Hi Everyone!! This article will share Grandad’s Gadget Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Marian Swinger. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions & answers of Little Tiger Cat, Heidi and Bread Making so, you can check these posts as well.
Grandad’s Gadget Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Gadget – machine
- Tweezers – a small tool with two long thin parts joined at one end and used to pick up small objects
- Mend – repair
- Queue – line
- Battered – damaged
- Twinkling – shining
Question 1: What did Grandad build?
Answer: Grandad built a gadget which would mend anything.
Question 2: What did he use to build it?
Answer: He used tweezers, hooks and springs to build it.
Question 3: What did the poet and his friends bring?
Answer: The poet and his friends brought a pile of toys and also a broken bike.
Question 4: What was Grandad’s gadget supposed to do?
Answer: Grandad’s gadget was supposed to mend broken objects.
Question 5: What did the gadget actually do?
Answer: The gadget built more gadgets from the broken toys.
Question 6: What did the new gadgets do?
Answer: The new gadgets ran about on their little legs around the gris and boys. Then, they rushed Grandad and chased him down the street.
Question 7: Make a list of the rhyming words in the poem.
Answer: Too-new, like-bike, toys-boys, feet-street.
Question 8: Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions.
1. ‘My machine will make them good as new!’
(a) Who said these words?
Answer: Grandad said these words.
(b) What would become ‘good as new’?
Answer: Broken toys and broken china would become ‘good as new’.
(c) What had to be done to ‘make them good as new’?
Answer: One button had to be pressed and the machine would ‘make them good as new’.
2. ‘Then they rushed at Grandad…..’
(a) Who does ‘they’ refer to?
Answer: ‘They’ refer to the new gadgets that were made by Grandad’s gadget.
(b) What was Grandad’s reaction?
Answer: Grandad hopped about and shouted.
(c) Were did ‘they’ chase him to?
Answer: ‘They’ chased him down the street.
Question 9: Why do you think the tiny new gadgets ran around the girls and boys and chase Grandad?
Answer: The tiny new gadgets ran around the girls and boys and chased Grandad because they experienced a new sense of freedom.
Question 10: Do you think the poem is funny? Give reasons.
Answer: Yes, the poem is funny because of the following reasons:
- The things that he used to make the gadget.
- Instead of mending the broken toys, the gadget made new gadgets.
- The new gadgets ran around the children on the little legs.
- They rushed at Grandad and chased him out of his room and into the street.
So, these were Grandad’s Gadget Questions & Answers.