I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?

The dirtier I get, the whiter I look. Who am I?

How many letters are in the alphabet?

If an electric train is travelling south, then which way is the smoke going?

During which month do people sleep the least?

These types of puzzles are known as charades. What you have to do is find two words that are referred to in the first stanza and the second stanza and put them together to form the third word in the third stanza.

Just for example, if my first refers to 'off' and my second refers to 'ice', then my whole will be office.

My first is present - future's past -
A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
Defining people's present place.

My whole describes a lack of site -
A place without length, breadth, or height.

Can you spot what's wrong with the following sentence?

PETER WAS ANGRY AT
HIMSELF BECAUSE HE
ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THE
THE KEYS TO HIS CAR
AT HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE.

What word begins and ends with an E, but has only one letter?

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?