P Plus Trivia Quiz

Answer: Prank

P + rank = Prank.

Rank, as in "The judges were asked to rank the acts in order from their most to least favourite".

Prank, as in "Tommy decided to play a prank on his older sister, and place a toy spider on her bedroom floor so she saw it when she woke up".

Answer: Please

P + lease = Please.

Lease, as in "David wanted to lease his flat whilst he went on holiday, so he contacted an estate agent to assist him with the process".

Please, as in "It is always polite to say "please" when you are asking for something, especially when asking someone to do something for you".

Answer: Present

P + resent = Present.

Resent, as in "I can't help but resent the fact that my colleague got the promotion ahead of me, even though I have been in the company longer".

Present, as in "My favourite Christmas present was my new computer games console. I had been wanting it for ages".

Answer: Pitch

P + itch = Pitch.

Itch, as in "The itch around my nose just got so great that I had to scratch it".

Pitch, as in "The pitcher didn't throw a very good first pitch, and it was hit out of the park for a home run".

Answer: Pounce

P + ounce = Pounce.

Ounce, as in "The new-born baby hadn't been feeding well and had lost an ounce of weight in the last week".

Pounce, as in "The kitten was ready to pounce on its prey - a toy mouse that its owner had bought earlier that day".

Answer: Pleading

P + leading = Pleading.

Leading, as in "Martin was leading the expedition, as he had travelled this route before and knew which way to go".

Pleading, as in "The students were pleading with the teacher not to give them any homework to do over the Easter holidays".

Answer: Preview

P + review = Preview.

Review, as in "The playwright was very unhappy as the newspaper review of his latest play was negative, to say the least".

Preview, as in "My friend has got tickets for the preview of the new 'James Bond' film this Thursday, and he has said I can go along with him".

Answer: Purge

P + urge = Purge.

Urge, as in "My friend Sienna has an urge to go skydiving. I don't see the appeal of throwing oneself out of a perfectly decent aircraft".

Purge, as in "My Mum says we need to do a purge of the house as we've still got a load of toys and other items from when I was a child".

Answer: Pirate

P + irate = Pirate.

Irate, as in "The politician's speech made some of the crowd rather irate, and they started shouting insults and expletives at him".

Pirate, as in "Observers of the holiday should greet people with an "Ahoy, matey" on International Talk Like A Pirate Day, which is celebrated on 19th September each year".

Answer: Plumber

P + lumber = Plumber.

Lumber, as in "I needed to install a new skirting board in my living room, so I went to the lumber yard to purchase a suitable piece of wood".

Plumber, as in "My kitchen tap just won't stop leaking, so I've called a plumber to come and have a look at it this afternoon".