Name_____________________________________________

 

What Am I?

Read the clues from the book to guess the riddle. Circle the correct answer.

 

1. My name is Union Jack. I am                      2. I am a holiday. People celebrate
    red, blue, and white. I have                              me by shooting fireworks. They
    three crosses that stand for                             light bonfires and burn dummies.
    patron saints. What am I?                                What am I?     

      a government building                                       Christmas        Poppy Day

       a clock tower    a flag                                                 Guy Fawkes Day

 

3. I am a small animal. I often                          4. I am England's most famous   
    live in cities. People in London                       dessert. Cooks cover me with
    find in their bushes. What                                brandy. They light me on fire.
    am I ?                                                                What am I?

    a hedgehog    a fed fox                                            Yorkshire pudding       

           a badger                                                    plum pudding        Cornish pasty

 

5. I am a game. I am over 700                         6. I am in London. I am near the
     years old. Players use a ball                          Thames River. I am called 
     and bat. What am I?                                        Ben. What am I?

        rugby       tiddlywinks                                     a large bridge       a clock tower

               cricket                                                                       a church
 

           Challenge: Use the book to make your own riddle. Have a friend solve it.

 

Based on England by Kathleen W. Deady                                                 For more activities go to www.kathleendeady.com