Riddles for Grade 5 Students

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

• Silence

• Echo

• Shadow

• Whisper

What has keys but can't open locks?

• Saxophone

• Computer

• Book

• Piano

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

• Leaves

• Footsteps

• Shadows

• Memories

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

• A penny

• A quarter

• A nickel

• A dime

What has a neck but no head, two arms but no hands?

• snake

• tree

• shirt

• lamp

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for much longer than a minute. What am I?

• Cloud

• Breath

• Whisper

• Shadow

What has a heart that doesn't beat?

• A computer

• A clock

• A rock

• A plant

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

• A book

• A mirror

• A clock

• A painting

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

• gold

• pencil

• coal

• diamond

What has a single eye but can't see?

• button

• pencil

• rock

• needle