Devinettes anglaises

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Letters of the English alphabet

Testez votre vocabulaire anglais avec ces devinettes amusantes

Les devinettes sont un moyen amusant et efficace pour vous aider à penser en anglais et à comprendre certaines des subtilités de la langue anglaise.

Devinettes en rapport avec le travail

I have four legs, a back, but no head. What am I?

Réponse: A chair

I can fall off a building and live, but put me in water I will die. What am I?

Réponse: Paper.

I have keys, but no locks and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?

Réponse: A keyboard.

You answer me, but I never ask you questions. What am I?

Réponse: A telephone

You change me every month, no matter how much you use me. What am I?

Réponse: A calendar

Devinettes de la littérature

“If you break me, I’ll not stop working.
If you can touch me, my work is done.
If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after.
What am I?”

Réponse: The heart
“Wizard and Glass” de Stephen King

“This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.”

Réponse: Time.
“The Hobbit” de J.R.R. Tolkien

“What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?”

Réponse: 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” de Sophocles

DEVINETTES MARITIMES

I have teeth, but cannot chew. What am I?

Réponse: A comb

I’m excellent to taste, but horrible to smell. What am I?

Réponse: A tongue

I am made of water, but I’m not wet. What am I?

Réponse: A cloud

I have a ring but no finger. What am I?

Réponse: A telephone

I’m full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I?

Réponse: A piano

I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Réponse: A candle

I have a single eye but cannot see. What am I?

Réponse: A needle

I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?

Réponse: A clock

I sit in a corner while travelling around the world. What am I?

Réponse: A stamp

I always run but never walk, often murmur but never talk, have a bed but never sleep, have a mouth but never eat. What am I?

Réponse: A river

Devinettes “Qu’est-ce que je suis?”

I have teeth, but cannot chew. What am I?

Réponse: A comb

I’m excellent to taste, but horrible to smell. What am I?

Réponse: A tongue

I am made of water, but I’m not wet. What am I?

Réponse: A cloud

I have a ring but no finger. What am I?

Réponse: A telephone

I’m full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I?

Réponse: A piano

I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Réponse: A candle

I have a single eye but cannot see. What am I?

Réponse: A needle

I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?

Réponse: A clock

I sit in a corner while travelling around the world. What am I?

Réponse: A stamp

I always run but never walk, often murmur but never talk, have a bed but never sleep, have a mouth but never eat. What am I?

Réponse: A river

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