Chapter 6
Chapter 6
A Comprehension
A1. Complete the following sentences in your
own words.
1. In the first stanza the narrator says he has
noodles in all the wrong places. These
places are nostrils, nose, cheeks, chin and
clothes.
2. I’m a noodle-covered wreck means that
he is in a bad shape since he’s covered
with noodles.
3. The narrator can feel the noodles oozing
out from his shoes.
4. He calls himself a nincompoop because he
fell asleep at lunch while eating chicken
noodle soup.
5. The narrator says he has a handful of
noodles in his hair.
A.2 Here are few statement based on the
situation that the narrator faces in the poem.
Say whether they are true or false.
1. The narrator has noodles only on his
chin and cheeks.
2. The narrator is enjoying the feeling of
having noodles all over his body.
3. The only place the noodles have not
entered are his shoes.
4. He even has some noodles in his
underwear.
5. He calls himself a nincompoop because
he has been careless.
6. He covered himself with noodles while
he was serving the dish.
B. Sounds and Pronunciation
Say the following words aloud and
write them in correct parts of the table
below.
words with /u:/ sound as in shoot, rule, true, food, boot, fool,
noodles mood, moon,
June, soon, blue, juice, roof, suit
words with /u/ sound as in took good, bull, stood, look, pull,
could, wolf, book
words that have neither of the blood, study, pouch, must, boat,
above sounds dust, lunch
C. Appreciation
C1. Here are some stanza from some
famous poems. Underline the words
that are repeated.
1. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Could not put Humpty together again.
2. Inside the ocean
I see fish.
Inside the waves
I hear a splash.
Inside the water
I felt a fish.
It seems so big,
as big as a whale.
It has to be,
But then I see,
It’s a tuna fish.