RIDDLES

AND

PROVERBS
 learning objectives

a. understand what are riddle and proverbs;

b. analyze details to understand the meaning of riddles;
and,
c.defend local color, figurative language, and sensory
images
 A riddle presents an object
indirectly by stating its
characteristic features or
Riddle peculiarities, providing just
enough information to call it to
mind without naming it.
What has to be broken before you
can use it?
egg
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m
short when I’m old

candle

What gets
What
wet while
drying?

towel
What has many keys but can’t
open a single lock?

piano

What has to be broken before you

can use it?
egg
What gets bigger when more is
taken away?

hole

What goes up and

down but doesn’t
move?

staircase
What can you break, even if you
never pick it up or touch it?

promise

What question can

you never answer yes
to?

Are you asleep

yet?
What goes up but never comes
down?

age

What is black when

it’s clean and white
when it’s dirty?

chalkboard
 I’m light as a feather, yet the
strongest person can’t hold me
for five minutes. What am I?

breath

If you’ve got me, you

want to share me; if
you share me, you
haven’t kept me.
What am I?
secret
What do you call a cat who
loves to swim?

catfish

Which letter of the

alphabet has the
most water?

C
What has hands but
doesn’t clap?

clock

Where can you find

cities, towns, shops,
and streets but no
people?

map
 -are pithy sayings that
contain advice or state a basic
truth.

-reflect folk wisdom as to

how to act and live, hence, they
proverbs show the cultural values and
the physical environment of the
region where they originated.
 EXAMPLE
NO. 1

Absence makes the

heart grow fonder.
 Meaning

Being away from someone or something for

a period of time makes you appreciate
that person or thing more when you see
them or it again.
 EXAMPLE
NO. 2

Actions speak louder

than words.
 Meaning

What you do is more important than what

you say.
 EXAMPLE
NO. 3

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a

single step.
 Meaning

You must begin something if you hope to

finish it; something that takes a long
time to finish begins with one step.
 EXAMPLE
NO. 4

Don’t put too many irons in the fire.

 Meaning

Don’t try to do too many

things at the same time; focus
on one thing at a time.
 EXAMPLE
NO. 5

The early bird gets the worm.

 Meaning

People who wake up early or

who get to places early have a
better chance of success.
 EXAMPLE
NO. 6

The grass always looks greener on the other

side of the fence.

 Meaning

People always want what they

don’t have.
 EXAMPLE
NO.7

The early bird gets the worm.

 Meaning

People always want what they

don’t have.
 EXAMPLE
NO.8

Two heads are better than one.

 Meaning

It’s easier to do something as

a team than by yourself.
 EXAMPLE
NO.8

There is no place like home.

 Meaning

Your home is the most

comfortable place in the
world.