A "SALAMI_SWAMI" Quiz for Kids

Answer: Sail

Sailing is a way to go boating by using the wind to glide you along the water. The wind blows into the sails which bring about movement. The sails are made of fabric and sewn together, fitted on the spars and rigging of the boat so they can catch the wind which will move the boat.

When there is a sale (which is a homophone of sail), that means that things are priced lower than usual so the item becomes a bargain.

Answer: Swim

Swimming is a recreational activity that you do in the water. When you swim, you can use a variety of swimming strokes including the dog paddle, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly and freestyle.

Answer: Mail

Mailing a letter requires that you place the proper value of stamp or postage on the envelope before you drop the letter into the mail box to be sorted at the postal station and then delivered to the person you are sending it to. Mail can arrive in many forms such as bills, postcard, letters, magazines and much more.

Male is a homophone of mail. Male is referring to a man or a boy, the masculine gender of a species.

Answer: Law

Laws are passed by a country's justice system to act as guidelines and rules. These guidelines and rules get put in place to prevent people from doing things that are bad, like theft, murder, speeding and so on. Breaking the law, such as stealing, can result in arrest and time in jail.

Answer: Wail

To wail means that a person is giving a cry of pain, anger or sadness. Wailing is a mournful cry expressing a negative feeling.

The homophone for wail is whale, which is a mammal such as the blue whale, sperm whale and beluga whale.

Answer: Ail

Ail means that you feel ill or have some pain. It can also mean that you are causing pain or uneasiness to someone else.

Answer: Slim

The word slim means that a person's body is slender. It can also mean that your chance of success at something is not very good.

Answer: Miss

The word miss means that you are longing for someone who is away to return. You feel lost without them there with you. A young lady is also referred to as miss. An unmarried female is also called miss. If your teacher is a lady and is not married and her last name is Brown, then you would call her Miss Brown, to show respect for her.

Another meaning is that you fail to do something that you try to do like trying to hit a baseball with a bat, but you miss and get a strike instead.

Answer: Slaw

Slaw is a food mixture of shredded cabbage, usually with other vegetables like carrots and celery some of the time. The shredded cabbage, with or without the vegetable mix, is combined with a salad dressing and eaten. Coleslaw is the most common way to express this combination.

Answer: Was

The past tense of the verb to be is was. It means that something used to be a certain way, like my hair was black but now I've dyed it blonde.