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Exercise For Proverbs and Riddles

This document contains 40 riddles and proverbs with multiple choice answers. It is designed as an exercise to choose the correct meaning or answer for each riddle or proverb. Some examples include: 1. "Mark, learn and inwardly digest" means to note and reflect on something to thoroughly assimilate it. 2. "Marry in haste, repent at leisure" means that if you get married too quickly, you may regret it for a long time. 3. "Memory is the treasure of the mind" refers to how a good memory is very valuable. The document tests understanding of common sayings and ability to solve riddles through multiple choice.

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Exercise For Proverbs and Riddles

This document contains 40 riddles and proverbs with multiple choice answers. It is designed as an exercise to choose the correct meaning or answer for each riddle or proverb. Some examples include: 1. "Mark, learn and inwardly digest" means to note and reflect on something to thoroughly assimilate it. 2. "Marry in haste, repent at leisure" means that if you get married too quickly, you may regret it for a long time. 3. "Memory is the treasure of the mind" refers to how a good memory is very valuable. The document tests understanding of common sayings and ability to solve riddles through multiple choice.

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Exercise for Proverbs and Riddles

Direction: Choose the correct answer according to the choices given!

1. Mark, learn and inwardly digest.A


A. Note and reflect upon something in order to thoroughly assimilate it.
B. Practice makes perfect
C. Same time never come twice
D. Reality is the important
E. Literate yourself as good as you can.

2. Marry in haste, repent as leisure.B


A. Getting married is the best event in life
B. If you get married too quickly, you may spend your whole life regretting it
C. Propose her and get married with
D. Get married now or you will regret
E. Getting married is what people be happy

3. Memory is the treasure of the mind.C


A. Remember every lesson!
B. Do forget what you have learned!
C. A good memory is very precious
D. Study many time so you will remember it
E. Remembering the lesson is the hard thing

4. Men make houses, women make homes.E


A. It is difficult for man to build a house
B. Building house is not easy for a man
C. A house is for shelter
D. Home sweet home
E. Women give a house its comfort and character

5. Might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.A


A. If the penalty is going to be same, you might as well commit the greater offense.
B. Penalty and reward is what the consequence.
C. Give the penalty to who do the wrong things.
D. A sheep is an animal.
E. A sheep and a lamb live in farm.

6. Misery loves company.E


A. People tend to make friends
B. A companion is the best thing when you are sad
C. Misery does not last forever
D. Love is what people seek
E. When people are sad they often like others to feel sad too

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7. Money begets money.C
A. Money is for shopping
B. Beggars ask for some money
C. If you have money you can make more money
D. If you have a lot of money you can save some of them
E. Everybody needs to make money

8. Money doesn’t grow on trees.A


A. You should not waste money because it is not plentiful or obtained easily.
B. People work every day to make money.
C. Planting trees in the farm and garden will give you a lot of money.
D. Growing trees is the best effort to make money.
E. Trees in the park cannot result a lot of money.

9. A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.E


A. A monkey is living in the zoo
B. Silk is used to make the best clothes
C. The zoo with less monkey means less visitors
D. Everybody want to have silk clothes but they are not cheap any more
E. No matter how someone dresses, it’s the same person underneath

10. The more haste, the less speed.C


A. Person will achieve their dream if they do the quickly.
B. Less speed is not important but more speed is the remark.
C. A person makes more progress if they take time to do things carefully.
D. Do quickly and you will the first.
E. Speeding the progress is based on the helping of others

11. The more you have, the more you want.A


A. People have a constant desire to possess more.
B. When you have more time, you will have a lot of activities.
C. Everybody want to have happiness.
D. Men want new house but women need comfortable homes.
E. Having supporting family is what people want

12. The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.D
A. A mouse will find the hole quickly.
B. There are a lot of holes in the country roads.
C. One hole is more important for a mouse than a lot of vent.
D. If you depend on just one thing, and it fails, you have no alternatives.
E. Get the mouse clothing and you will be the outstanding one

13. Necessity is the mother of invention.C


A. Invention need more necessity.
B. Necessity determines what people do in the difficult time.
C. The need for something forces people to find a way of obtaining it.
D. A mother will invent some important things for her children.
E. Modern era starts with some potential inventions.
14. Need teaches a plan.E
A. Planning determines the action.
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B. Teaching needs the best plan.
C. Everybody need planning.
D. Teaching to make plan is the important for teacher.
E. Necessity will make you find a solution

15. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.A
A. Don’t postpone until later something you can do now.
B. Some thing you can do now will determine the result tomorrow.
C. Never go to market if you don’t like shopping.
D. Today is the life tomorrow is the dream.
E. Today you are to do the right job.

16. What does the proverb “No man is an island” mean?C


A. We should behave ourselves in accordance with the situation and condition.
B. Giving in doesn’t mean losing.
C. You can’t live completely independently.
D. Your own home is the most comfortable place.
E. An island is only for man

17. What does the proverb “Two heads are better than one” mean?A
A. When two people cooperate with each other, they come up with better ideas
B. People tend to want whatever they don’t have.
C. Don’t lie.
D. Don’t judge people based on its appearance.
E. If you can do, do it now

18. The early ………… catches the worm.B


A. chicken
B. bird
C. fish
D. eagle
E. hen

19. A ……… may look at the king.C


A. dog
B. hamster
C. cat
D. mouse
E. lion

20. Better late than ……..A


A. never
B. waiting
C. later
D. tomorrow
E. yesterday

21. I am white and cold. I fall from the sky. I will melt when I get warm. What am I?D
A. Ice cube
B. Hailstones
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C. Rain
D. Snow
E. Wall

22. What kinds of the room that don’t have windows and a door?D
A. dining room
B. bathroom
C. bedroom
D. mushroom
E. store room

23. I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. I am used in the dark. Who am I?B
A. A pencil
B. A candle
C. An eraser
D. A stick
E. A chalk

24. Which weighs more, a pound of feather, a pound of paper, or a pound of brick?E
A. A pound of feather
B. A pound of paper
C. A pound of brick
D. Weighs of the wind
E. None of them weighs more

25. How many months have the 28th day?12


A. 12
B. 3
C. 6
D. 1
E. 5

26. I fly forever and never rest. Who am I?B


A. A mosquito
B. A fly
C. The wind
D. A bird
E. Plane

27. What is at the end of rainbow?D


A. nothing
B. gold
C. sea
D. letter ‘w’
E. dry

28. I will always follow you whenever and wherever you go. Who am I?A
A. a shadow
B. a dog
C. a cat
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D. a bird
E. a tree

29. I am made and bought by someone who doesn’t use me. But the one who uses me doesn’t know
that they are using me. Who am I?A
A. a wheelchair
B. a bed
C. a coffin
D. a doll
E. a table

30. People break me before using me. What am I?B


A. a nail
B. an egg
C. a carrot
D. an apple
E. an orange

31. I begin with “T” and end with “T”. I have a “T” inside me. What am I?D
A. a tennis bat
B. a trumpet
C. a target
D. a tea pot
E. a cup

32. I go around the world but stay in a corner. What am I?A


A. a stamp
B. a pilot
C. a package
D. a flight attendant
E. a postman

33. I always go up but never go down. Who am I?B


A. a lift
B. your age
C. an elevator
D. an airplane
E. a kite

34. What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?D


A. coffee cup
B. teacup
C. paper cup
D. world cup
E. water cup
35. I can fly but I don’t have wings. Who am I?A
A. time
B. airplane
C. bee
D. bird
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E. pigeon

36. What question can you never answer “yes” to?C


A. Do you lie to me?
B. Do you hate me?
C. Do you asleep?
D. Are you sick?
E. Do you go to school?

37. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?B
A. a cookie
B. a secret
C. a story
D. a history
E. an experience

38. I have a face and two hands but have no arms and legs. Who am I?A
A. a clock
B. a t-shirt
C. a chair
D. a table
E. a bench

39. I have a head like a cat, I have feet like a cat, and I look like a cat. But I’m not a cat. Who am I?E
A. a tiger
B. a lion
C. a cheetah
D. a leopard
E. a kitten

40. If you were standing directly on the South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel
if you took one step backward?B
A. South
B. North
C. West
D. East
E. South East

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