Summer riddles

1.

2.

The flowers are blooming,
The sun is shining.
The rains are few,
The sky is blue.

3.

I am asked to come,
I am waited for;
But I make you hide
rain
When I knock at the door.

4.

I am purple, yellow, red, and green
The King cannot reach me and
neither can the Queen.
I show my colours after the rain
And only when the sun comes out
again.
rainbow

5.

What always runs
but never walks,
often murmurs never talks,
has a bed but never sleeps,
has a mouth but never eats?
river

6.

Brightly shining down,
Shining on the ground.
What a lovely face you
sun
have,
Yellow, big, and round.

7.

It makes trees shake.
It makes clouds run away.
It makes water frown.
It makes flowers bow.
wind

8.

The red arrow is flying
through the sky
No one can catch it
Neither the king nor the queen,
Nor the man inside the flying
machine.
lightning

9.

In the morning beads are sparkled
in the grass
In the afternoon we went to look
for them
We are looking and looking for
but there is nothing in the grass.
dew

10.

What goes up when the
rain comes down?
umbrella

11.

The water is everywhere
You can’t drink it
Very salty it is there.
sea

12.

One sister and one brother
live together.
One is seen but not heard
Another is heard but not
seen
Guess them, and
Mister
Green!
Lightning
thunder

13.

I'm under the bright hat
standing on one leg
I play hide and seek.
When you want to pick me,
my little Dominique!
mushroom

14.

These birds fly above the sea
They catch fish with their
little beaks
I can’t have in my mind
If they laugh or maybe cry.
seagull

15.

There is a green house.
Inside the green house
there is a white house.
Inside the white house
there is a red house.
Inside the red house
there are lots of black babies.
watermelon

16.

It is blue and green, and red,
It bounces higher than my
head.
ball
It does not
want to stop at
all.
What is it? It is my…

17.

Four petals of one flower
are wiggled in the rye.
I wanted to pick up it
But it fluttered and flew
high in the sky.
butterfly

18.

It is a swing and a bed
You can lie on it
It‘s in the garden or in the
wood.
You can sleep in it and you
are like in your childhood.
hammock

19.

The red beads are hanging
down
From the bushes they are
looking at us around
Children, birds and bears
love them when they are
raspberry
fallen down
on the ground.

20.

As Round as a ball
As Red as a blood
As Sweet as honey
It melted very fast in my
little mouth and it was very
cherry
funny!

21.

Green and hairy
Hidden in the leaves
It doesn’t run very fast with
a lot of legs that has.
caterpillar

22.

A ball grew up near the road
On the green fragile thread
The wind blew up and has
cut down its head.
dandelion

23.

The thread on a stick,
The stick in a hand,
The thread in the river.
What’s got our little
Shiver?
Fishing rod

24.

Low and spiky
Sweet and juicy
When you pick it
All your hands are skinned,
our little Susie.
gooseberry

25.

Round and ruddy I am
You can crunch me
I grow on a branch.
apple

26.

They aren’t engines
but they make noise
They aren’t birds
but they fly
They aren’t snakes
but wasp
they sting.

27.

It is not an animal
it is not a bird
Its nose is like a knitting
needle
When it flies it squeaks,
When it sits it is mute.
mosquito

28.

The violinist lives in the
meadow
He wears a suit and hops
without its boots.
grasshopper

29.

Golden sieve is full of
Black houses.
sunflower

30.

When the weather is calm
You can’t see us
When the wind blows
we run up on water.
Waves

31.

Don’t touch me
I can burn without fire!
nettle

32.

If you want you can dive into the
water,
If you want you can play on the
sand
You can make a lot of sandcastles
there
What’s this pitch?
It’s a ….
beach

33.

When summer comes
this tree gives us
poplar
snowflakes.

34.

This hard stone you can find
on the beach.
Something lives in it and
its owner is very proud of
its little house.
shell