Reading Building 2 – Unit 9

What’s a Riddle? – Comprehension Questions

A. Read the article on page 54 and make short answers.

1. Where did Gloria see Jeff after class?
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2. Why was she happy to see Jeff?

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3. What does Gloria have to do for her school project?

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4. Does Jeff like riddles?

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5. Why could her remember this riddle?

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6. Why can’t Jeff give Gloria a clue?

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7. Is Gloria good at solving riddles?

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8. What does Gloria think about the riddle?

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9. What is the answer to Jeff’s riddle?

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10. Why does an old person ‘have three legs’?

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 Reading Building 2– Unit 9
What’s a Riddle? – Vocabulary Questions
1. Do you know the answer to this riddle: tell me three days that happen in a row without saying Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday?
2. How often do you cheat on your tests?
3. Are you good at solving difficult math problems?
4. Tell me the name of the job: this person has to find clues to catch bad people.
5. How old were you when you started to crawl?
6. Which parts of English grammar make you feel confused?
7. What jobs do your parents ask you to help them out with?
8. Do you have to do group projects in school?
9. (See 3)
10. What are you supposed to do every day after school?
11. What phone games are you into at the moment?
12. Would you feel happy if your parents took away your phone for a while?
13. Have you become smarter as you have become older?
14. Do you think it is fun to play tricks to confuse your teachers?
15. How many people are there in this room?
16. Did you use a cane when you broke your leg?
17. Is it better to get around Taipei by car or by MRT?
18. What is something you used to like when you were a kid that you don’t like anymore?
19. Will you stop coming to Kojen once you have finished school?

Can you solve the riddles?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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1. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

A clock.
2. As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
One. (me)
3. How many letters are in the alphabet?
11 ( t-h-e a-l-p-h-a-b-e-t).
4. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water? 
C (sea).
5. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short (Short-er).
6. All of Jenny’s pets are dogs except one, and all of her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does
Jenny have? 
Jenny has one cat and one dog.
7. Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have? 
He has 5 children.
8. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it? 
Nothing
9. Some months have thirty days and some months have thirty-one days. How many months have twenty-eight
days? 
All of the months have 28 days.
10. What is something that is yours but others use it more than you do? 
Your name.
You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I? 
Your sister.
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What has a face and two hands
but no arms or legs?
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As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

3
How many letters
are in the
alphabet?
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Which letter of the
alphabet has the
most water?

5
What five-letter word becomes
shorter when you add two letters to
it?
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All of Jenny’s pets are dogs
except one, and all of her pets are
cats except one. How many cats
and dogs does Jenny have? 

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Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of
his daughters has a brother. How
many children does Mr. Smith have?  
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Poor people have it. Rich
people need it. If you eat
it you die. What is it?  

9
Some months have thirty days
and some months have thirty-one
days. How many months have
twenty-eight days?
 
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What is something that is
yours but others use it more
than you do?