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1 . Let’s make funny riddles!
Match the questions and answers to make funny riddles. Write the correct letter with the question.
| Questions | Answers |
| 1. How do you know the sea is your friend? | A. A palm |
| 2. What did the road say to the bridge? | B. Because their horns don’t work. |
| 3. What kind of tree do we all have on our hands? | C. It waves. |
| 4. What is the smartest creature in the world? | D. Water |
| 5. What eight-letter word has one letter in it? | E. A coin |
| 6. Why is a tree like a dog? | F. “You make me cross!” |
| 7. What has a head and a tail, but no body? | G. Heat, because you can catch a cold. |
| 8. What can run, but cannot walk? | H. A snake, because nobody can pull its leg. |
| 9. Why do cows wear bells round their necks? | I. An envelope |
| 10. Which can move faster, heat or cold? | J. They both have a bark. |
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I’m sure you have some other riddles of your own in that amazing brain of yours. Write them down and supply the answers. Read them to your friends.
Okay, now that your brain has warmed up a bit, see how you cope with these.
| LO 5.4.4 |
2 . A mazing mind ticklers
Work with a partner and decide what your answers are. Write down very briefly in the spaces provided.
1. While standing on a hard wooden floor, how could you drop an egg 90 cm without breaking its shell? Nothing must be used to cushion the fall.
2. A little Eskimo and a big Eskimo are walking in the snow. The little Eskimo is the big Eskimo’s son. The big Eskimo is not the little Eskimo’s father. Who is the big Eskimo?
3. How can you throw a ball with all your might, and make it stop and come straight back to you without hitting a wall, or any other obstruction, and without having anything attached to it?
4. A set of ten books is arranged in an orderly way on a shelf. Each book has 100 pages, making 1 000 pages altogether. A worm, starting on page 1 of the first book, eats his way through to page 100 of the last book. How many pages has he eaten?
5. What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation: two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck, and a duck between two ducks?
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Makes you think, doesn’t it? ! Now try these on your own.
1. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
2. Why does it take longer to hoist a flag to half-mast than to hoist it to the masthead the usual way?
3. All over the world the letters SOS are used as an urgent call for help.What do the letters stand for?
4. What bird can run faster than a horse and roar like a lion, but cannot fly?
5. Why does “love” mean “nothing” in a tennis score?
Talk about everyday things that are quite AMAZING when you take time out to think about them! Now discuss your answers within your group and then as a class. Your educator will supply you with the correct amazing answers once you have given your grey cells some stimulation!
| LO 2.1.4 |
Now you need to use your drum, hammer, anvil, stirrup and snail for the next exercise. WHAT? I mean you need to use your EARS to LISTEN. (Take a look at books about your body or ask your doctor to show you what the inside of your ear is all about. You are sure to find it quite amazing.)
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