Riddles
Riddles
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Do you enjoy solving riddles or brain teasers? What makes them fun or frustrating?
수수께끼나 두뇌 퍼즐 푸는 것을 좋아하시나요? 어떤 점이 재미있거나 답답한가요? - Have you ever heard a riddle that you couldn't solve? What was it about?
풀지 못했던 수수께끼를 들어본 적이 있나요? 어떤 내용이었나요?
Key Vocabulary
Learn these words from today's lesson.
오늘 레슨의 주요 단어를 배워봅시다.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Question
The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed.
How old could they be? (3 possible solutions).
Question
I am a three digit number.
My tens digit is five more than my ones digit.
My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.
What number am I?
Question
A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
The Wife said she was sleeping.
The Cook was cooking breakfast.
The Gardener was picking vegetables.
The Maid was getting the mail.
The Butler was cleaning the closet.
The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know
Question
What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?
Question
The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어에서는 '이 수수께끼의 답'이라고 "의(of)"를 쓰지만, 영어에서는 "the answer to"가 올바른 표현입니다. 'answer'는 항상 전치사 'to'와 함께 쓰입니다. 마찬가지로 "the solution to the problem", "the key to success"처럼 'to'를 사용하는 패턴을 기억하세요.
Discussion
Discuss with your teacher.
선생님과 토론해 보세요.
- In the murder mystery riddle, the maid said she was getting the mail on Sunday morning. Why does that detail immediately reveal the killer?
살인 미스터리 수수께끼에서 가정부는 일요일 아침에 우편물을 가지러 갔다고 했는데, 왜 그 진술이 바로 범인을 드러내는 걸까요? - Do you think riddles that use wordplay (like "longer" becoming "longer") are harder to solve in a foreign language? Why or why not?
"longer"처럼 말장난을 이용한 수수께끼는 외국어로 풀기가 더 어렵다고 생각하시나요? 그 이유는요? - Riddles require you to think outside the box. Can you think of a real-life situation where creative or lateral thinking helped you solve a problem?
수수께끼는 고정관념을 깨는 사고가 필요합니다. 실생활에서 창의적이거나 측면적 사고로 문제를 해결했던 경험이 있나요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: Riddles
Level: Intermediate (??)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!