1. Primary Longman Elect 2B Chapter 5 Text Type Riddles

2. Let’s look at riddles.

3. It is a toy. It is red. It is small. It has a short tail. What is it? Remember, riddles describe something. Then they ask you to guess what it is!

4. I am yellow, sometimes red. When the moon is here, I go to bed. My face is round in the sky. I give light from up high. What am I? Quickly read this riddle. What do you notice?

5. Usually people use ‘I’. I am happy! I am seven years old!

6. In riddles things can use ‘I’ too! I am tall!I am yellow!

7. I am yellow, sometimes red. When the moon is here, I go to bed. My face is round in the sky. I give light from up high. What am I? Now read the riddle carefully. Think about the key words.

8. I am yellow, sometimes red. When the moon is here, I go to bed. My face is round in the sky. I give light from up high. What am I?

9. I am yellow, sometimes red. When the moon is here, I go to bed. My face is round in the sky. I give light from up high. What am I? In this riddle, the sun uses ‘I’ like a person. The sun pretends to have a face like a person too.

10. Let’s look at another riddle.

11. I have no legs but I am tall. In autumn my clothes go brown and fall. In spring my clothes are green again. Sit under me and hide from the sun or rain. What am I? Remember, ‘I’ may be a thing! And ‘clothes’ may not be people’s clothes!

12. I have no legs but I am tall. In autumn my clothes go brown and fall. In spring my clothes are green again. Sit under me and hide from the sun or rain. What am I? Do you know the answer?

13. I have no legs but I am tall. In autumn my clothes go brown and fall. In spring my clothes are green again. Sit under me and hide from the sun or rain. What am I? Read these two sentences carefully. What are ‘my clothes’?

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