the fourth. ____________________________
6. Drop the last letter of the word and in its place
add the next to the last letter of the alphabet. ___________________________
7. Change the position of the seventh letter of the
word by removing it from its position and
placing it between the fifth and sixth letters. _____________________________
8. Drop the letter which is before the last one in
the word. _____________________________
9. Take the fifth letter of the word and place it at
the beginning of the word. ______________________________
DIRECTIONS: How well can you follow directions? With each change in the directions rewrite the words and work from the new words as they are written. See what you finish with from the words Mickey Mouse.
1. Write the two words in this blank. _______________________
2. Replace all m's with the letter which
follows it in the alphbet. _______________________
3. Replace the c with the letter a. _______________________
4. Drop the last two letters of the second
word. _______________________
5. Take the last two letters of the first word
and place them at the end of the second
word. _______________________
6. Drop the fourth letter of the first word and
in its place add the letter which follows it
in the alphabet. ________________________
7. Drop the first vowel in each word. _________________________
8. Add the letter t to the end of the
first word and remove the first
letter of that word. __________________________
9. Add the letter d to the beginning
of the second word. __________________________
10. Drop the first vowel in the
second word. __________________________
11. Add the twenty-third letter
of the alphabet to the beginning
of the first word. __________________________
12. Add i after the d and s before
the n in the second word. __________________________
What name do you have now that goes with Mickey Mouse?
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