Hi Everyone!! This article will share A Misspelled Tale Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Perseus and the Gorgon, Collecting Things and The Skylark so, you can check these posts as well.
A Misspelled Tale Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Gait – a way of walking or moving along
- Glee – joyful delight
- Sled – sleigh; sledge
- Sleet – partly frozen rain
- Snowdrift – a bank of snow piled up by the wind
- Treacherous – involving hidden dangers or obstacles
Question 1: What reasons did the boy give for wanting to go out?
Answer: The boy said that the sun was bright, the air was clear, and that is why he wished to go out.
Question 2: What warning was the boy given?
Answer: He was warned not to lose his way.
Question 3: What mood was the boy in when he went out?
Answer: He was keen to go outside and play. He must have been happy when he was given permission to do so.
Question 4: How was the weather in the morning and in what way did it change?
Answer: In the morning the sun was bright; then the weather changed. It started snowing.
Question 5: What factors made the boy feel that things were not right?
Answer: He was on his sleigh, going through snowdrifts and watery pools but normally he would have walked. Now he was lost and looking at a ‘treacherous hole’ in the road; his progress had been too slow and he wanted to meet ‘some kindly soul’ because he had lost his way.
Question 6: What is the effect of the use of incorrect spellings?
Answer: The use of incorrect spellings makes the poem humourous.
Question 7: Read the lines and answer the questions:
a. The ant said, ‘Take ewer slay…..’
(i) Who says these words and to whom?
Answer: The aunt said these words to the little boy.
(ii) What kind of sleigh does the boy have?
Answer: He has a nice new sledge, painted red.
b. ‘Though I wood walk by rule, I am not rite, ‘tis plane…’
(i) Who says these words and to whom?
Answer: The little boy says these words to himself.
(ii) What does ‘by rule’ mean?
Answer: It means ‘normally, as is (my) usual habit.’
iii. How is the speaker feeling at this time?
Answer: He is upset and lost. (He wishes to be back at home.)
So, these were A Misspelled Tale Questions & Answers.