Riddles

words and
connectives like ‘but’ and ‘so’

Remember to use WOW words and a connective like ‘however’ and ‘although’

Instructions: use the next list to help you write your own riddle about a banana:
I look like…
I sound like…
You find me…
I have…
I am…
I feel…

Day 1: Solve the riddle below.

I am a snowman’s nose,
And a reindeer’s Christmas Eve treat.
I’m good to eat, but crunchy when raw;
Bugs Bunny’s favourite.
What am I?

A carrot!

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I challenge you to solve the riddle above and then write your own.

Now write your own.

left?
Ideas: what pirates say, his wooden leg, sailing the seas, a bottle of rum…

Can you write a different pirate riddle?
Include a clue about his wooden leg.

Can you write a riddle about a mermaid?
Try and start one of your sentences with an adverb e.g. carefully, loudly.

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Day 2: Solve the riddle below.

My transport is a boat.
My teeth are often crooked or missing.
I love jewels and gold.
My pet is a parrot.
What am I?

A pirate!

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I challenge you to solve the riddle above and then write your own by picking a challenge on the right.

a name: ‘Food’, ‘Body’, ‘Nose’, ‘Where it lives’ and ‘How it lives.’

Write a riddle about a friend. Remember to describe:
hair
eye
things they like/dislike

Create two riddles: Each riddle is about a different person in the class. Read it out and see if anyone can guess which is which.

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Day 3: Solve the riddle below.

Two riddles have been blown about in the wind. Can you put the two riddles back together?
Clue: one is about a chimpanzee and one is about a brown (grizzly) bear.

My arms are longer than my legs.

The sound I make is an ‘oo’ ‘oo’.

Fish and berries are my favourite foods.

Roar!

Alone is how I live.

I live in America.

I like living in groups.

I have four paws.

My long arms help me to swing through the trees.

I am an ape.

are my favourite foods.
Roar!
I live in America.
I have four paws.

My arms are longer than my legs.
The sound that I make is an ‘oo’ ‘oo’.
I am an ape.
I like living in groups.
My long arms help me to swing through the trees.

3 WOW words in your sentences?

How can you use the following sentence openers…
adverb?
ing word?
a WOW word?

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Day 4: Finish the riddle below.

This riddle has been started for you. Today you will need to finish this riddle:
No one can reach me
They say there’s a pot of gold at the end
This riddle has been started, what will you write next?

Leprechauns

After it has rained

The colours

When you see a rainbow

Here are some ideas…

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Change the order of some of the words to make it sound different.

Change how some of the sentences start.
Add a connective somewhere.

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Day 5: Solve the riddle below.

I am part of a bird but I always stay dry.
I fly over land following the bird wherever it goes.
I can fly across the oceans and never get wet.
I can change shape and size.
I can change from dark to pale.
You can’t catch me or touch me.
What am I?

A bird’s shadow!

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