comprehension ws 6 (2009)
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Rulang Primary SchoolEnglish Department
Comprehension Worksheet (6)
Name: ___________________________ ( ) Marks: ________/ 10
Class : Primary 3 _______ Date : ___________
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
The book, Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl, is a humorous set of poems
which claims to tell the true story behind a few famous and beloved fairy tales. In
it, Roald Dahl rewrites the fairy tales we are familiar with and gives them a new
twist.
The situations in the stories are highly unusual and the morals of the stories
are unique. For instance, in one of the poems, the smelly Beanstalk Giant vows
to bathe every day because this would help him to easily sniff out his victims. In
another rhyme, Cinderella discovers that her Prince is not a gentleman and
decides that she wants a simple husband. In the end, she marries a jam maker
and lives happily ever after.
One memorable poem in the book relates the Three Little Pigs story with a
very unusual twist: One of the pigs asks Little Red Riding Hood – who shoots
well with a gun – to help him deal with the Big Bad Wolf. While we are enjoying
this fairy tale *cameo, Roald Dahl springs yet another surprise on us (Read the
book to find out what happens!).
Clever and inventive, the silliness and lunacy of these poems show how
much fun Roald Dahl probably had in writing them, and you are most likely to
derive a lot of pleasure from reading them too!
*cameo: special appearance
1. Which sentence in the passage reveals that the stories in Revolting Rhymes
are different from typical fairy tales?
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2. Explain clearly how bathing can help the Beanstalk Giant to sniff out his victims
more easily.
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3. How can Little Red Riding Hood help the pig?
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4. What does “this fairy tale cameo” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
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5. Which word in the last paragraph has the same meaning as ‘madness’?
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Answer Key
1. The sentence is, “The situations in the stories are highly unusual and the morals of the stories are unique.”
2. Bathing would allow him to smell his victims instead of himself.
3. She can help the pig by shooting the Big Bad Wolf.
4. The fairy tale cameo refers to Red Riding Hood’s special appearance in the Three Little Pigs story.
5. The word is ‘lunacy’.