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You are old father William

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the poet

a)

Lewis Carroll

b)

Louis James

c)

Louis Philp

d)

Philip Carroll

2.

Incessantly means

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

Continuously

d)

Lack

3.

How does father William stand

a)

Slanting

b)

Upside down

c)

Standing straight

4.

Father William thought that ____________ might injure his brain

a)

Standing on his head

b)

lying down

c)

swimming

5.

What was it that father William did again and again

a)

Standing on his head

b)

standing with a pot in his head

c)

Standing with his son

6.

"And you have grown uncommonly fat" who said this?

a)

A young girl

b)

His son

c)

his brother

7.

Father William is described extremely ____________________

a)

Good

b)

Bad

c)

Fat

8.

Name the action performed by father in the third stanza

a)

backward walk

b)

juggling

c)

somersault

9.

In the fourth stanza father William is referred to as ___________

a)

rich man

b)

sage

c)

fat man

10.

Father Williams kept all his limbs ________

a)

double

b)

supple

c)

immoveable

11.

What was the cost of the ointment

a)

one shilling

b)

ten shilling

c)

100 shilling

12.

what is the reason for his muscular strength of his jaws?

a)

he argued with his wife

b)

he was a lawyer

c)

he was a judge

13.

Yet you balance an _________ at the end of your nose?

a)

jelly fish

b)

eel fish

c)

salmon fish

14.

How did the old man react to the last question of his son?

a)

happy

b)

irritated

c)

worried

15.

The rhyming word of door is?

a)

before

b)

wood

c)

tree

16.

The synonym of" locks" in as he shook his grey locks is?

a)

The iron material used for keeping things safe

b)

seeing

c)

The hair on the head

17.

"You are old "said the youth" and your jaws are too week" what is the poetic device used in the poem?

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

18.

The three things that amazes the young man are?

a)

applying ointment: walking: eating

b)

kicking : scolding: making fun

c)

somersault ; eating bones and beaks: standing on his head