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My Shadow

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1.What does the speaker’s shadow do when he jumps into bed?

a)

Gets taller

b)

Gets little

c)

Jumps before him

d)

Sticks to him

2.

What does the shadow do when the speaker gets up before the sun?

a)

shoots up taller

b)

stays in bed

c)

jumps up high

d)

stays nearby

3.

Read the line below from the poem:


"He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play."


In the sentence, the word notion probably means

a)

need

b)

turn

c)

sight

d)

clue

4.

Why does the speaker think his shadow is a coward?

a)

His shadow hides at night.

b)

His shadow stays close to him.

c)

His shadow likes to sleep.

d)

His shadow stays with nursie.

5.

The poem is MAINLY about

a)

a boy who likes to tell funny stories.

b)

a boy who teaches his shadow a lesson.

c)

a boy who tells about his shadow.

d)

a boy who gets up before the sun.

6.

Which word BEST describes the speaker’s shadow?

a)

playful

b)

angry

c)

hopeful

d)

tricky

7.

What verse from stanza 3 explains why the shadow makes a fool out of the speaker?

a)

"he's a coward you can see"

b)

"that shadow sticks to me"

c)

"He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play."

d)

"I'd think shame to stick to nursie."

8.

What words does the author use to describe the shadow's movement?

a)

goes in and out, nursie, coward.

b)

jumps in, sticks to me, little, bed.

c)

see, heels up, proper children.

d)

goes in and out, jump, shoots up taller, sticks to me.

9.

How are the words fool, coward, and shame connected in the third stanza?

a)

They describe how the author feels about the shadow.

b)

They show how the author calls his shadow.

c)

They describe what the shadow does to the author.

d)

They describe what the author and the shadow do together.

10.

According to "My Shadow" how does a shadow grow?

a)

"he sometimes shoots up taller"

b)

"not at all like proper children, which is very slow."

c)

"when I jump into my bed"

d)

"he sometimes gets so little."