Questions: Nursery Rhymes
5 questions to test your understanding
Score: 0 / 5
Question 1 Multiple Choice
What are nursery rhymes?
ABoring grown-up poems
BShort poems and songs with rhyming words and a beat that have been passed down for many years
COnly songs without rhymes
DMade-up words
Nursery rhymes are short poems or songs with rhyming words and a rhythm that people have been saying and singing for a very long time.
Question 2 True / False
Nursery rhymes are only for very little babies.
Answer: False
While babies enjoy them, nursery rhymes help all young children learn about sounds and language. Older kids enjoy them too!
Question 3 Short Answer
Finish this nursery rhyme: Jack and Jill went up the ___. What word rhymes and comes next?
Think about your answer, then reveal below.
Model answer: Hill. The full rhyme goes 'Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.'
A good answer shows you can hear the rhyme and know what word fits the pattern.
Question 4 Multiple Choice
Do the stories in nursery rhymes always have to make perfect sense?
AYes, they must be realistic
BNo, many are silly and playful on purpose
COnly sometimes
DOnly old ones
Nursery rhymes are often silly and strange on purpose! That is part of what makes them fun and memorable.
Question 5 True / False
You have to sing nursery rhymes to enjoy them. You cannot say them out loud.
Answer: False
You can sing them, say them, clap along to them, or act them out. There are many fun ways to enjoy nursery rhymes!