Answer To Riddles
Answer to 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 tricked you with a clever wordplay or hidden detail?
말장난이나 숨겨진 단서로 여러분을 속인 수수께끼를 들어본 적 있나요?
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).
Answer
51 and 15. 42 and 24. 60 and 06.
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?
Answer
Number 194.
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 murderer. Who did it and how did they know?
Answer
It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail.
There is no mail on Sunday! (next day air and email doesn't count)
Question
What 7-letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?
Answer
Lounger
Question
The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place
Answer
The letter “e”
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어에서는 '수수께끼의 답'이라고 "의"를 사용하기 때문에 영어에서도 "of"를 쓰기 쉽습니다. 하지만 영어에서는 "answer"와 함께 전치사 "to"를 사용합니다. "the answer to the question", "the answer to the problem"처럼 항상 "to"와 짝을 이루는 점을 기억하세요.
Discussion
Discuss with your teacher.
선생님과 토론해 보세요.
- In the murder mystery riddle, the maid was caught because she said she was getting the mail on Sunday. What does this tell us about the importance of paying attention to small details?
살인 미스터리 수수께끼에서 가정부는 일요일에 우편물을 가지러 갔다고 해서 들켰습니다. 이것은 작은 디테일에 주의를 기울이는 것이 얼마나 중요한지에 대해 무엇을 알려주나요? - Some riddles use math, some use logic, and some use wordplay. Which type do you find the most challenging, and why?
어떤 수수께끼는 수학을, 어떤 것은 논리를, 어떤 것은 말장난을 사용합니다. 어떤 유형이 가장 어렵다고 느끼시나요? 그 이유는요? - Do you think riddles can help improve critical thinking skills, or are they just for entertainment?
수수께끼가 비판적 사고력 향상에 도움이 된다고 생각하시나요, 아니면 단순한 오락에 불과할까요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: Answer to Riddles
Level: Intermediate (??)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!