Plus P Trivia Quiz

Answer: Seep

See + p = Seep.

See, as in "My son really loves aeroplanes, and we often go to the airport so he can see them take off and land".

Seep, as in "I accidentally picked the scab on my arm, and gross yellowy-green pus started to seep out of it".

Answer: Tramp

Tram + p = Tramp.

Tram, as in "I was running late this morning, so missed my usual tram to work, and had to wait twenty minutes for the next one to come along".

Tramp, as in "Susan is a very kind and caring person, and always buys a cup of coffee and a cake for the tramp that sits at the end of the High Street when she goes into town".

Answer: Wasp

Was + p = Wasp.

Was, as in "John was a soldier in his twenties, but had to leave due to injury and became a banker".

Wasp, as in "My daughter, who had been happily playing in the garden, let out a horrific scream, as she had just been stung by a wasp".

Answer: Scamp

Scam + p = Scamp.

Scam, as in "Grace was livid when she realised that she had lost £1000 to an online scam that she had thought was genuine".

Scamp, as in "My son is a right little scamp, as he is always taunting his sister and getting her into trouble".

Answer: Gasp

Gas + p = Gasp.

Gas, as in "The highway robber jumped back into his car and put his foot hard on the gas in an attempt to outrun the police who were in hot pursuit".

Gasp, as in "The circus audience let out a big gasp in unison as the tightrope walker appeared to lose her balance".

Answer: Skimp

Skim + p = Skimp.

Skim, as in "The manager didn't have time to fully read through the candidate's CV, so he gave it a quick skim to check that there was nothing obvious that would mean he wouldn't want to consider the candidate for the role".

Skimp, as in "Tommy asked the server not to skimp on the sauce for his burger when he ordered his meal, as the last on he had ordered there had had hardly any at all".

Answer: Bump

Bum + p = Bump.

Bum, as in "After a hard week at work, I love nothing more than to sit my bum down on the sofa and watch a comedy movie".

Bump, as in "My clumsy son walked into a door yesterday, and he is now proudly sporting a nice round bump on his head".

Answer: Warp

War + p = Warp.

War, as in "The soldiers were going through an intense period of training so that they would be ready to go to war at a moment's notice".

Warp, as in "The park bench had not been sufficiently treated, and it started to warp badly in the heat of the summer".

Answer: Plump

Plum + p = Plump.

Plum, as in "My grandmother loves making fruit pies. My favourite is the plum pie, as it always tastes so sweet and juicy".

Plump, as in "I went on an all-inclusive holiday recently, and definitely made the most of the breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets. To say I am a little more plump now than before the holiday is an understatement!".

Answer: Skip

Ski + p = Skip.

Ski, as in "Michael decided he wanted to learn how to ski, as he had really enjoying watching the skiing at the Winter Olympics".

Skip, as in "I prefer to record TV programmes and watch them at a later date because that allows me to skip through the annoying adverts".