Charades

CHARADES

1. My first is the two letters which begin the English alphabet.

 My second is the Past Tense of the verb to send.

 My whole is the antonym of present .( Ab-sent)

2. My first boys wear on their heads.

 My second is a personal pronoun in the third person, singular.

 My third is a suffix of an adjective.

 My whole is the chief city. (Cap-it-al)

3. My first is two letters giving the sound [a:].

 My second is a possessive pronoun in the first person, singular.

 My whole is that which makes a country strong. ( Ar-my)

4. My first is a preposition.

 My second is to receive.

 My whole is the antonym of remember. ( For-get)

5. My first is what we do after we get up.

 My second is the suffix of the present participle.

 My third is a letter which comes after s.

 My fourth is a preposition.

 My whole is a capital. (Wash-ing-t-on)

6. My first is the indefinite article.

 My second is the synonym of wide.

 My whole means “in a foreign country”. ( A-broad)

7. My first is a verb.

 My second is not high but… .

 My whole is the antonym of above. (Be-low)

8. My first is an article.

 My second means “to go to the other side”.

 My whole is a preposition. (A-cross)

9.  My first we say when we agree.

 My second is the first syllable of the word terribly.

 My third is the antonym of night.

 My whole is “ the day before”. (Yes-ter-day)

10. My first is a negative prefix.

 My second is a preposition.

 My third we use when speaking about music.

 My whole is “unhappiness”. (Mis-for-tune)