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Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth
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07/02/2021 6:31 pm
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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
‘Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right,
I flashed it about late at night,
But up-and-down brushin’.
And pokin ‘and fussin’.
Didn’t seem worth the time-I could bite.
(a) What is ‘them’ being referred to in the first line? Why did the poet show them the toothpaste?
(b) Explain the phrase ‘pokin’ and ‘fussin’.
(c) What didn’t seem ‘worth the time’ to the poet?
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07/02/2021 6:32 pm
(a) The word ‘them’ refers to teeth. The poet did not brush the teeth properly. She only showed them the toothpaste.
(b) The phrase 'pokin’ and 'fussin’ mean checking carefully.
(c) To the poet, brushing the teeth carefully is not worth the time.