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    The document summarizes the poem "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" by Edward Lear. It provides background on the author and analyzes details from the poem through a quiz with multiple choice and short answer questions. The quiz questions cover elements of the plot, characters, setting, rhyme scheme, and themes addressed in the nonsensical nursery rhyme about an owl and cat who go to sea in a pea-green boat and later get married.

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    The document summarizes the poem "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" by Edward Lear. It provides background on the author and analyzes details from the poem through a quiz with multiple choice and short answer questions. The quiz questions cover elements of the plot, characters, setting, rhyme scheme, and themes addressed in the nonsensical nursery rhyme about an owl and cat who go to sea in a pea-green boat and later get married.

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    Lesson 1: The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

    CEI English –Adults 3

    The Owl and the Pussy-Cat


    by Edward Lear (1812-1888)

    The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea


       In a beautiful pea-green boat:
    They took some honey, and plenty of money
       Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
    The Owl looked up to the stars above,
       And sang to a small guitar,
    "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,
       What a beautiful Pussy you are,
                You are,
                You are!
       What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

    Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl,


       How charmingly sweet you sing!
    Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried,
       But what shall we do for a ring?"
    They sailed away, for a year and a day,
    To the land where the bong-tree grows;
    And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood,
       With a ring at the end of his nose,
                His nose,
                His nose,
       With a ring at the end of his nose.

    "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one


    shilling
       Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
    So they took it away, and were married next
    day
       By the turkey who lives on the hill.
    They dined on mince and slices of quince,
       Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
    And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
       They danced by the light of the moon,
                The moon,
                The moon,
       They danced by the light of the moon.

    1
    Lesson 1: The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
    CEI English –Adults 3

    QUIZ AND QUESTIONS

    1. Edward Lear was an English poet living in the ____ century.

    18th 19th 20th 21st

    2. Edward Lear is well known for his _______ writing.

    serious historical humorous scientific travel

    3. What kind of creature is an owl?

    a mouse  a bird a rabbit a dog a cat

    4. What is the meaning of 'to tarry'?

    to travel to run to walk to swim to wait

    5. A wood is a place where there are a lot of _________.

    buildings trees people shops cars

    6. A shilling is:

    an old word for a pound an old word for a dollar a gold coin a
    silver coin a bronze coin

    7. Turkey is traditionally eaten in the UK:

    at Thanksgiving. at Christmas. in the summer. on New Year's Day.

    on someone's birthday.

    2
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    CEI English –Adults 3

    8. A 'quince' is:

    a fruit. a vegetable. a type of meat. a type of bread.

    9. This poem is described as a 'nonsense poem'.


    What is the meaning of the word nonsense?

    something humorous something that isn't possible something that can


    be set to music something that you learn at school

    10. Poetry often contains rhyming words.


    Only one of the following pairs of words rhyme. Which one is it?

    sweet/ sing dined / mince plenty / money  boat / note

    11. At what time of day is the poem set? How do you know?
    __________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________

    12. How many verses are in the poem? Tick one.

    two three four

    13. The animals in the poem can talk. Do you think it would be good if
    animals could talk? Explain your answer.
    __________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________

    14. Which two adjectives are used to describe the boat in the second line of
    the poem?
    __________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________

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    CEI English –Adults 3

    15. The owl and the Pussy-cat did three things in the last verse of the poem.
    What were they?
    __________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________

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