Work in pairs and answer the riddles that are given below. Share the answers with your classmates and teacher.
I can be a friend or a foe, depending on how you use me. I can bring both joy or pain. What am I?
Words
What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
The future
I can be measured, but I cannot be touched. I can be spent, but I cannot be saved. What am I?
Time
What has to be shared before you can keep it?
A secret
Explanation
(i) Words can be used positively (as a friend) to bring joy, or negatively (as a foe) to cause pain, depending on how they are used. (ii) The future is always ahead of us but cannot be seen as it has not yet happened. (iii) Time can be measured in hours and minutes, spent on activities, but once passed, it cannot be saved or recovered. (iv) A secret must be told (shared) with someone before the act of keeping it becomes meaningful.