Riddles Fun Activities Games. Games Reading Comprehension

What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
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What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
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A stamp
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Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
Fire
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You use a knife to slice my head
and weep beside me when I am dead.
What am I?
An onion
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All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
What is it?
The wind
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When I am filled, I can point the way;
When I am empty, nothing moves me.
I have two skins,
One without and one within.
What am I?
A glove
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The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
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What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
The letter “N”
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What has a head, a tail, is brown,
and has no legs?
A penny
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I'm full of holes, yet I'm full of water. What am I?
A sponge
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It's red, blue, purple and green,
no one can reach it,
not even the queen.
What is it?
The rainbow
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The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Footsteps
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If you drop me I'm sure to crack
but give me a smile
and I'll always smile back.
A mirror
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Round like an apple, deep like a cup,
yet all the king's horses
cannot pull it up.
A well
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Tall in the morning, short at noon, gone at night but I'll be back soon. What am I?
A shadow
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What comes down but never goes up?
Rain
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Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Nothing
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I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
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Mary’s father has 5 daughters – Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughter’s name?
Mary
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If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
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A secret
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