I am yellow and long. Monkeys love me. What am I?
Hint: I’m a fruit. You peel me before you eat me.
Riddles
English riddles to think about in class: read it aloud, give them a minute, then reveal the answer.
Think in English! Read the riddle aloud, give the class a minute, then reveal the answer.
378 cards
What has hands but can’t clap?
Hint: it’s on the classroom wall.
What has a head and a tail, but no body?
Hint: You can find it in your pocket or your purse.
What has keys but can’t open a single lock?
Hint: you can play it.
What has a bed but never sleeps, and a mouth but never eats?
Hint: It flows all the way to the sea.
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: birthday cakes have them.
How far can a fox run into a forest?
Hint: After a certain point, where is it running?
A bat and a ball cost £1.10 together. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much is the ball?
Hint: It isn’t 10p. Check it!
What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters, but never has five letters?
Hint: Count the letters in the words of the question.
I am very tall. I have a long neck and I eat leaves from the top of trees. What am I?
Hint: I have brown spots.
I am big and grey. I have big ears and a very long nose. What am I?
Hint: I can spray water with my nose.
I am green. I can jump very high and I say “ribbit”. What am I?
Hint: I live in a pond.
I come after the rain. I have seven colours. What am I?
Hint: Look up at the sky when the sun comes out.
I go up when the rain comes down. What am I?
Hint: You hold me over your head.
I am cold and sweet. Children love me on hot days. What am I?
Hint: I live in the freezer.
I am black and white and I love to eat bamboo. What am I?
Hint: I’m a bear from China.
I jump and jump. My baby lives in a pocket on my tummy. What am I?
Hint: I live in Australia.
I am white and fluffy. I float in the blue sky. What am I?
Hint: Sometimes I bring rain.
I am black and white. I say “moo” and I give you milk. What am I?
Hint: I live on a farm and I eat grass.
I am round. I am a fruit, and my name is a colour too! What am I?
Hint: You can drink my juice at breakfast.
I am hot and yellow. I am in the sky in the day. What am I?
Hint: Wear a hat when I’m out!
I come out at night. I am white and sometimes I am round like a ball. What am I?
Hint: I’m in the night sky, and I’m the biggest light there.
I am cold and white. I fall from the sky in winter. What am I?
Hint: Children make balls with me and throw them.
I have big, beautiful wings of many colours. Before, I was a caterpillar. What am I?
Hint: I’m an insect and I love flowers.
About these riddles
378 English riddles for the ESL classroom, Kids to C2. Think in English! Read the riddle aloud, give the class a minute, then reveal the answer. Pick a level, search the cards, or open one (or a whole level) in present mode for the projector.