Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland Chapter III
Everybody was
___________ (1. drip) wet, cross and uncomfortable. Thus, their first concern ________ (2.) how
to get dry. Alice found herself
___________ (3. talk) to the party like an old friend. She even had a long (4. argue) with the Lori. At last, the Mouse took the ________________
(5. authority) lead and told them a very long tale hoping that would help them
but without __________(6).
Then Dodo suggested to go for a
Caucus-Race to get dry. Everybody thought
________ (7.) a good idea. When
they ____________ (8. run) in a circle for
half an hour and everybody became quite dry already. When they asked who had won the race, the
Dodo __________ (9. lose) for words. But
finally, he said, “Everybody has won and must have prizes.”
Again, there was a chorus of voices
____________ (10. ask) who was to give the prizes. The Dodo just pointed ________ (11.) Alice
and the whole party crowded around her and asked her in chorus for prizes. Alice, ________ (12.) despair, put her hand
in her pocket and took out a box of comfits _________ (13.) was not wet at all. Thus she gave each one.
Then the Mouse suggested that Alice should
have a prize herself as _________ (14).
The Dodo agreed to the suggestion ______________ (15. grave). Thus he asked Alice what she had in her
pocket. She had a thimble. The Dodo asked her to hand over to him and
the whole party again crowded __________ (16.) her. They
cheered when the Dodo presented the
thimble to Alice. Alice thought
everything so absurd and would like _____________ (17. laugh) so much but she
tried to look as serious as she could.
She, not ___________ (18. know) what to say just bowed and took the
thimble.
After that, everybody ate comfits. They ________ (19.) too small for the large
birds and too big for the small birds.
Hence there were some noises and confusion. After eating, the whole party asked the Mouse
to continue the tale. Alice also asked
him _________ (20. soft) about his history and why he hated cats and dogs.
The Mouse replied it to be a long and sad
tale. Alice’s mind _____________ (21.
wander) off as she had mistaken “tale as tail” and this had offended the Mouse. She said the Mouse had got to the fifth
bend. The Mouse replied, “He had not!” Again, Alice _______________ (22. mistake)
the word “not as knot” and she told the Mouse she could undo the knot.
At this instant, the Mouse was too angry to endure anymore. He left hastily _________ (23.) the plead of
everybody. Alice wished that Dinah
__________ (24.) there so that she could get the Mouse back easily. Then the Lori asked Alice who Dina __________
(25.).
Alice told them eagerly about her pet cat, Dinah. She ____________ (26. so enchant) with her
description that she not only told them how nice Dinah was and how well her cat
could catch mice and birds as well.
___________ (27. hear) that, one by one left and she was alone there
_____________ (28. wonder) why nobody liked Dinah.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Chapter III
Answer all the Wh-questions in full.
1.
Why was everybody dripping wet?
2.
Why did the Mouse tell a tale?
3.
What was a Caucus-Race?
4.
a) What did everybody get at the end of the race?
b) Why did Alice think it absurd?
5. After
prize-giving ceremony, what did everybody do?
6.
Did they enjoy the comfits? Why?
7.
Why did the Mouse leave the group in anger?
8.
a) Why did the birds leave Alice
one by one?
b) Did Alice know the
reason?
c) How do you know?
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