![]() Going further back, Ancient Egyptian writing or hieroglyphs were also read in a rebus style fashion. This helped illiterate people know to who things belonged. They were also used on other personal objects and buildings to show ownership. People often used pictures of objects that sounded similar to their family names. During medieval times they were used on coats of arms by noblemen and knights to show family names. Rebuses have been around for a long time. A basic example is the combination of the pictures of an eye, a heart, a sun, and a flower to mean – I love sunflowers. The word rebus come from the Latin expression – “Non verbis, sed rebus”. More simply, the pictures or symbols of a rebus represent and express sounds and words. What’s a rebus puzzle? Well, a rebus is a representation of words, phrases, sounds or syllables by images of objects, letters, numbers or symbols. The answers for sheet 1 above are as follows –ġ – For once in my life (four ones in my life) If you like these puzzles, you will for sure want to see the new printable brain teasers with answers pages. Sometimes it works well to draw the 12 blank rectangles on the board and if a student or team has an answer they can run up and write there themselves. ![]() You may also need to give clues for some of the harder ones and you can also make it a group or class exercise and have students work together. Give examples on the board like – CHmadeINA (made in China), IN VADERS (space invaders), and (I love you) by drawing an eye, a heart, and the letter U. It is best to introduce the concept before handing out the rebus puzzles. Initially, students may find them quite hard but once they get the idea of them they find them much easier. They get students thinking laterally and provide enjoyable mental exercise. These rebus puzzles are a stimulating activity for higher-level ESL learners.
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