20 riddles to practice your English

1. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
   
   
   
   
2. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
   
   
   
   
3. What word begins and ends with an E but only has one letter?
4. What has a neck but no head?
5. What type of cheese is made backwards?
6. What gets wetter as it dries?
   
   
7. Why did the boy bury his flashlight?
   
   
8. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
   
   
9. What starts with a P, ends with an E and has thousands of letters?
   
   
10. What has to be broken before you can use it?
    
    
11. Why would a man living in New York not be buried in Chicago?
    
    
12. What begins with T ends with T and has T in it?
    
    
13. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
    
    
14. Which month has 28 days?
    
    
15. Three men were in a boat. It capsized, but only two got their hair wet. Why?
    
    
16. If everyone bought a white car, what would we have?
    
    
17. How many letters are there in the alphabet?
    
    
18. Where does Friday come before Thursday?
    
    
19. What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?
     
20. A ship has two mates but no captain
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Answers
    1.  clock
    2.  short
    3.envelope
    4. bottle
    5. Edam
    6. towel
    7.Because the batteries died
    8. C (sea)
    9. The post office
    10. an egg
    11. Because he is still living
    12. teapot
    13. There are 18: 3 in the, 7 in English, and 8 in alphabet.
    14.  All of them of course
    15. One was bald
    16.  A white carnation
    17.  Eleven – T-h-e A-l-p-h-a-b-e-t
    18.  In the dictionary
    19. A jeweler sells watches. A jailer watches cells.
    20. A relationship