General Riddles

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

Fill in the sequence: ND, JF, MA, ?, ?, SO
MJ and JA Explanation:: "ND" is for November & December, "JF" is for January & February, "MA" is for March & April and so on.

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