This Spanish Difficult Review quiz will take a look at music, specifically, the song of Over the River and Through the Woods! Some of you may be familiar with this song and others may not be. It is a song that is often sung around Thanksgiving time in the United States. It was originally a poem written by Lydia Maria Child in 1844. The original song/poem about a journey through the woods to visit grandparents for the Thanksgiving holiday contained twelve verses. However, over the decades three of those verses became the most recognizable. This music quiz will focus on the three most famous verses.
Just as you have been doing with the other Spanish Difficult Review music quizzes, you will be translating separate phrases of the song from English into Spanish. You might see some unfamiliar words but you will know enough of the words contained in the sentences in order to be able to locate the correct translations.
[readmore]Are you feeling set and ready to go? Then let’s begin the journey of going over the river and through the woods!
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The Spanish word(s) for 'through' are 'a través de' and each answer has translated this correctly. The first answer reads: Over the river and through the trees… The second answer reads: Over the river and through the yards… The last answer reads: Over the river and through the weeks… Neither of these are correct. The third answer, on the other hand, reads: Over the river and through the woods… Note that bosques means woods and/or forests.
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The second answer reads: …to grandmother’s house we fly. The third answer reads: …to grandmother’s house we see. The last answer reads: …to grandmother’s house we believe. Neither of these is correct. The first answer, on the other than, reads: …to grandmother’s house we go.
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The first answer reads: The cow knows the way… The second answer reads: The shark knows the way… The third answer reads: The mayor knows the way. Finally, the last answer reads: The horse knows the way.
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The first answer reads: to push the sleigh… The third answer reads: to wash the sleigh… The last answer reads: to find the sleigh… Neither of these is correct. The second answer, on the other hand, reads: to carry the sleigh…
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The second answer reads: through the white and drifted rain. The third answer reads: through the white and drifted fog. The last answer reads: through the white and drifted rainbow. Neither of these is correct. However, the first answer reads: through the white and drifted snow.
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The first answer reads: It stings the toes and bites the mouth... The second answer reads: It stings the toes and bites the arm… The last answer reads: It stings the toes and bites the ear. Neither of these is correct. The third answer, on the other hand, reads: It stings the toes and bites the nose…
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The first answer reads: …how the wind knows! The second answer reads: …how the wind grows! The third answer reads: …how the wind does stop! Finally, the last answer reads: …how the wind does blow!
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The first answer reads: Is the pudding good? The third answer reads: Is the pudding sweet? The last answer reads: Is the pudding peach? Neither of these is correct. The second answer reads: Is the pudding done?
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The first answer reads: Hurray for spinach pie! The second answer reads: Hurray for blueberry pie! The last answer reads: Hurray for onion pie! Finally, the third answer reads: Hurray for pumpkin pie!
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The first answer reads: Hurray for Labor Day! The second answer reads: Hurray for Mother’s Day! The last answer reads: Hurray for Grandparent’s Day! Finally, the last answer reads: Hurray for Thanksgiving Day!
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