I am big, yellow and noisy. I take children to class each morning. What am I?A school bus. Adjectives: big, yellow, noisy.
I am cold, white and soft. I fall from the sky in winter. What am I?Snow. Adjectives: cold, white, soft.
I am flat, white and thin. You write on me. What am I?A sheet of paper. Adjectives: flat, white, thin.
I am fluffy, white and quiet. I float across the sky. What am I?A cloud. Adjectives: fluffy, white, quiet.
I am gray, huge and wrinkled. I have a trunk for a nose. What am I?An elephant. Adjectives: gray, huge, wrinkled.
I am light, soft and fluffy. A bird wears me to fly. What am I?A feather. Adjectives: light, soft, fluffy.
I am long, yellow and curved. You peel me before you eat me. What am I?A banana. Adjectives: long, yellow, curved.
I am red, round and crunchy. I grow on a tree. What am I?An apple. Adjectives: red, round, crunchy.
I am round, orange and bouncy. You shoot me through a hoop. What am I?A basketball. Adjectives: round, orange, bouncy.
I am small, green and noisy. I hop by the pond. What am I?A frog. Adjectives: small, green, noisy.
I am soft, furry and playful. I purr on your lap. What am I?A cat. Adjectives: soft, furry, playful.
I am sweet, cold and sticky. I sit on a cone and melt in the sun. What am I?Ice cream. Adjectives: sweet, cold, sticky.
I am tall, green and leafy. Birds build nests in me. What am I?A tree. Adjectives: tall, green, leafy.
I am tiny, red and spotted. I am a beetle with wings. What am I?A ladybug. Adjectives: tiny, red, spotted.
I am wet, clear and cool. You drink me every day. What am I?Water. Adjectives: wet, clear, cool.
How it looks 11
I am curved, wide and colorful. I show up when the day is rainy and sunny at once. What am I?A rainbow. Adjectives: curved, wide, colorful, rainy, sunny.
I am flat, shiny and smooth. Whatever you do, I do too. What am I?A mirror. Adjectives: flat, shiny, smooth.
I am light, colorful and silent. My wings are thin and wide, and I was once a caterpillar. What am I?A butterfly. Adjectives: light, colorful, silent, thin, wide.
I am long, yellow and wooden. I get shorter when I work. What am I?A pencil. Adjectives: long, yellow, wooden, shorter.
I am pink, tall and thin. I often stand on one long leg in shallow water. What am I?A flamingo. Adjectives: pink, tall, thin, long, shallow.
I am red and flat, with eight straight sides and one white word. Drivers obey me. What am I?A stop sign. Adjectives: red, flat, straight, white.
I am round, blue and green, and I spin on a tilted stand. Tiny names cover me. What am I?A globe. Adjectives: round, blue, green, tilted, tiny.
I am straight, flat and thin. Tiny black lines and numbers run along my edge. What am I?A ruler. Adjectives: straight, flat, thin, tiny, black.
I am striped, black and white. I am wild and fast, and I look like a horse. What am I?A zebra. Adjectives: striped, black, white, wild, fast.
I am tall, with a thick green stem and a wide yellow face. Bees and birds visit me. What am I?A sunflower. Adjectives: tall, thick, green, wide, yellow.
On one night I am round and bright. Later in the month I am thin and curved. What am I?The moon. Adjectives: round, bright, thin, curved.
How it feels 11
I am brown, soft and squishy. I am sticky on your boots after a rainy day. What am I?Mud. Adjectives: brown, soft, squishy, sticky, rainy.
I am dry, gritty and warm at the beach. When I am wet, I am firm enough for a castle. What am I?Sand. Adjectives: dry, gritty, warm, wet, firm.
I am green, tall and prickly. I live where the land is hot, dry and sandy. What am I?A cactus. Adjectives: green, tall, prickly, hot, dry, sandy.
I am hard when I am dry and slippery when I am wet. I am bubbly, and I leave your hands clean. What am I?A bar of soap. Adjectives: hard, dry, slippery, wet, bubbly, clean.
I am hard, cold and slippery. In a warm room I turn small and wet. What am I?An ice cube. Adjectives: hard, cold, slippery, warm, small, wet.
I am hard, heavy and old. Some of me is rough, and some is smooth from the river. What am I?A rock. Adjectives: hard, heavy, old, rough, smooth.
I am rough, scratchy and flat. I rub wood until it is smooth. What am I?Sandpaper. Adjectives: rough, scratchy, flat, smooth.
I am small, round and spiky. When I am scared, I curl into a tight ball. What am I?A hedgehog. Adjectives: small, round, spiky, scared, tight.
I am soft, light and squashy. A sleepy head rests on me. What am I?A pillow. Adjectives: soft, light, squashy, sleepy.
I am soft, warm and wide. On a cold night I am cozy. What am I?A blanket. Adjectives: soft, warm, wide, cold, cozy.
I am wet and sticky in the bottle. Once I dry, I am hard and strong. What am I?Glue. Adjectives: wet, sticky, hard, strong.
How it sounds 12
I am a quiet, calm room with tall shelves. Loud voices are not welcome in me. What am I?A library. Adjectives: quiet, calm, tall, loud, welcome.
I am faint and late. I repeat what you shout at a high, rocky wall. What am I?An echo. Adjectives: faint, late, high, rocky.
I am hollow and shiny. My sound is loud and clear, and I ring at the end of class. What am I?A bell. Adjectives: hollow, shiny, loud, clear.
I am loud, deep and sudden. I come after a bright flash on a stormy night. What am I?Thunder. Adjectives: loud, deep, sudden, bright, stormy.
I am proud, loud and early. My call wakes the whole farm. What am I?A rooster. Adjectives: proud, loud, early, whole.
I am quiet at night and loud in the early morning. Sleepy people find me annoying. What am I?An alarm clock. Adjectives: quiet, loud, early, sleepy, annoying.
I am quiet, soft and secret. I am for one ear at a time. What am I?A whisper. Adjectives: quiet, soft, secret.
I am round and hollow. I am silent until you hit me, and then I am loud and deep. What am I?A drum. Adjectives: round, hollow, silent, loud, deep.
I am small, fuzzy and striped. My wings make a steady buzz, and my work is sweet. What am I?A bee. Adjectives: small, fuzzy, striped, steady, sweet.
I am small, hard and shrill. One sharp breath into me and the game stops. What am I?A whistle. Adjectives: small, hard, shrill, sharp.
I am soft on the grass and loud on the roof. I am wet, and a gray sky sends me. What am I?Rain. Adjectives: soft, loud, wet, gray.
My eyes are big and round, my feathers are soft, and my call is a low hoot on a dark night. What am I?An owl. Adjectives: big, round, soft, low, dark.
How it tastes 12
I am brown, smooth and sweet. I am hard in the fridge and messy in a warm hand. What am I?Chocolate. Adjectives: brown, smooth, sweet, hard, messy, warm.
I am golden, thick and sticky. I am sweet, and busy bees make me. What am I?Honey. Adjectives: golden, thick, sticky, sweet, busy.
I am green and hard outside, red and juicy inside. I am heavy, sweet and full of black seeds. What am I?A watermelon. Adjectives: green, hard, red, juicy, heavy, sweet, full, black.
I am green, bumpy and crunchy. I was a fresh cucumber, and now I am sour and salty. What am I?A pickle. Adjectives: green, bumpy, crunchy, fresh, sour, salty.
I am red, shiny and thin. I am so spicy that your mouth feels hot. What am I?A chili pepper. Adjectives: red, shiny, thin, spicy, hot.
I am round and juicy. My skin is thick and bitter, my inside is sweet, and my name is my color. What am I?An orange. Adjectives: round, juicy, thick, bitter, sweet.
I am round, with dry, papery skin and thin layers. My taste is sharp, and I make your eyes watery. What am I?An onion. Adjectives: round, dry, papery, thin, sharp, watery.
I am small, red and bumpy. I am hollow inside, soft to pick and sweet to eat. What am I?A raspberry. Adjectives: small, red, bumpy, hollow, soft, sweet.
I am yellow, oval and juicy. I am so sour that one bite gives you a funny face. What am I?A lemon. Adjectives: yellow, oval, juicy, sour, funny.
I look like sugar, but I am not sweet. I am white, fine and dry, and a pinch of me goes on your dinner. What am I?Salt. Adjectives: sweet, white, fine, dry.
I start hard and yellow. After some heat I am white, light and crunchy, and often salty. What am I?Popcorn. Adjectives: hard, yellow, white, light, crunchy, salty.
I start soft and pale. A minute later I am brown, warm and crunchy, ready for butter. What am I?Toast. Adjectives: soft, pale, brown, warm, crunchy, ready.
Comparative and superlative 15
I am bigger than any lake and saltier than any river. My water is deep, blue and never still. What am I?The ocean. Adjectives: bigger, saltier, deep, blue, still.
I am bigger than nine and smaller than eleven. I am the smallest whole number with two digits. What am I?The number ten. Adjectives: bigger, smaller, smallest, whole.
I am higher than a hill and harder to climb. At my top the air is colder than at my foot. What am I?A mountain. Adjectives: higher, harder, colder.
I am hotter than any oven and brighter than any lamp. I am far bigger than Earth, yet from here I look small. What am I?The sun. Adjectives: hotter, brighter, bigger, small.
I am later than Thursday and earlier than Saturday. I am often called the best day of the school week, because the weekend comes next. What am I?Friday. Adjectives: later, earlier, best.
I am one of the smallest animals at a picnic and one of the busiest. I am stronger than I look. What am I?An ant. Adjectives: smallest, busiest, stronger.
I am tallest when I am new and shortest at the end. The darker the room, the brighter I look, and I am hot at the top. What am I?A candle. Adjectives: tallest, new, shortest, darker, brighter, hot.
I am the coldest season. My days are the shortest of the year, and my nights are the longest. What am I?Winter. Adjectives: coldest, shortest, longest.
I am the fastest animal on land. I am a slim, spotted cat with long legs. What am I?A cheetah. Adjectives: fastest, slim, spotted, long.
I am the largest animal alive. I am far heavier than an elephant, and my home is the wide, salty sea. What am I?A blue whale. Adjectives: largest, alive, heavier, wide, salty.
I am the most common letter in English. In the alphabet I am earlier than F and later than D. What am I?The letter E. Adjectives: most common, earlier, later.
I am the shortest month. In a leap year I am one day longer, and even then I am shorter than the rest. What am I?February. Adjectives: shortest, longer, shorter.
I am the tallest animal on land. My legs and my neck are long, my coat is spotted, and I eat leaves from high branches. What am I?A giraffe. Adjectives: tallest, long, spotted, high.
I am younger and smaller than a cat, and more playful. One day I will be a cat. What am I?A kitten. Adjectives: younger, smaller, more playful.
The more air I get, the bigger, rounder and tighter I am. Let the air out, and I am smaller, softer and flat again. What am I?A balloon. Adjectives: bigger, rounder, tighter, smaller, softer, flat.
How it works
Each of these adjective riddles describes a thing by its adjectives: I am flat, white and thin. You write on me. What am I? After each answer come the adjectives the riddle used, for the class to find.
Read the full guide
Guess the noun, then hunt the adjectives
1. Read the riddle on screen aloud.
2. Take guesses. Every answer is a noun.
3. Press Show answer.
4. Pupils find each listed adjective in the riddle.
Easy adjective riddles and comparative adjective riddles
The riddles sort into six groups. Easy holds riddles of exactly three adjectives. Four groups go by sense: how a thing looks, feels, sounds or tastes. Comparative and superlative holds the -er and -est forms: I am the coldest season. My days are the shortest of the year.
The lists name describing words and their -er and -est forms. A, the, my and number words are left out.
As a follow-up, pupils write their own riddles using adjectives: choose a noun, list three adjectives, read it to a partner.
For a riddle adjective worksheet, choose a group, press Show all, then Print. The answers and their adjectives print on a separate sheet.
Questions and answers
What are some adjective riddles examples?
I am cold, white and soft. I fall from the sky in winter (snow). I am quiet, soft and secret. I am for one ear at a time (a whisper). I am higher than a hill and harder to climb (a mountain).
What are adjective noun riddles?
Riddles that describe a noun with adjectives and leave the noun out. The class guesses the noun: a lemon, a drum, a kitten. Every riddle here works that way.
What is an adjective riddle on a pencil?
I am long, yellow and wooden. I get shorter when I work. Its adjectives are long, yellow, wooden and shorter. An adjective riddle on a raspberry: I am small, red and bumpy. I am hollow inside, soft to pick and sweet to eat.
Which are fun adjective riddles for a class?
The ones with a twist. Salt: I look like sugar, but I am not sweet. A mirror: Whatever you do, I do too. Friday: I am often called the best day of the school week, because the weekend comes next.