Student’s workbook

HOMEWORKJack Prelutsky

Name: ________________

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Homework! Oh,Homework!

Homework, oh homework!I hate you! You stink!

I wish I could wash youAway in the sink!

If only a bomb would explode you to bits!Homework! Oh, homework! 

You’re giving me fits.I’d rather take baths 

With a man-eating sharkor wrestle a lion, alone in the dark, 

eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, 

than tackle the homeworkmy teacher assigns.

Homework! Oh, homework!You’re last on my list

I simply can’t see why you even exist.If you just disappearedit would tickle me pink.

Homework! Oh, homework!I hate you! You stink!

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Worksheet 1

Match the correct word with the correct picture. Some words don’t match to a picture. Look for the Dutch translation in the dictionary.

Word

1. sink - ………………………..

2. bomb - ………………………..

3. bit/ bits * - - ………………………..

4. give somebody a fit/ fits* - ……………………………………….……………

5. wrestle - ………………………..

6. spinach - ………………………..

7. liver - ………………………..

8. porcupines - ………………………..

9. tackle - ………………………..

10. assigns - ………………………..

11. disappear - ………………………..

12. tickle me pink/ be tickled pink* - ……………………………………….……………

*zoek bij het onderstreepte woord/= een uitdrukkingWorksheet 2

Try to write a poem. You can do it. Watch!

In the first part write what you don’t like about homework.

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In the second and third part write the nice things you really like to do in your spare time.

I don’t like to do homeworkHomework is…………………………………………………………………………………Homework is…………………………………………….…………………………………..Homework is…………………………………………….…………………………………..

I like to do things like…………………………………………………………..…………………………………..and…………………………………………………………..…………………………………..and.. ……………………………………………………….…………………………………..

So, after school I go home!And play/swim/ride/drive/walk….......................(choose 1)with ………….……………………………………………………………………………….

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Worksheet 3 WORD SEARCH

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