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1.That is itthat looks like a ball, but stands still and does not fall off its thin and
graceful legs? Children like to turn it around, rivers, mountains, lakes are found
countries states and their towns can be all around.
2. Boys and girls are two-legged creatures and they run about a lot. Mine is different
kind of features and although I am four-legged. I stand still as you can see. The
teacher puts his things on me. The whole day I serve the school and this I am very
proud to do
3.The teacher writes on me with chalk, my face is black, I can not talk; Unlike the
boys whose voices hum I do my work although I` m dumb.
4.What table has no legs?
5.I am used to draw lines with; I am long and white and thin; on my face black
figures shine. Try, you must my name define.
6.Look at the lines on my wrinkled old face. The land where you love you can easily
trace and see where each nation has got its own place
7.In my house there are a smaller house with windows and doors and only one person
living in it- knowledge.
8.It is not a bush, but has leaves; It is not a shirt, but sewn together; it has no tongue,
but tells a tale.
9.I know everything, I teach everybody. But to make friends with me you must first
learn
10.The field is white. Black is the seed, and the sower who sowed it was clever
indeed.
11.He is not French, he is not Greek; He tells us how to write and speak, but in a
language not our own- which one of us could do alone.
12.What word of three syllables contains twenty six letters?
13.What is it you keep in your schoolbag and that shows how you learn your lessons?
14. What tells you the answers, but gets you bad marks and is not a person?
15.What is small and black, with a tail and bent back? It does not bark, it does not
bite, but it does not let you pass from one form to the next.
16.What is it that gives light to the world although it is black?
17.This little traveler is very strong. He takes a drink of water and runs a thousand
miles. Before he starts, he takes off his hat. When he rests, he puts it on
18.A black fellow in a wooden cloak, wherever he turns his nose he makes a black
mark.
19.What is it that can carry a message to anybody in any town?
20.Our little John ha a wooden shirt on and a long sharp nose. He leaves his mark
wherever he goes.
21.My first of anything is half; My second is complete; and so remains until once
more my first and second meet.
22.Fat and gay, on a winter` s day. He came here with us to stay. When he grew both
sad and thin, we brought his younger brother in. People meet eh guest with cheer for
he brings another year.
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23.He came tous before New year a healthy, merry fellow. But every day he loses
weight and in a year he will fade away.
24.It takes off a piece of its clothing each day, by the end of the year it has nothing
left to wear.
25.Why is snow like New Year` s day?
26.A little old woman with twelve children; some short, some long, some cold, some
hot. What is it?
27.There are twelve brothers who march in single file, but can never overtake one
another.
28.Which year of the year is shortest?
29.Which is the strongest day of the week?
30.Can you name five days of the week without mentioning Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday?
31.What is it that was tomorrow and will be yesterday?
32.What is it that never was never will be and yet is?
33.What is it that everybody has seen, but can never see again?
34.Nature requires five, custom gives seven, laziness takes nine, and sloth takes
eleven.
35.My house has four doors. I go in at one. Then I come out at three doors all at once.
36.When is an old hat like a deposed king?
37.I sit astride but on what I don` t know. I jump off whenever I meet an
acquaintance. What am I?
38.When you come in, you take it off, but when you go out, you put it on: It is long
and is hung on a peg near the door.
39.Two little boats without any sails, with ten passengers on board. They do not go on
river or sea, but travel on dry land. All day boats pass to and from, but at night they
are both empty.
40.Two deep wells. Full by day, empty at night.
41.We are twins we walk together, we never part we make a pair for ever.
42.by day – a hoop
at night – snake
43.two shafts behind the ears, two wheels in front of the eyes, and a little saddle on
the nose
44.What do you find easiest to part with?
45.What is it that never uses its teeth for eating?
46.five cupboards, but only one door
47.It is true, I have both face and hands, and move before your eyes; Yet when I go,
my body stands, and when I stand, I lie
48.What goes without moving from its place?
49.I go at night and all the day, and yet I never go away.
50.When I go, I do not speak; But when I stop, I lie. What am I?
51.I strike each hour, but do not forget, you must not strike me, my good friend.
52.Here stands a post; when it burns it makes no smoke
53.little Nancy Etticote, in a red nose, the longer she stands the shorter she grows.
54.Four legs but not a beast. Full of feathers, but not a bird.
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55.There are twosisters in my house. One says: I wish the day would come. Then I
can lay my burden down. Then other says: For me the night is best. Then it is my turn
to rest.
56.They stare at one another all the time. But never meet. What are they?
57.When you look at it, it is not there, but it is there when you touch it. It is like ice
that does not melt, and water that doesn’t flow.
58.It is not very big, but it hangs in the middle of the room. In the day time no body
wants it. But at night everyone needs it.
59.We are four brothers living under one roof. Do you know us?
60.What is it that does not ask questions, but must be answered?
61.A flower planted in the hand that blossoms when it rains
62.It dressed other people, but goes naked itself.
63.A one eyed dragon with a long tail. I has been in and out of many beautiful
clothes, and seen many good tailors.
64.A steel horse with a cotton tail.
65.This old Granny has only one eye and a long thin tail that dances behind, wherever
she dances on the cloth, a bit of her tail is left in it.
66.Old mother Twitched had but one eye and a long tail which she let fly. And every
time she went over a gap. She left a bit of her tail in a trap.
67.There is one that has a head without an eye, and there is one that has an eye
without a head; you may find an answer if you try; and when all is said, half the
answer hangs upon a thread.
68.It is long and thin, but has a hundred teeth. It nibbles wood that makes its food.
69.It grings quickly and chews; it bites, but does not swallow.
70.A hundred little brothers, they are all alike guess them be and by.
71.He is little round fellow, however hard you pull his tail. You will not catch him.
72.It is very small and light but you won` t be able to lift it ny its tail.
73.I bought a new one and it was full of holes. What was it
74.what goes over the floor and then stands in the corner?
75.It swims to and fro on a white sea. It leaves a smooth surface. Quite pleasant to
see.
76.A watchdog at your door am I, you turn me round and still I lie. I never bark and I
never bite. I keep your thing quite safe at night.
77.A hundred and one brothers standing abreast tired together with a belt.
78.Long legs, crooked things, a little head and no eyes.
79.Head of iron, tail of wood
80.I am a lively worker, I dispise lazy boys. When I see any, I strike then on the head.
81.Who is very long and thin with a big and heavy head?
82.A box and a disk, but not a simple thing; It can sing, it can speak, it can play
lovely tunes.
83.What musical instrument will you can not believe?
84.I` m long and thin and made of steel I cut the mutton, beef and veal. When not in
use, I lie and wait beside my owner` s round white plate.
85.What plate can not you eat off?
86.Wooden horses run over the snow without sinking into it.
87.They run along the ground with upturned noses.
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88.When it isdriven, it goes, when it stops, it falls down
89.What is it that resembles a cart, but has no wheels and leaves no track behind it?
90.A steel horse drags much behind it?
91.what is it that runs so fast making a noise and smoking past, carrying us and giving
a blast
92.What is it that can reap alone?
93.We `re half a tram and half a bus; will you come and ride in us?
94.Why should a bus be safe from lighting?
95.Four sisters, each one like the other, two run on it front, and two follow behind.
96.Six legs, two heads, one tail.
97.I am up, and I am down, up and down up and down. I am made of string and
wood. Would you like me? Yes you would, so you see I am not shy, now please, tell
me, what am I?
98.It is always rounded, it can jump and fall, in the air, on the ground we can see a
rubber…
99.What is light as a feather, as round as a ball, yet a hundred men could not carry it?
100.What is it which works when it plays when it works?
101.A blue box hangs on a wall, people put letters and get tings into it and then a man
comes to take them away
102.it is an iron house, and the lodgers in it carry he news.
103.what is black and white and yet red all over?
104.Two brothers live across a bath, but never see each other.
105.A little ball can reach the sky.
106.The doors are open in the morning but shut at night. If you look into them, you
see yourself inside.
107. what has an eye, but can not see?
108.These two brothers live not very far apart; one in the left one on the right but they
never see each other.
109.a thick forest which grows as fast as it is cut down
110.Why are teeth like verbs?
111.what kind of teeth can not bite
112.thirty two white horses upon a red hill now they tramp, now they champ, now
they stand still.
113.without it you could not say a word.
114.It lives behind a bony wall bur heard by everybody
115.when is a mouth not mouth
116.what goes all over the house, but touches nothing?
117.it lives alone between two bright stars.
118.Between two little moons I am quite alone.
119.What are hands that can not hold anything?
120.Two mothers have five sons each and all have the same name. what are they?
121.When is a nail not a fingernail?
122.when is it dangerous to have an arm?
123.whose face needs no washing?
124.what has a neck but no throat?
125.what is it that no one wishes to have, yet no one wishes to lose?
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126.It always beatsand hops; it never sleeps or stops; life long we do not part with
our little
127.A person looked at portrait and said; sisters and brothers have none, but the man
in the portrait is my father` s son.
128.My father` s son is not my brother
129.My uncle has a brother he is not my uncle.
130.If your aunt` s brother is not your uncle, what relation is he to you?
131.If Dick` s father is Tom` s son what relation is Dick to Tom
132.What relation is that child to its father, that is not its father` s own son?
133.Two people are walking along the street. One say: this is ma father` s house, but I
am not his son. Who is the speaker?
134.A big German and a little German were walking down the road. The little
German was the big German` s son, but the big German was not the little German` s
father. Who was the big German?
135.Three taxi drivers had one brother but this brother had no brothers of his own.
Why?
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137.There lived three workers, who had a brother called John. However John himself
had no brothers. How do you explain this?
138.A blue sheet which covers the whole world what is it?
139.It looks like peas scattered on a path.
140.Higher than house, higher than a tree, oh, whatever can that be?
141.I have a little sister, her name is Pretty Peep, she wades in the waters Deep, Deep,
Deep She climbs up the mountains High, High, High; My poor little sister, she has
but one eye.
142.We are very large though we seem small, we float on high and never fall, we
shine like jewels in the night, but in the day are hidden from sight.
143.Two sisters fair and bright always running, never meet.
144.Who am I that shine so bright with my pretty silver light, peeping through your
windows grey? Tell me little boy, I pray
145.What is it that has always been an yet is only a month old?
146.It is very old and still it shines. Just four weeks old and never will be five.
147.Hick a more. Hick a more. On the kitchen floor; all the horses, all the men, could
not drive hick a more, hick a more, off the kitchen floor?
148.You see him under the sun, and under the moon and the lamplight. He follows
you whenever you go, But never says a word.
149.On a sunny day I have one, and you have one too, and the oak in the field and the
fish in the sea also have one.
150.what falls on the water and never gets wet?
151.Nobody saw it, but everybody heard it.
152.Footless and handless, it knocks at the door and wants to be let in.
153.Water frowns at it. Trees shake their heads at it. Flowers bow to it. Clouds run
away from it.
154.What is without hands and without feet, without head or body, but can open a
door?
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155.A thousand threadsten thousand threads, they fall in to the river and are never
seen again.
156.what is it that makes a noise in the fields and in the garden, but can not get into
the house?
157.What is it that can catch me in the garden and make me wet, but can not reach me
when I am at home?
158.I am asked to come, I am waited for, but I make them hide when I come.
159.What is white and falls on the top of the roof?
160.when is frosty weather like poesy?
161.It lands in the evening and lies on the earth all night, but in the morning it flies
away.
162.I am energy and motion. I can fly across the ocean I can hear and I can speak , I
can see and even seek. I eat neither bread nor gruel, I eat energy and fuel. Better say, I
never eat I am transformated heat.
163.When I eat, I live but when I drink, I die. What am i?
164.What is it always goes with a railway train is not there when the train stops, is no
use to the train, and yet the train cannot go without it?
165.What goes quicker than the wind and the train?
166.What can you see with your eyes shut?
167.It flows, but cannot run out.
168.What has a bed, but never lies in it?
169.Two brothers look into the water, But cannot meet each other
170.It’s so weak that a little wind can move it’s so strong that you can cut with a
knife and leave no track.
171.It is white, it is cold. You can skate on it. What is it?
172.What is it that is not burnt in the fire, And cannot be drowned in the water?
173.What tree rustles with out any wind?
172. Nobody frightens it, but it is always trembling.
174.In winter and in summer they stand both in one colour.
175.It is curly, it is white, and it stands at my gate.
176.What trees has fire no effect upon?
177.In spring you’re glad to see me, in summer keep you cool. In autumn I give you
food, In
178. winter I keep you warm.
179.Nobody frightens it, but it is always trembling.
180.If a tree were to break a window, what would the window say?
181.In what tree does a crow sit when it is raining?
182.I went to the wood and got it The more I looked at it. The less I liked it And I
brought it home because I could not help it.
183.I went to the fields and I got it. I brought it home in my hand Because I couldn’t
find it. The more I looked for it. The more I felt it. But when I found it. I threw it
away.
184.What house is built Without hands or an axe?
185.What shoots without a gun?
186.It’s a golden sieve with many black houses in it.
187.It is not a bee, but stings.
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188.The funny fellow’son the watch, He hands in our garden And frightens birds
away
189.Take a moustache and leg and three you have a body
190.There drew a house in the field, Full of gold grain. The walls of the house are
gilded But the shutters are nailed up.
191.A child clinging half-way up a little tree, He wears many of green coats, And a
hat with a long red tassel.
192.This tree has thousands of leaves. It grows bigger and bigger without any
branches Without any root.
193.Golden hills grow in summer.
194.I met a creature on the road. On its back it had a load. It wasn’t an ass and it
wasn’t a cow. Though two horns grew on its brow.
195.Who carries his house with him?
196.He is not a tailor, But carries needles with him.
197.There came a poultry-maid in a red coat To count the poultry
198.Who is born with whiskers?
199.What has a cat which no other animal has?
200.Furry and furry with long whiskers.
201.When is it the worst weather for rats and hares?
202.Why is a mouse like a hay?
203.One rounds downhill like a stream. One is taller when he sits than when he
stands, One washes her face, but does not comb her hair.
204.Why is a dog’s tail like the centre of a tree?
205.What animal sleeps all the winter with its head hanging down?
206.It’s grey, but it’s not a wolf, long-eared, but not a hare with hoofs, but not a
horse. what is it?
207.The animal that is very timid and is afraid of everything is……
208.The animal that has a red bushy tail is a…….
209.The animal that sleeps all winter in a den is a………
210.The animal that has a beautiful yellow skin with black stripes is a……….
211.The animal that has a pouch in which she carries her babies is a……..
212.The animal who can go without food and water for a long time is a……..
213.The animal that has a horn on its nose is a………
214.The animal that has a beautiful white skin with black stripes is a………….
215.The anima that can hang by its long tail is a……..
216.The animal that has a long trunk is an……..
217.The animal that has long hair around its neck is a……….
218.Why are crows brave?
219.Why do five- day old chicks walk across the road?
220.when does a goose look like a snowball?
221.not a horseman, but wears spurs. Not a watchman, but wakes people up. What is
it?
222.A little fellow dresses in grey, hops here and there and there And never goes
away.
223.It sleeps in the day-time, it flies at night And frightens passers-by.
224.There hangs a sieve, Made bye no man’s hands
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225.A clever workmanwho builds a house without a brick or beam, Its snow-white
walls have no windows and doors, but can be pulled down and made into clothes.
226.Why is a caterpillar like hot toast?
227.This bird has a long sharp nose. When it flies, it sings When it hands, it stings.
228.I’m a little country lad in affine red coat, you see. When they meet me, folk are
glad And always bow low to me.
229.I sit in a tree, round as a ball, red as blood, sweet as honey.
230.At first I am green and small, like a little ball. Then grow I red and bigger still.
And when I blacken in the sun. you say I` m ripe and eat me up
231.A golden girl sits in the darkness, but her hair hangs out in the sunlight. Do you
know her?
232.Little old uncle, dressed in brown, take off his coat…
233.A hundred shirts and all without buttons. What is it?
234.What house has many people inside, but neither windows buttons. What is it?
235.Come and drink at my spring. Green walls are all around it, shiny black stones
inside.
236.What does one half of an apple resemble.
237.Clean, but not water; sticky, but not tar; white, but not snow; sweet, but not
honey. What is it?
238.white as snow sweet to all, but when it gets into the mouth, it disappears
239.What is white outside and yellow inside?
240.They do not eat me alone, but can not eat without me. What am I?
241.It is silver outside and golden inside.
242.What is bread before it is put into the oven?
243.When is coffee like the earth?
244.How many peas can you put into an empty glass?
245.There is a little green house; and in the little green house; there is a little brown
house; and in the little brown house; there is a little yellow house and in the little
yellow house; there is a white house; and in the little white house there is a white
little heart.
246.The outside is a shell, the inside is meat, at grows in a tree, and is good to eat.
247.As soft as silk, as white as milk, as bitter as gall. A thick wall and a green coat
cover me all.
248.what is the word, the first two letters of which stand for a man, the first three for
a woman, the first four for a brave man and the whole for a brave woman?
249.why is the word “ thousand” like the Sahara desert?
250.what is the longest word in English?
251.Why is the letter W quarrelsome?
252.what two letters make something really rotten?
253.why is a selfish friend like the letter P?
254.what makes a road broad?
255.what words may be pronounced quicker and shorter by adding syllables to them?
256.why is the letter K like a pig, tail?
257.what is that which occurs twice a moment, once in a minute and not once in a
thousand years?
258.what letter is it?
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a. the beginning of evening
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end
And the end of every place
b. the poor have two
the rich have none,
millions have none
you have one.
259.why is the letter G like the sun?
260.why is London like the letter E?
261.with D and F I am at home,
with O and S I am at the sea; find us?
262.Which letter of the alphabet goes all round Great Britain?
263.What color were the winds and waves in the storm
264.What letter is the most prominent in the alphabet?
265.Why is the letter A like 12 o` clock
266.Which letter is the most useful to a deaf old woman?
267.how could you make a tea-table into a food?
268.why is the letter T like an Island?
269.what is it that you can keep even after giving it is somebody else?
270.What four letters scare a burglar?
271.what match can` t be put in a match box?
272.How can you keep cool at a football match?
273.what star is not seen in the sky?
274.what horse needs no food?
275.what man can not live inside the house?
276.what can you drop without losing anything?
277.when is a fool wise?
278.why is a cheery like a book?
279.what is the difference between a schoolmaster and an engine- drive?
280.What is everything doing at the same time?
281.what is the difference between a soldier and a young girl?
282.what belong only to you, and yet is used more by others than by yourself?
283.why is the Atlantic Ocean like a small boy?
284.Why are little boys and girls so expensive?
285.What is button?
286.What question can not be answered with ‘yes’?
287.Why is a coward like a leaky barrel?
288.why is a fishmonger never generous?
289.who is always happiest when he finds everything dull?
290.What clock shows the right time only twice a day?
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291.why do weall go to bed?
292.what is that gets larger the more you take from it?
293.what is it that a man can not live without?
294.Two geese before a goose and two geese behind a goose and one goose in the
middle. How many geese in all/
295.can you place ten pieces of sugar in three cups so that every cup contains an odd
number of pieces?
296.Ten fish I caught without an eye, and nine without a tail. Six had no head, and
half of eight I weighed upon a scale. How who can tell me, ask I ask it, how many
fish were in my basket?
297.Two persons are standing near one another one is looking southward the other
northward how can they see each other without turning their heads and without using
looking glasses?
298.I have an equal number of sisters and brothers but my sister has twins as few
sisters as brothers, how many are we?
299.Five birds were in the tree. A man shot at them and save two fall. How many
birds were lift in the tree?
300.How many apples can you eat on an empty stomach?
301.How can you divide six apples among seven hungry people?
302.where can you find every word of your last conversation?
303.if you saw a lion coming what steps would you take?
304.Hump back, smooth belly
305.What bird can you find in Africa that has wings but can not fly?
306.why do birds fly south?
307.what man in the world wore the largest hat?
308.What goes up when the rain comes down?
309.why is my little sister awfully tires?
310.What plate can not you eat off?
311.what is the best way to make a fire with two sticks?
312.what is it that has two heads, six legs naf one tail.
313.what files although it has no wings and sings although it has no voice?
314.what man can not live inside of house?
315.What falls on the water and never gets wet?
316.I go at night and all the day, and yet I never go away?
317.what does one half of an apple resemble?
318.It is blue and green and red, it bounces higher than my head. It does not want to
stop at all. Hat is it?
319.I am long and thin made of steel, I cut the mutton, beef, and veal when not in use,
I lie and wait beside my owner` s round white plate.
320.What goes all around the house without legs?
321.what is white and has a chick inside/
322.What three letters mean twenty six letters?
323.What has every street and every school?
324.it is white and blue. It is cold. You see it on the skating- rink. You can skate on it.
What is it?
325.what can stand and go at the same time?
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326.What is inthe middle of the day?
327.The teacher writes on me with chalk. My face is black. I can not walk. What am
I?
328.It` s I have both face and hands and move before your eyes; Yet when I go, my
body stands, and when I stand, I lie.
329.What is full of hopes, but holds water?
330.What is the best way to carry water in a sieve?
331.what is it that you have at every meal, but never eat?
332.When a man falls into the water, what is the first thing he does?
333.When Columbus discovered America, where did he first stand?
334.What is too much for one, very good for two, but nothing for three?
335.What does everybody give and only few take?
336.Whats is it which never uses its teeth for eating?
337.What is that every man once was?
338.Why is your shadow like a bas friend?
339.What can pass before the sun without
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Answers
1. A globe
2.A table
3. A blackboard
4. Time-table
5. A ruler
6. A map
7. A bookcase
8. A book
9. A snowman
10. A shadow
11. A clock
12. The other half
13. It is my ball
14. A knife
15. A broom
16. An egg
17. The ABC
18. The letter
19. Ice
20. A clock
21. The letter A
22. A sponge
23. Father
24. Tom is his grandfather
25. The sky and the stars
26. A star
27. The sub and the moon
28. The moon
29. Sunshine
30. Your shadow
31. The echo
32. The wind
33. The rain
34. Show
35. A haystack
36. Ricks or stacks
37. A snail
38. Hedgehog
39. A fox
40. A kitten
41. A cat
42. A bat
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43. An ass,donkey
44.Hare
45. Fox
46. Bear
47. Tiger
48. Kangaroo
49. Camel
50. Rhinoceros
51. Zebra
52. Monkey
53. Elephant
54. Lion
55. An appetite
56. A secret
57. Advice
58. A comb
59. A boy
60. Time
61. Five
62. A fountain
63. A letterbox
64. A newspaper
65. Eyes
66. A needle
67. Two ears
68. Hair
69. The teeth of a comb
70. A tongue
71. A nise
72. Fingers
73. A bottle
74. A bald head
75. Heart
76. I myself
77. My father
78. A saw
79. The centimeters in a meter
80. A ball of wool
81. A sieve
82. A broom
83. An iron
84. A lock
85. A fence
86. A pair of tongs
87. An axe
88. A hammer
14.
89. A gramophone
90.A lyre
91. A knife
92. An empty one
93. Skis
94. A Bicycle
95. A boat
96. A locomotive
97. A tractor
98. Trolley-buses
99. Because it has a conductor
100.Wheels of a cars
101.A horseman
102.A swing
103.Ball
104.A bubble
105.The dew
106.Electricity
107.Fire
108.Noise
109.Thoughts
110.Dream
111.A river
112.The banks of a river
113.Water
114.Ice
115.An aspen-tree
116.A fir-tree and a pine
117.A birch
118.A thorn
119.A briar
120.A nest
121.A plant
122.The sunflower
123.A nettle
124.A scarecrow
125.An ear of corn
126.An ear of maize
127.A cock
128.A sparrow
129.An owl
130.A web
131.A silkworm
132.A gnat
133.A wild strawberry
134.A cherry
15.
135.A carrot
136.An onion
137.Ahead of cabbage
138.A cucumber
139.A water-melon
140.The other half
141.Milk
142.Sugar
143.Salt
144.An egg
145.Dough
146.A nut
147.A walnut
148.A heroine
149.A coat
150.Shoes
151.High boots
152.Boots or shoes
153.A belt
154.Spectacles
155.A comb
156.A glove
157.A watch
158.A clock
159.A candle
160.A bed
161.A bed and door
162.A lamp
163.A telephone
164.An umbrella
165.A needle
166.A needle and a thread
167.A pin and needle
168.A saw
169.A book
170.A page in a book
171.A teacher
172.Alphabet
173.Your day-book
174.A crib
175.A two
176.Ink
177.A fountain-pen
178.A pencil
179.A letter
180.A pencil