Present simple or continuous
Future forms
Present perfect or past simple
Riddles
Christmas fun !
100

He often _______ (go) to work by bus.

Goes 

100

I _______ (meet) a friend at 6 tonight

am meeting

100

Bill (not/have)_______ a day off last week.

didn't have 

100

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A Candle 

100

While making a Christmas meal, you can take off my skin, and still, I won't cry, but you will be in a pool of tears. Who am I?

An onion

200

I'm sorry, I ____________ (not / understand).

Don't understand

200

In 20 years time, I will be/I’m going to be 50.

I will be 50

200

The restaurant we ______ (go) to yesterday evening was fantastic.

Went 

200

What goes up but never comes down?

You're age 

200

He is a man during winter, but he is  a source of water during spring. Who is he?

a snowman

300

What ____________ (we / have) for dinner tonight?

are we having 

300

A: I’ve decided. I ____(improve) my English.

B: Good idea! I ________ (help) you with your grammar.

am going / I'll help

300

I _________ (never/be) to Japan, but I _________ (go) to China last year on a business trip. 

I've never been / I went 

300

What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

A piano

300

If the end of the year is December 31st, what is at the end of Christmas?

The letter s

400

Kyle is a chef — he ________ (cook) exotic meals for a well-known restaurant. Right now, He ______ (cook) a Thai soup.

cooks / is cooking 

400

What time ______ work on Monday?

do you finish / will you finish / are you going to finish

do you finish

400

Susan _______ (write) her first book 12 years ago. Since then, she ________ (write) five novels.


wrote / has written 

400

Where does today come before yesterday?

In a dictionary

400

Why didn't the stocking eat Christmas dinner?

He was stuffed 

500

A: Try this cocktail, it _____ (taste) delicious. 

B: 'No thanks'. It _____ (not / look) good.

Tastes, doesn't look

500

A:What _______ (you/do) on New Years Eve?

B: I ________ (organise) a big party.

are you doing/ are you going to do 

am organising

500

A: I lived in the South of France for a year. 

B: Really _______ you (ever, visit) Paris ?

Have you ever visited Paris ?

500

Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

C (Sea)

500

Why didn’t the skeleton go to the Christmas party?

He had no-body to go with