Spanish Difficult Review Quiz - Writing - Nursery Rhyme: Mary Had a Little Lamb (Questions)

Welcome to learning nursery rhymes in Spanish! There will be a number of Spanish Difficult Review nursery rhyme quizzes. Each one was created to help you with your Spanish vocabulary memory of words. In addition, since this is a writing quiz, you will be required to write out the Spanish quiz sentences and then translate those sentences into English. In this Spanish Difficult Review quiz you will be covering the nursery rhyme of Mary Had a Little Lamb as it is spoken in Spanish.

Each rhyme, and the writing practice required, should help the brain to exercise its memory bank and withdraw a word quickly. Mary Had a Little Lamb was originally written as a song in the round such as Row, Row, Row Your Boat. It was written by Sarah Josepha Hale in May of 1830 and then published in Boston. It is believed that the poem/song was inspired by an actual event when a girl named Mary Sawyer, who lived in Sterling, Massachusetts, brought her lamb to school with her.

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Mary Had a Little Lamb is also famous for being the very first rhyme that Thomas Edison recorded on his phonograph in 1877. As the nursery rhyme of Mary Had a Little Lamb is rather short, some of the quiz sentences will actually be questions or statements about the rhyme. Therefore, please pay close attention to determine if the sentence is a line from the nursery or if the line is a question or statement about the nursery. Ah, now that has got to start you to thinking! It’s going to be a challenge but if you take the time – you can do it! So, get some paper and a pen (or pencil) and then let’s start looking at Mary Had a Little Lamb!

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1. María tuvo un pequeño cordero.
[ ] Mary was a little lamb.
[ ] Mary took her little lamb.
[ ] Mary found a small lamb.
[ ] Mary had a little lamb.
2. Y en todas partes que María fue,
[ ] and all the parties that Mary went,
[ ] and everywhere that Mary went,
[ ] and in the parts that Mary went,
[ ] and in all areas that Mary went,
3. La siguió a la escuela un día.
[ ] The kids in day school.
[ ] He followed the day school.
[ ] He followed her to school one day.
[ ] The children at school one day.
4. Hizo que los niños ríen y juegan.
[ ] He had the children laughing and playing.
[ ] It made the children laugh and play.
[ ] He had that little laugh and play.
[ ] He carried the children at laugh and play.
5. ¿Quién escribió esta canción?
[ ] Louisa May Alcott
[ ] Thomas Edison
[ ] Mary Sawyer
[ ] Sarah Josepha Hale
6. ¿En qué año fue escrita esta canción?
[ ] 1830
[ ] 1837
[ ] 1877
[ ] 1930
7. Porque, María ama el cordero, ya sabes.
[ ] Because, Mary loves the lamb, that’s right.
[ ] Because, Mary loves the lamb, that’s all.
[ ] Because, Mary loves the lamb, you know.
[ ] Because, Mary loves the lamb, she says.
8. El profesor respondió.
[ ] The teacher replied.
[ ] The teacher responded.
[ ] The teacher scolded.
[ ] The teacher forbade.
9. ¿Dónde vivió María?
[ ] Montana
[ ] Misuri
[ ] Misisipí
[ ] Massachusetts
10. Se cree que la historia se inspiró en ____.
[ ] a missing lamb
[ ] an actual event
[ ] an orphan girl
[ ] the childhood of Sarah Josepha Hale
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Spanish Difficult Review Quiz - Writing - Nursery Rhyme: Mary Had a Little Lamb (Answers)
1. María tuvo un pequeño cordero.
[ ] Mary was a little lamb.
[ ] Mary took her little lamb.
[ ] Mary found a small lamb.
[x] Mary had a little lamb.
The given sentence reads: Mary had a little lamb.
2. Y en todas partes que María fue,
[ ] and all the parties that Mary went,
[x] and everywhere that Mary went,
[ ] and in the parts that Mary went,
[ ] and in all areas that Mary went,
The given sentence reads: and everywhere that Mary went.
3. La siguió a la escuela un día.
[ ] The kids in day school.
[ ] He followed the day school.
[x] He followed her to school one day.
[ ] The children at school one day.
The given sentence reads: He followed her to school one day.
4. Hizo que los niños ríen y juegan.
[ ] He had the children laughing and playing.
[x] It made the children laugh and play.
[ ] He had that little laugh and play.
[ ] He carried the children at laugh and play.
The given sentence reads: It made the children laugh and play.
5. ¿Quién escribió esta canción?
[ ] Louisa May Alcott
[ ] Thomas Edison
[ ] Mary Sawyer
[x] Sarah Josepha Hale
The question being asked here is: Who wrote this song? Sarah Josepha Hale wrote it.
6. ¿En qué año fue escrita esta canción?
[x] 1830
[ ] 1837
[ ] 1877
[ ] 1930
The question being asked here is: In what year was this song written? It was written in 1830.
7. Porque, María ama el cordero, ya sabes.
[ ] Because, Mary loves the lamb, that’s right.
[ ] Because, Mary loves the lamb, that’s all.
[x] Because, Mary loves the lamb, you know.
[ ] Because, Mary loves the lamb, she says.
The given sentence reads: Because, Mary loves the lamb, you know.
8. El profesor respondió.
[ ] The teacher replied.
[x] The teacher responded.
[ ] The teacher scolded.
[ ] The teacher forbade.
The given sentence reads: The teacher responded.
9. ¿Dónde vivió María?
[ ] Montana
[ ] Misuri
[ ] Misisipí
[x] Massachusetts
The question being asked is: Where did Mary live? She lived in Massachusetts.
10. Se cree que la historia se inspiró en ____.
[ ] a missing lamb
[x] an actual event
[ ] an orphan girl
[ ] the childhood of Sarah Josepha Hale
The statement reads: It is believed that the story was inspired by ____. The answer is an actual event.
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