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Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth
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07/02/2021 6:34 pm
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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
When I think of the lollies I licked And the liquorice all sorts I picked,
Sherbet dabs bit and little,
And that hard peanut brittle,
My conscience gets horribly pricked.
(a) How does the poet feel when she thinks of all the sweets she has taken?
(b) What do you think of her as a child?
(c) What are ‘liquorice’ and ‘sherbet dabs’?
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07/02/2021 6:34 pm
(а) The poet feels guilty when she thinks of all the sweets she has taken.
(b) She was very fond of sweets and careless about her teeth.
(c) ‘Liquorice’ is a kind of candy. ‘Sherbet dabs’ are tiny sweets.