Beginner Riddles

What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed? "salt"

What is it the more you take, the more you leave behind? "footsteps"

What has four wheels and flies? "a garbage truck

When is a door not a door? "when it's a jar"

What has eyes yet cannot see? (This has four answers) "a potatoe, a needle, a storm, and a true lover"

What is the difference between a cat and a complex sentence?"a cat has it's claws at the end of it's paws, and a complex sentence has it's pause at the end of it's clause"
Nearly bright as the sun, sometimes dark as space. Like a pearl on black velvet, with diamonds twinkling in a case. What am I? "the moon"

I move without wings, between silken strings, I leave as you find, my substance behind. What am I? "a spider"

What gets bigger the more you take away from it? "a hole"

What is pronounced like one letter, written with three letters, and belongs to all animals? "EYE"

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I? "a tree"

Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead. What am I? "a match"

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of every end, and the end of every race? "the letter E"

If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it? "a secret"

I run around the city, but I never move. What am I? "a wall"

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water drowns me. What am I?  "fire"

By Moon or by Sun, I shall be found. Yet I am undone, if there's no light around. "a shadow"

The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it? "darkness"

Foward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I? "a TON"

I have a face, yet no senses. But I don't really care, because time is of the essence. "a clock"

My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I'm always ready to tell a tale. "a book"

Who is he that runs without a leg and his house on his back? "a snail"

My maker never wants me, my buyer never uses me, my user never sees me. What am I?"a coffin"

I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight. "a bat"

I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun he started to run. Who could he be? Please answer me. "a snowman"

What always goes to bed with his shoes on?"a horse"

What kind of nut has no shell?"a doughnut"

When is a boat not a boat? "when it's a float"

I'm very tempting, so it's said, I have a shiny coat of red, and my flesh is white beneath. I smell so sweet, taste good to eat, and help to guard your teeth. What am I? "an apple"

All of the answers are on this page. I am sure you have figured them out already. If you haven't then this too is a "think" question.