Poem Vocabulary - Worksheet 1
Grade 4•Reading•Poem Vocabulary
Aligned to: RL.4.1
Read the poem "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear. Use context clues to understand vocabulary words.
1.
The Jumblies
by Edward Lear
poetry · 110 words
11 They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
2 2 In a Sieve they went to sea:
3 3 In spite of all their friends could say,
4 4 On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,
5 5 In a Sieve they went to sea!
6 6 And when the Sieve turned round and round,
7 7 And every one cried, "You'll all be drowned!"
8 8 They called aloud, "Our Sieve ain't big,
9 9 But we don't care a button! We don't care a fig!
1010 In a Sieve we'll go to sea!"
1111 Far and few, far and few,
1212 Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
1313 Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
1414 And they went to sea in a Sieve.
Answer the 5 questions below.
2.
In the poem, the word "in spite of" most likely means:
A.even though; despite
B.to move very quickly
C.something you eat
D.a feeling of happiness
3.
In the poem, the word "morn" most likely means:
A.morning
B.a color or pattern
C.a feeling of happiness
D.something you eat
4.
In the poem, the word "drowned" most likely means:
A.to die from being underwater
B.to move very quickly
C.something you eat
D.to make a loud sound
5.
In the poem, the word "button" most likely means:
A.used here to mean 'a little bit'
B.to make a loud sound
C.to move very quickly
D.a feeling of happiness
6.
Which word in the poem means something similar to "Sieve"?
A.Sieve
B.different
C.opposite
D.none of these