Time to play the puzzzle from NPR Sunday On-Air Challenge! Find the double "ee" words & double "oo" words with the clues!

I'm going to read you some sentences with two words left out. The first missing word has a double-E. Change the double-E to a double-O and you'll get the second missing word,

 

Ex. The tired boatman plans to ___ overnight on his ___. 

ð   SLEEP, SLOOP

 

    

1.   If you were offered both brie and cheddar, which ___ would you ___?

    2.   On April 1st I had a ___ the practical joker was intent on ___ me.

    3.   The shepherd was directing his flock across a shallow ___ by waving a ___ in his hand.

    4.   The ___ on the oven thermometer indicated the temperature of the tuna ___ casserole.

    5.   Once during hay fever season, my loud ___ awoke my father from his ___.

    6.   You can use almost any metal like copper, iron, or ___ to fashion a ___ to sit on.

    7.   Smoking a ___ while carrying an armload of shingles up a ladder wouldn't be wise for a ___ to do.

    8.   If you're ___ over an insult someone has given you, you might find a hot bath nicely ___.

 

Answer Keys

    1.  cheese, choose

    2.  feeling, fooling

    3.  creek, crook

    4.  needle, noodle

    5.  sneeze, snooze

    6.  steel, stool

    7.  reefer, roofer

    8.  seething, soothing