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Grade 12 Challenge: Word Riddles Worksheet with Answers
Grade 12 (US) · Year 13 (UK) · Class 12 (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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Grade 12 · English
Name
Class
Date
Learning goal: Challenge Puzzles
Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.
What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: your age
Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.
- 1What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
- 2What has legs but can't walk?
- 3What has many teeth but can't bite?
- 4What can you catch but not throw?
- 5What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters?
- 6What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
- ATeapot
- BShort
- CCold
- DComb
- EWrong
- FTable
Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.
- 7
What gets wetter the more it dries?
- 8
What is full of holes but still holds water?
- 9
What has hands but can't clap?
- 10
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
- 11
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
- 12
What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
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Answer key — Challenge: Word Riddles (Grade 12)
- 1.E — wrong
- 2.F — a table (or chair)
- 3.D — a comb
- 4.C — a cold
- 5.B — short
- 6.A — a teapot
- 7.a towel
- 8.a sponge
- 9.a clock
- 10.a stamp
- 11.an echo
- 12.a map
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.E — wrong
- 2.F — a table (or chair)
- 3.D — a comb
- 4.C — a cold
- 5.B — short
- 6.A — a teapot
- 7.a towel
- 8.a sponge
- 9.a clock
- 10.a stamp
- 11.an echo
- 12.a map
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