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Grade 10 Challenge: Word Riddles Worksheet with Answers

Grade 10 (US) · Year 11 (UK) · Class 10 (India) · English

Unit 7: Going FurtherChallenge PuzzlesChallenge

Classic riddles that play with the double meanings of words. This free high school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Challenge: Word Riddles

Grade 10 · English

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Class

Date

Learning goal: Challenge Puzzles

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

What goes up but never comes down?

Answer: your age

Part A

Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.

  1. 1What has keys but can't open locks?
  2. 2What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
  3. 3What has one eye but can't see?
  4. 4What is full of holes but still holds water?
  5. 5What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
  6. 6What has many teeth but can't bite?
  • APiano
  • BStamp
  • CComb
  • DWrong
  • ESponge
  • FNeedle
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 7

    The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

  2. 8

    What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters?

  3. 9

    What has legs but can't walk?

  4. 10

    What can you catch but not throw?

  5. 11

    I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?

  6. 12

    Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

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  1. 1.A — a piano
  2. 2.B — a stamp
  3. 3.F — a needle
  4. 4.E — a sponge
  5. 5.D — wrong
  6. 6.C — a comb
  7. 7.footsteps
  8. 8.short
  9. 9.a table (or chair)
  10. 10.a cold
  11. 11.an echo
  12. 12.a ton

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