MotherGooseCaboose Riddles

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Fill in theblanks to complete the riddle. p. 1.NAME ____________________________________________________1. What kind of art is found in the countryside? A______ u r a l ______ u r a l__________________________________________________________2. What is another name for thunder? A______ o u d ______ ________ o u d__________________________________________________________3. What is a happy parrot called? A______ o l l y______ o l l y__________________________________________________________4. What is a large reptile called? A______ ______ e a t e r ______ a t e r__________________________________________________________

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Fill in theblanks to complete the riddle. p. 2.NAME ____________________________________________________5. What is a clever cat called? A______ i t t y ______ i t t y__________________________________________________________6. What is lightning called? A______ o l t________ o l t__________________________________________________________7. What is a timid baby fish called? A______ h y______ r y__________________________________________________________8. What is an animal doctor in the rain called? A______ e t ______ v e t__________________________________________________________

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Fill in theblanks to complete the riddle. p. 3.NAME ____________________________________________________9. What is a megaphone for a fowl called? A______ o o s t e r ______ o o s t e r__________________________________________________________10. What sound does a sad ghost make?______ o o________ o o__________________________________________________________11. What are Anthony’s friends called?______ o n y’ s ______ ______ r o n i e s__________________________________________________________12. What is an amphibian’s home? A______ r o g ______ o g__________________________________________________________

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Fill in theblanks to complete the riddle. p. 4.NAME ____________________________________________________13. When a pig plays with a friend in the muck, he is his______ u d d y ______ u d d y__________________________________________________________14. What do you call clothes for a sly red animal?______ o x ________ ________ o c k s__________________________________________________________15. Where do chirping insects hide? In a______ ______ricket ______ ______ icket__________________________________________________________16. What do birds do when they look for a place to land?They______ e r c h ______ e a r c h__________________________________________________________

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Fill in theblanks to complete the riddle. p. 5.NAME ____________________________________________________17. What kind of a poem does an amphibian recite? A______ o a d ______ d e__________________________________________________________18. What is another name for a lively ape? A______ ______ p u n k y ________ o n k e y__________________________________________________________19. What is an albino ape called? A_______ a n i l l a ______ o r i l l a__________________________________________________________20. What is “Lassie” called when she is happy? A______ o l l y ______ o l l i e__________________________________________________________

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Fill in theblanks to complete the riddle. p. 6.NAME ____________________________________________________21. What is Anthony called when he isn’t truthful?______ ______ o n y ______ o n y__________________________________________________________22. Where do ghosts go for their education? To______ h o u l ________ c h o o l__________________________________________________________23. What is a Norwegian with laryngitis called? A______ o a r s e ______ o r s e__________________________________________________________24. What does a cuckoo bird do when she wants to lay hereggs? She goes on a______ e s t ______ ______ e s t__________________________________________________________

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Checkyour answers with the answers below. p. 7.ANSWERS.1. rural mural.2. loud cloud.3. jolly polly.4. greater gator.5. witty kitty.6. bolt jolt.7. shy fry.8. wet vet.9. rooster booster.10. boo hoo.11. Tony’s cronies.12. frog bog.13. muddy buddy.14. fox frocks.15. cricket thicket.16. perch search.17. toad ode.18. spunky monkey.19. vanilla gorilla.20. jolly collie.21. phony Tony.22. ghoul school.23. hoarse Norse.24. nest quest

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Study thedefinitions. p. 8.NAME ____________________________________________________DEFINITIONSamphibian – n. A cold-blooded vertebrate that spends some time on landbut must breed and develop into an adult in water. Frogs, salamanders,and toads are amphibians. (See # 17.)bog – n. An area of wet marshy ground, largely consisting of accumulateddecomposing plant material which supports vegetation; a marsh. (See #12.)bolt – n. A flash of lightning. (See # 2.)booster – n. Amplifier; makes something louder. (See # 9.)cronies – pl. n. of crony. A close friend. (See # 11.)fry – n. A baby fish; a young fish. (See # 6.)insect – n. An air-breathing invertebrate animal (arthropod) that has welldefinedsegments, for example, a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae,three pairs of legs, and usually two sets of wings. Example: ant. Class:Insecta. (See # 15.)jolly – adj. Happy; cheerful; joyful. (See # 3.)jolt – v. To shake or jerk suddenly and violently. (See # 2.)megaphone – n. A device shaped like a funnel, used to channel thevoice in a certain direction and increase its volume. (See # 9.)mural – n. A large picture painted directly onto an interior or exterior wall.(See # 1.)Norse – adj. Relating to Norway, or its people or culture. (See # 23.)ode – n. A lyric poem; verse. (See # 17.)

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Continuestudying the definitions. p. 9.NAME ____________________________________________________DEFINITIONS cont’d.phony – adj. Not truthful or genuine; deceitful. (See # 21.)quest – v. To seek or go in search of something. (See # 24.)recite – v. To read something aloud, or repeat something from memory,especially for an audience. (See # 17.)rural – n. Found in or living in the country; countryside. (See # 1.)spunky – adj. Very lively. (See # 18.)thicket – n. A dense tangled growth of small trees or bushes. (See # 15.)timid – adj. Shy; bashful; timid; retiring. (See # 7.)witty – adj. Using words in an apt, clever, and amusing way. (See # 5.)

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Study thedefinitions. Matching - Match column A with column B by drawing a linefrom the word/s in column A to their definitions in column B. p. 10.NAME ____________________________________________________A Bruralcricketboltbaby fishwittyamplifierfryvery livelyboostercountrysidecroniescleverthicketin search ofspunkylightninginsecttangled growthquestclose friends

Puzzles & Brain Teasers.MotherGooseCaboose.comRIDDLES from MotherGooseCaboose. Directions. Print out. Study thedefinitions. Matching - Match column A with column B by drawing a linefrom the word/s in column A to their definitions in column B. p. 11.NAME ____________________________________________________A Bmuralshyjoltnot truthfultimidamplifierbogread aloudodelarge wall paintingamphibianmarshmegaphonea sudden jerkphonytoadrecitea lyric poem