Riddles in English

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome! Today: Riddles

Aims

I will have solved English riddles together with my classmates

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Riddle #1: What has to be broken before you can use it? Only fill in the word! (no article!)

An egg!

Riddle #2: I am tall when I am young. I am short when I am old. What am I?

It's a candle!

Riddle #3: What can't talk, but will talk back when spoken to?

It's an echo!

Riddle #4: The more there is of me, the less you see. What am I?

Darkness!

Riddle #5: You are running in a race and pass by the person who is in 5th place. What place are you in? Write down the number only!

You will be in 5th place

Riddle #7: What begins with 'e' and only contains one letter?

An envelope!

Riddle #8: What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?

STONE!

Remove the letters

'St' 

You'll be left with

'one'

Get ready for the next riddles!

8 more to go!

Riddle #10: What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?

A teapot!

Riddle #11: What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

A deck of playing cards!

Riddle #12: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

Silence...

Riddle #13: I have a single eye but can’t see. What am I?

It's a  needle!

And the winners are ...