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Question
Read the extract and do the following activities :
B1 Likes and dislikes :
(i) The child likes eating _______
(ii) The child dislikes eating _______
They won’t eat peas, don’t like your bread -
For something in it crunches;
They gag on fat, the gravy’s gross,
They won’t eat grapes in bunches.
Tomatoes, onions, peppers, fish
Garlic nor cottage cheese;
Oh, it’s a dish uncommon rare
That truly seems to please.
No red sauce may the ice cream have,
“It’s bleeding,” they will say;
And gravely hand it to their mum
To take it to clean away
But let us speak of chocolate cake,
It must be frosted o’er;
They’ll devour three full slabs,
And calmly ask for more.
Oh, I do so always love to eat
With picky little pests,
Whose parents joy to make them
The most undesirable guests!
B2 What message does the poem convey for children?
B3 Pick out two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
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Solution
B1
(i) The child likes eating three full slabs of chocolate cake.
(ii) The child dislikes eating peas, bread, fat, gravy, grapes, tomatoes, onions, peppers, fish, garlic, cottage cheese and red sauce.
B2 The poem humorously conveys the message that children shouldn't be picky eaters. Their parents should teach them to eat everything and not create a fuss when they are guests at dinner.
B3 pests - guests, cheese - please.
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