From the first sound in a word to anagrams and homonyms. Every riddle practises reading, spelling or wordplay, and a right answer earns a sticker and a short explanation.
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Answer: Eve
Words that read the same backwards are called palindromes, like mum, level and kayak.
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I hiss like a snake: sssss. I am the first letter of SUN. Which letter am I?
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When you say me, your mouth makes a round shape, and I am round like a ring. Which letter am I?
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I rhyme with HAT, I love milk and I say meow. Who am I?
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When something surprises you, you say aaah! I am the first letter of the alphabet. Which letter am I?
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I am the first letter of MUM, MOON and MILK. To say me, you close your lips: mmm. Which letter am I?
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Clap once for each part of the word BA-NA-NA. How many claps is that?
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I am the first letter of LION, LEMON and LEAF. Which letter am I?
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I am the first letter of BALL, BABY and BOAT. Which letter am I?
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I rhyme with GOAT, and I float on the water. What am I?
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Clap once for each part of the word PEN-CIL. How many claps is that?
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I look like a ladder with one rung in the middle. Which letter am I?
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I look like a circle with a bite taken out of it. Which letter am I?
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I buzz like a bee: zzz. I am the first letter of ZEBRA. Which letter am I?
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Which word is the longest: CAT, OWL or HEDGEHOG?
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Which letter is missing in the word C _ T?
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I read the same from left to right and from right to left. I am a girl's name with three letters, and I start with E. What is my name?
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Change the first letter of NEW to D and you get the tiny drops you find on the grass in the morning. Which word is it?
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How many letters are in the word SHIP? Careful: SH makes one sound, but it is written with two letters.
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I am the kind of word that says what someone does: run, write, sing. What am I called?
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I am the kind of word that names people, animals and things: Sam, cat, table. What am I called?
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I am the opposite of DAY. When I come, the stars light up. What am I?
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Read the word STAR backwards. What do you get?
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What do we call lots of birds flying together?
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What do we call a baby cat?
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How many syllables are there in the word BUTTERFLY?
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I am a flower that follows the sun, and my name is made from two words. What am I?
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Which mark do we write at the end of a question?
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What kind of letter starts every sentence: a small one or a capital one?
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I have leaves but I am not a tree; I have a cover but I am not a bed; I have a spine but I am not an animal. What am I?
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One word does not belong: blue, red, green, chair. Which one?
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Rearrange the letters of LISTEN to get a word that means making no sound at all. Which word is it?
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In the alphabet I come straight after S and just before U. Which letter am I?
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I am something you wear on your legs, and a tiny insect hides in my name. What am I?
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One word does not belong: apple, pear, carrot, plum. Which one?
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When there is only one, we say child. What do we say when there are many?
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What do we call a word that means the same as another word, like big and large?
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Rearrange the letters of TEA to get something you do at dinner. What is it?
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Which letter appears most often in the word ABRACADABRA?
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What kind of word are on, in, under and behind?
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Finish the saying: Practice makes ...
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How many words are in the sentence: The little rabbit hops away?
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Which word is left when you take the first letter off SWING?
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What are words called that sound like the thing they describe, like boom, meow and tick tock?
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Which word has more vowels: KAYAK or AUDIO?
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What do we call the part we add to the start of a word to change its meaning, like UN in UNHAPPY?
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Add one letter to the front of OWN and you get a place where many people live. Which word is it?
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How many letters are in the word KNIGHT? Some of them make no sound at all!
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Rearrange the letters of EARTH to get the part of your body that beats. Which word is it?
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Finish the saying: The early bird catches the ...
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I am a flying animal that sleeps upside down, and I am also what you hit the ball with in cricket. Which word am I?
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How many vowels are in the word ALPHABET?
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Which letter continues the sequence: M, T, W, T, F, S ...?
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Which letter continues the sequence: J, F, M, A, M, J ...?
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As soon as you say my name, I disappear. What am I?
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If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on through the alphabet, which word do the numbers 3, 1, 20 spell?
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How many times does the letter A appear in the sentence: Anna has a banana?
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Which word has only one letter and means me?
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What do we call a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet?
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Which word has none of the vowels A, E, I, O or U: TREE, RHYTHM, HOUSE or APPLE?
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Bosnian schools teach two alphabets. One is Latin. What is the other?
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Letter riddles train the ear for sounds: children spot the first sound in a word, clap syllables and look for rhymes. Older children rearrange anagrams and meet homonyms, synonyms and kinds of words, which helps both reading and writing.
The youngest pick a letter or a picture, and older children type the answer. If they get stuck, the first hint says where to look and the second almost gives it away.
After a riddle, try to think of one more rhyming word or one more anagram together. That turns each riddle into a word game for the whole family.
For reading aloud, in class or at home. The answer is hidden under each riddle.
I hiss like a snake: sssss. I am the first letter of SUN. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter S
Did you know? S is a sound you can stretch out for as long as your breath lasts.
When you say me, your mouth makes a round shape, and I am round like a ring. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter O
Did you know? A, E, I, O and U are vowels. You say them with your mouth open, and you can sing them for a long time.
I rhyme with HAT, I love milk and I say meow. Who am I?
Answer: a cat
Did you know? Words that rhyme end with the same sounds, like cat and hat or cake and lake.
When something surprises you, you say aaah! I am the first letter of the alphabet. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter A
Did you know? The English alphabet has 26 letters, and A comes first.
I am the first letter of MUM, MOON and MILK. To say me, you close your lips: mmm. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter M
Did you know? When you say M, the air comes out through your nose. Try holding your nose and saying mmm.
Clap once for each part of the word BA-NA-NA. How many claps is that?
Answer: three claps (3)
Did you know? These word parts are called syllables. Clapping them helps you read long words.
I am the first letter of LION, LEMON and LEAF. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter L
Did you know? When you say L, the tip of your tongue lifts and touches the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth.
I am the first letter of BALL, BABY and BOAT. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter B
Did you know? B and P are made with the same lips. B uses your voice, and P is like a whisper.
I rhyme with GOAT, and I float on the water. What am I?
Answer: a boat
Did you know? Boat and goat rhyme because they end with the same sounds: oat.
Clap once for each part of the word PEN-CIL. How many claps is that?
Answer: two claps (2)
Did you know? Pencil has two syllables, and pencil case has three: pen, cil, case.
I look like a ladder with one rung in the middle. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter H
Did you know? You say H like breathing on a cold window: hhh.
I look like a circle with a bite taken out of it. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter C
Did you know? In English, C can sound like k in cat or like s in city.
I buzz like a bee: zzz. I am the first letter of ZEBRA. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter Z
Did you know? Z and S are said almost the same way, but Z uses your voice.
Which word is the longest: CAT, OWL or HEDGEHOG?
Answer: hedgehog
Did you know? Hedgehog has eight letters, while cat and owl have only three.
Which letter is missing in the word C _ T?
Answer: the letter A
Did you know? When you look for a missing letter, say the whole word slowly.
I read the same from left to right and from right to left. I am a girl's name with three letters, and I start with E. What is my name?
Answer: Eve
Did you know? Words that read the same backwards are called palindromes, like mum, level and kayak.
Change the first letter of NEW to D and you get the tiny drops you find on the grass in the morning. Which word is it?
Answer: dew
Did you know? Dew forms at night when the air cools and the water in it gathers into drops on the cold grass.
How many letters are in the word SHIP? Careful: SH makes one sound, but it is written with two letters.
Answer: four letters (4)
Did you know? In English, two letters can make one sound, like sh, ch and th. They still count as two letters.
I am the kind of word that says what someone does: run, write, sing. What am I called?
Answer: a verb
Did you know? Verbs tell us what happens. In The dog barks, the word barks is a verb.
I am the kind of word that names people, animals and things: Sam, cat, table. What am I called?
Answer: a noun
Did you know? Names of people, towns and rivers start with a capital letter: Sam, London, Thames.
I am the opposite of DAY. When I come, the stars light up. What am I?
Answer: night
Did you know? Words with opposite meanings are called antonyms: day and night, up and down, big and small.
Read the word STAR backwards. What do you get?
Answer: rats
Did you know? Some words make a different word backwards: star and rats, pot and top.
What do we call lots of birds flying together?
Answer: a flock
Did you know? Groups of animals have special names: a flock of birds, a swarm of bees, a herd of horses and a pack of wolves.
What do we call a baby cat?
Answer: a kitten
Did you know? Many animal babies have their own names: kitten, puppy, calf and foal.
How many syllables are there in the word BUTTERFLY?
Answer: three (3)
Did you know? Butterfly splits like this: but, ter, fly.
I am a flower that follows the sun, and my name is made from two words. What am I?
Answer: a sunflower
Did you know? Words made from two words are called compound words: sunflower, rainbow and football.
Which mark do we write at the end of a question?
Answer: a question mark (?)
Did you know? A statement ends with a full stop, a question with a question mark and an exclamation with an exclamation mark.
What kind of letter starts every sentence: a small one or a capital one?
Answer: a capital letter
Did you know? We use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and for names: Sam, London, Thames.
I have leaves but I am not a tree; I have a cover but I am not a bed; I have a spine but I am not an animal. What am I?
Answer: a book
Did you know? Books used to be copied by hand, so making a single book could take years.
One word does not belong: blue, red, green, chair. Which one?
Answer: chair
Did you know? Blue, red and green are colours, but a chair is an object. The odd one out is the chair.
Rearrange the letters of LISTEN to get a word that means making no sound at all. Which word is it?
Answer: silent
Did you know? Words made from the same letters in a different order are called anagrams. Listen and silent are a famous pair.
In the alphabet I come straight after S and just before U. Which letter am I?
Answer: the letter T
Did you know? The end of the English alphabet goes R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Z is the last letter.
I am something you wear on your legs, and a tiny insect hides in my name. What am I?
Answer: pants
Did you know? Many words hide smaller words: pants hides ant, scarf hides car, and planet hides plane.
One word does not belong: apple, pear, carrot, plum. Which one?
Answer: carrot
Did you know? A carrot is a vegetable, while apples, pears and plums are fruit. Sorting words into groups helps you remember them.
When there is only one, we say child. What do we say when there are many?
Answer: children
Did you know? Some words change completely in the plural: child and children, mouse and mice, person and people.
What do we call a word that means the same as another word, like big and large?
Answer: a synonym
Did you know? Synonyms are words with the same meaning, like happy and glad. They keep a story from sounding dull.
Rearrange the letters of TEA to get something you do at dinner. What is it?
Answer: eat
Did you know? Tea, eat and ate are all made from the same three letters.
Which letter appears most often in the word ABRACADABRA?
Answer: the letter A
Did you know? In abracadabra the letter A appears five times, and B and R twice each.
What kind of word are on, in, under and behind?
Answer: a preposition
Did you know? Prepositions show how things relate: the book is on the table, and the cat is under it.
Finish the saying: Practice makes ...
Answer: perfect
Did you know? This saying means that you get better at anything by doing it again and again.
How many words are in the sentence: The little rabbit hops away?
Answer: five (5)
Did you know? We leave a space between words in a sentence, so they are easy to count.
Which word is left when you take the first letter off SWING?
Answer: wing
Did you know? One letter can change a word completely: swing and wing mean very different things.
What are words called that sound like the thing they describe, like boom, meow and tick tock?
Answer: onomatopoeia
Did you know? Onomatopoeia copies sounds: a dog goes woof, a clock goes tick tock, and a door creaks.
Which word has more vowels: KAYAK or AUDIO?
Answer: audio
Did you know? Audio has four vowels, A, U, I and O, in only five letters.
What do we call the part we add to the start of a word to change its meaning, like UN in UNHAPPY?
Answer: a prefix
Did you know? Prefixes change what a word means: happy and unhappy, write and rewrite.
Add one letter to the front of OWN and you get a place where many people live. Which word is it?
Answer: town
Did you know? Adding letters makes new words: own, town, towns. Words grow into families this way.
How many letters are in the word KNIGHT? Some of them make no sound at all!
Answer: six letters (6)
Did you know? English has many silent letters, like the k in knight and the w in write.
Rearrange the letters of EARTH to get the part of your body that beats. Which word is it?
Answer: heart
Did you know? Earth and heart are anagrams. Try others: listen and silent, night and thing.
Finish the saying: The early bird catches the ...
Answer: worm
Did you know? Sayings are short pieces of old wisdom. This one means that starting early pays off.
I am a flying animal that sleeps upside down, and I am also what you hit the ball with in cricket. Which word am I?
Answer: bat
Did you know? Words that are spelled the same but mean different things are called homonyms, like bat, bark and match.
How many vowels are in the word ALPHABET?
Answer: three (3)
Did you know? Every English syllable has a vowel sound. Sometimes Y does the job, as in sky and gym.
Which letter continues the sequence: M, T, W, T, F, S ...?
Answer: S
Did you know? These are the first letters of the days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Which letter continues the sequence: J, F, M, A, M, J ...?
Answer: J
Did you know? These are the first letters of the months: January, February, March, April, May, June, and next comes July.
As soon as you say my name, I disappear. What am I?
Answer: silence
Did you know? Silence is the absence of sound. Any spoken word breaks it.
If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on through the alphabet, which word do the numbers 3, 1, 20 spell?
Answer: cat
Did you know? This kind of code is very old. C is the 3rd letter, A the 1st and T the 20th.
How many times does the letter A appear in the sentence: Anna has a banana?
Answer: seven times (7)
Did you know? Counting letters takes care. It is easiest to go word by word and write the numbers down.
Which word has only one letter and means me?
Answer: I
Did you know? English has two common one-letter words: I and a.
What do we call a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet?
Answer: a pangram
Did you know? The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog is a famous English pangram.
Which word has none of the vowels A, E, I, O or U: TREE, RHYTHM, HOUSE or APPLE?
Answer: rhythm
Did you know? In rhythm the letter Y does the work of a vowel, so the word is still easy to say.
Bosnian schools teach two alphabets. One is Latin. What is the other?
Answer: Cyrillic
Did you know? The Bosnian Latin and Cyrillic alphabets both have thirty letters, and each Latin letter matches one Cyrillic letter.