phrasal verbs with animals
Which of the following is not a phrasal verb?
A. chicken nugget
B. fish out
C. pig out
D. tag along
A. chicken nugget
Correct the mistake in the idiom.
have a memory like a whale
have a memory like an elephant
Text 3
The owners of the bunny are nice to the bunny.
True
(line 11: They have giant hearts and are kind)
What is the name of the bunny?
A. Pixie
B. Rosamund
C. Mummy R
D. Miffy
D. Miffy
(Text 3)
What is the bunny looking for?
a carrot
Which of the following means to hide something for later use?
A. fish for
B. horse around
C. squirrel away
D. pig out
C. squirrel away
Which of the following means 'reveal a secret by accident'?
A. It's raining cats and dogs.
B. black sheep of the family
C. fish out of water
D. let the cat out of the bag
D. let the cat out of the bag
Text 4
Jimmy (the owner) is divorced.
not given
(It mentions that the wife left.)
Choose the odd one from the following.
A. snuffle
B. smell
C. yawn
D. sniff
C. yawn
Identify the literary device used in the line.
'The sun is smiling down,
I'm taking it easy till Mummy R returns.'
Personification
Which of the following has a similar meaning to 'coward'?
A. fish for
B. horse around
C. squirrel away
D. chicken out
D. chicken out
Which of the following does not have a negative meaning?
A. black sheep of the family
B. fish out of water
C. have a memory like an elephant
D. in the doghouse
C. have a memory like an elephant
Text 4
Brother Cream has always been a stray cat.
False
Text 3
Which picture correctly shows the table described in the text? (p.33, Q8)
D
Text 3
What is the setting of the poem?
in the apartment (line 1: Snuffling 'round the partment),
daytime (line 14: The sun is smiling down)
Define 'fish out'.
to pull something out
Define 'fish out of water'.
someone who feels awkward as he/she is in an unfamiliar situation
Text 3
The bunny and its owners have a similar taste in food.
False
(line 7-9:
Pixie and Mummy Rosamund are weird,
They don't like eating veggies.
I could eat a whole market stall–easy!)
Text 4
The owner of Jimmy posted _______ photos of Jimmy posing in front of the sketches on the walls.
cheeky
Text 3
Name two words that are rhymed at the end of the lines in the poem.
porridge & fridge (line 4&5)
ears & dear (line 17&18)
We were starving after school and we just ______ on whatever snacks we had at home.
A. chickened out
B. fished for
c. horsed around
D. pigged out
D. pigged out
Making the decision to pursue the path of being artist against his parents makes Rufus the ____ since he was raised in a business family.
A. black sheep of the family
B. fish out of water
C. let the cat out of the bag
D. in the doghouse
A. black sheep of the family
Text 4
The title, Rise of an underdog and an 'undercat', suggests that both the dog and the cat experienced their low points before their popularity.
True
Text 4
It is hard to imagine that Brother Cream was once so _____ that he was cheaply sold to his first owner.
unpopular
Text 4
Why did the author state that Brother Cream started life as a reject?
He has been unpopular and abandoned by his first owner.