English Riddles

Test your English vocabulary with these fun riddles
Riddles are an amusing and effective way to help you think in English and understand some of the subtleties of the English language.
Work related riddles

Answer: A chair
Answer: A keyboard
Answer: A telephone
Answer: A calendar
Riddles from literature

Answer: The heart
“Wizard and Glass” by Stephen King
Answer: Time.
“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
Answer: Man, who crawls on four legs as an infant, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane as an elderly citizen.
“Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles
Sea themed riddles

Answer: Nothing, it just waved!
Answer: On the seabed.
Answer: Because it is in the middle of ‘water’!
‘What am I?’ riddles

Answer: A comb
Answer: A tongue
Answer: A cloud
Answer: A telephone
Answer: A piano
Answer: A candle
Answer: A needle
Answer: A clock
Answer: A stamp