Na m e : _______________________________________ Date: _____________________
Directions: Read the following riddles. Place your answers in the spaces provided.
Careful reading and paying attention to what
you read will make you a super reader.
- If you change one letter in the word monkey, I’m
a very stubborn animal that begins with d.
- I have eyes but cannot see, and you can mash me up
with gravy. __
- I have ears but cannot hear—just look for me at
the movies. ___
- I have a tongue but cannot talk, and you should wear
me on a walk. ____
- Spell it backwards or forwards and it still means
father. __
- Spell it backwards or forwards and it’s still your
mother. __
- Add two letters to an ape and you get a purple fruit.
- Mix up the letters in save and you have a place to
put flowers. _____
- A backwards top is something to cook in.
- Change a letter in yoke and make something funny.
