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Riddles?

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What has to be broken before you can use it?

a)

A candle

b)

An egg

c)

A sponge

d)

A promise

2.

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

a)

A candle

b)

A sponge

c)

 A towel

d)

All of them

3.

What is full of holes but still holds water?

a)

A promise

b)

A sponge

c)

A barber

d)

A bank

4.

What question can you never answer yes to?

(a)  

5.

What goes up but never comes down?

(a)  

6.

What gets wet while drying?

a)

A towel

b)

A barber

c)

A bank

d)

An echo

7.

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

(a)  

8.

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

a)

A piano

b)

A chalkboard

c)

A promise

d)

A hole

9.

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

(a)  

10.

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

a)

A candle

b)

A sponge

c)

 A towel

d)

All of them

11.

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

a)

A candle

b)

A sponge

c)

 A towel

d)

All of them

12.

19. Riddle: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

a)

Th

b)

Answer: Darkness

c)

Gg

d)

Fv

13.

Riddle: I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?

a)

Got

b)

Gb

c)

Hg

d)

Answer: Your shadow

14.

Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

a)

G

b)

H

c)

Answer: A piano

d)

T

15.

Riddle: Where does today come before yesterday?

a)

Answer: The dictionary

b)

F

c)

F

d)

N

16.

34. Riddle: It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?

a)

5

b)

Answer: Your name

c)

Y

17.

41. Riddle: What can you catch, but not throw?

a)

Answer: A cold

b)

R

18.

Riddle: Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?

a)

D

b)

T

c)

Answer: Five—each daughter has the same brother.

19.

Riddle: If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?

a)

Answer: You have two apples.

b)

G