Word Riddles for ESL Students
Suitable for A2 and B1 Levels
Riddle
• What has four wheels and flies on it?
Answer: A garbage truck.
Riddle
• I speak without a mouth and hear without
ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the
wind. What am I?
Answer: An echo.
Riddle
• I can travel around the world while staying in a
corner. What am I?
Answer: A stamp.
Riddle
• I have keys but no locks. I have space but no
room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside.
What am I?
Answer: A keyboard.
Riddle
• The more you take, the more you leave
behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps.
Riddle
• What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin.
Riddle
• I can fill a room but take up no space. What
am I?
Answer: Light.
Riddle
• I get wetter as I dry. What am I?
Answer: A towel.
Riddle
• I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when
I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle.
Riddle
• I have a face and two hands, but no arms or
legs. What am I?
Answer: A clock.
Riddle
• I’m full of holes but still hold water. What am
I?
Answer: A sponge.
Riddle
• I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes.
Wherever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
Answer: A cloud.
Riddle
• What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle.
Riddle
• The more you have of me, the less you see.
What am I?
Answer: Darkness.
Riddle
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a
moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter 'M'.
Riddle
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke.
Riddle
• I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have
lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, but
water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
Riddle
• I go up and down without moving. What am I?
Answer: A staircase.
Riddle
• I’m taken from a mine and shut inside a
wooden case, from which I never escape.
What am I?
Answer: A pencil lead.
Riddle
• What has cities but no houses, forests but no
trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map.