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Question
Read the jumbled lines from the poem and rearrange them in correct order.
1. cinnamon, betel leaves |
2. and ginger and garlic” |
3. Go to Muthu’s |
4. My mother would say: |
5. and get some |
6. “Little boy Raj… |
7. And so I go to the shops |
8. singing all the way |
9. tomatoes and pickles” |
10. “Sesame seeds, onions |
11. I rattle off a list: |
12. what I’d want |
13. and when Muthu asks me |
14. my mother twists my ear |
15. and back home |
16. ouch! |
Solution
4. My mother would say: |
6. “Little boy Raj… |
3. Go to Muthu’s |
5. and get some |
1. cinnamon, betel leaves |
2. and ginger and garlic.” |
7. And so I go to the shops |
8. singing all the way |
13. and when Muthu asks me |
12. what I’d want |
11. I rattle off a list: |
10. “Sesame seeds, onions |
9. tomatoes and pickles” |
15. And back home, |
14. My mother twists my ears |
16. Ouch! |
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