English Riddles

What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?

• Teeth

• Teapot

• Teacher

• Chinese Restaurant

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old, what am I?

• Grandmother

• Grandfather

• Rubber

• Candle

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

• break the glass

• break the window

• break the bowl

• break the Silence

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

• Eleven

• Seven

• Seventeen

• Seventy

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

• Future

• Wind

• Ice

• Dust

Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?

• Dream

• Map

• Picture book

• Mall

What has a neck but no head?

• bottle

• turtle-neck shirt

• Giraffe

• necklace

What becomes wetter the more it dries?

• wet tissue

• a sponge

• a towel

• a pillow

What has hands but doesn’t clap?

• cat

• cookie monster

• crab

• clock

What has to be broken before you can use it?

• egg

• magic spell

• joke

• nuts