Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Song of The Engine Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Christine Weatherly. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Magic in The Park, So Many Friends and Four Friends so, you can check these posts as well.
The Song of The Engine Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Line – railway tracks for trains to run on
- Journey – a long trip
- Will – a strong wish to do something
- Requires – needs
- Speeds – move very fast
Question 1: What is the speed of the engine when it goes up hill?
Answer: When the train goes up the hill, its speed is slow.
Question 2: What is the song of the engine sings while going uphill?
Answer: The song of the engine sings, “I think, I can” while going uphill.
Question 3: When does the train needs no pulling?
Answer: When the train goes down the hill, it needs no pulling.
Question 4: Why do we need to listen very quietly?
Answer: We need to listen very quietly to hear the song, “I thought, I could, I thought, I could.”
Question 5: How does the engine pull the train as it goes up the hill?
Answer: The engine pulls the train with a will as it goes up the hill.
Question 6: How does the engine move as it goes up the hill?
Answer: The engine moves very slowly as it goes up the hill.
Question 7: Why does the engine sing the song “I think, I can I think, I can”?
Answer: Pulling the train up the hill is quite a difficult task for the engine so it sings the song “I think I can I think I can” to encourage itself to pull the train up with a strong will.
Question 8: Read the lines and answer the questions:
Though it goes so very slowly
It sings this little song,
‘I think I can, I think I can,’
And so it goes along.
(a) What does the word ‘it’ refer to?
Answer: The word ‘it’ refers to the engine of the train.
(b) What song does the engine of the train sing? Why?
Answer: Pulling the train up the hill is quite a difficult task for the engine so it sings the song “I think I can I think I can” to encourage itself to pull the train up with a strong will.
(c) Write one pair of rhyming word from the above lines.
Answer: Song-along.
Question 9: Complete the sentences with the correct answers.
1. The engine pulls you ____________
(a) with a will
(b) very quickly
2. When the train requires no pulling, the engine keeps _________
(a) standing still
(b) singing
Question 10: What does ‘I think I can’ mean
(a) The engine believes it can go up the hill.
(b) The engine does not want to go up the hill.
Question 11: Write two rhyming words for these words.
1. Hill – kill, will
2. Song – long, along
3. Could – should, would
So, these were The Song of The Engine Questions & Answers.