Riddles
LEVEL A.2 - B.1
This week: Riddles
- A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor in order to go to work. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking up the stairs, so why does he do it?
- A man rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and then left on Friday. How come?
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Language Note
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a riddle, noun
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a strange and difficult question that has a clever and funny answer
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elevator (US), noun
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a machine to transport you up the levels of a building
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lift (UK)
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apartment (US), noun
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a set of rooms on one level in a building
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flat (UK)
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how come?, idiom
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literally: "how did this happen?" or "why?"
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Solutions: (1) He is a dwarf and so can't reach the button marked "10"
(2) Friday is a horse
dwarf, noun a very short person
LEVEL B1.5 - B.2
This week: Riddles
- What kind of cheese is made backwards?
- I cannot be seen, felt or touched, yet I can be found in everybody. My existence is always in debate, but I have my own style of music. What am I?
- Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?
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Language Note
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a riddle, noun
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a strange and difficult question that has a clever and funny answer
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in debate, idiom
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being discussed and argued about
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manhole, noun
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hole in the street that leads down to the sewers
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Solutions: (1) edam
(2) soul
(3) You can turn square covers diagonally and drop them into the hole.
However, this is impossible with round covers
LEVEL C1
This week: Riddles
- What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
- A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
- Bill bets Dave $100 that he can predict the score of the football match before it starts. Dave agrees and loses $100. How did Bill manage to win the bet?
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Language Note:
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a riddle, noun
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a strange and difficult question that has a clever and funny answer
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bet, verb
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risk money on the result of sth
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Solutions: (1) coal
(2) She was a photographer. She took and developed a picture of her husband
(3) Bill accurately predicted that "the score of the match before it starts" would be 0-0
shoot, verb fire a bullet at sb, take a picture of sb/sth
Prepared by:
ACT Advanced Corporate Training
Szkolenia językowe i biznesowe
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