Made Permana Dewi

Lintas minat bahasa Inggris -6

Activity 2 of Proverbs and Riddles (Tue)

A. Match the Riddles in A with the answer in B.

A B
1 What word begins and ends with an E but only has a short
one letter? (F)
2 What gets wetter when it dries? (J) b Post Office.
3 Which month of the year has 28 days? (H) c The letter “D”.
4 Why would a man living in New York not be buried in d Teapot.
Chicago? (G)
5 What five-letter word becomes shorter when you e C.
add two letters to it? (A)
6 What has to be broken before you can use it? (I) f Envelope.
7 What starts with a P, ends with an E and has g He’s still living.
thousands of letters? (B)
8 What begins with T ends with T and has T in it? (D) h All of them.
9 What is next in this sequence? JFMAMJJASON . . . i An egg.
(C)
10 Which letter of the alphabet has the most water? j A towel.
(E)

B. Choose 5 of the Riddles above,then explain why they are fun. Number 1 is
given as an example for you.
1. (1)= f
EnvelopE  Look that this word begins with letter (huruf) ‘E’ and ends
with ‘E’. In the past when email (electronic mail/text message) was not
common, people sent letter (surat) by putting it into an envelope.
2. (2)= J
A towel  Because when it’s dry, you will use it to drying your body and
getting wet from doing so
 3. (5)= A
Short  Because when you add two letter on the end of the word (E, and
R), it will be shorter
4. (8)= D
TeapoT  This word begins with letter ‘T’ and ends with letter ‘T’ too.
5. (9)=C
The letter “D”  Because the sequence contains the first letter of each
month. JFMAMJJASON (January, February, March, April, May, June,
July, August, September, October, November, December)
6. (10)=E
C  Because when we read the letter c it sounds like sea

C. Find 8 more fun riddles. If necessary, explain why they are fun.
Note: You’are not allowed to copy the riddles from those used in Linmat Bhs.
Inggris 2.
1. What needs an answer but doesn’t ask a question?
= A telephone  because you just need to answer the telephone. You
don’t need to ask any questions.
2. What word is spelled wrong in all the dictionaries?
= Wrong
3. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
= Footsteps because the more you walk, the more footsteps you leave
behind.
4. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
= The future  because we can’t see our future
5. What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
= A table  a table has 4 legs, but can’t move or walk
6. What has words, but never speaks?
= A book  a book contain so many words on it, but can’t speaks
7. What is full of holes but still holds water?
= A sponge
8. What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
= The letter ‘o’  in the middle of the word Toronto there is the letter
‘o’. TOR O NTO.