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Shapes and riddles

Week 25 · Unit 3: The Food we Eat · 3 lessons
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Food riddles

Mridang: Unit 3, Chapter 2
GoalListen to riddles and guess the food.
New words
riddle · a word puzzleclue · a hintguess · say what you thinkanswer · the right wordjuicy · full of juice
Explanation

A riddle is a word puzzle. We listen to the clues. Then we guess the answer. Here is one riddle: I am yellow outside. I am long and curved. A monkey likes me. What am I?

I am yellow outside.
I am long and curved.
A monkey likes me.
What am I?

Worked examples

I am green outside and red inside.
I am big and juicy.
I am good on a hot day.
What am I?

Here is the answer to the first riddle: a banana. Listen to a second riddle.

I am white.
A cow gives me.
You can drink me.
What am I?

The second answer is a watermelon. Listen to a third riddle.
The third answer is milk. Did you guess all three?
Class activity

Riddle party. Each child secretly thinks of a food. Give three clues: ‘I am ... . I am ... . You eat me with ... .’ The others guess. The one who guesses right gives the next riddle.

Practice
1
Riddle: I am a vegetable. I am long and orange. Rabbits like me. What am I?
2
Riddle: I am small and white. A bird lays me. What am I?
3
Listen to the riddle. What am I?

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4
Make a riddle about a fruit. Give two clues.
5
Writing: copy ‘What am I?’.