{"id":23716,"date":"2025-06-17T13:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/?post_type=free_lesson&#038;p=23716"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:42:32","slug":"do-you-think-you-can-answer-this-riddle","status":"publish","type":"free_lesson","link":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/puzzle\/do-you-think-you-can-answer-this-riddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think you can answer this riddle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Is this a well-known riddle in your country? Can you answer it? Let&#8217;s see how logical your brain is!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A man lives on the <strong>10th floor<\/strong> of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the <strong>elevator (lift)<\/strong> all the way down to the bottom and goes to work. But in the evening&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If someone else is in the lift with him, he rides all the way up to the <strong>10th floor<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If it\u2019s <strong>raining<\/strong>, he also goes straight to the 10th.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But on <strong>normal days<\/strong>, when he\u2019s alone and it\u2019s dry, he only takes the lift to the 7th floor, then walks up the final 3 flights of stairs to reach his flat.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">(Note: Elevator is <strong>lift<\/strong> in British English. Apartment is <strong>flat<\/strong> in British English)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Why does he do that?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The answer is simple: He&#8217;s a short guy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the morning, he can press the ground floor button easily (no problem going down).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the evening, if he\u2019s alone, he can only reach the <strong>7th-floor button<\/strong>, because that\u2019s <strong>as high as his arms can reach<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If it\u2019s <strong>raining<\/strong>, he uses his <strong>umbrella<\/strong> to press the button for the 10th floor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If <strong>someone else is in the lift<\/strong>, he simply asks them to press the 10th for him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f0f33b700d760d204107f02859656a65\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this a well-known riddle in your country? 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