English Case based questions.

He said, “Allow me to present
Your Highness with a rose. ”
And taking out a currant bun
He held it to my nose.
I staggered back against the wal
And then I answered, “Well!”
Q.1. Why does the funny man address the poet as ‘Your Highness’?
Q.2. Choose a phrase from the extract which indicates a polite request.
Q.3. Choose the option which shows a ‘currant bun’.


Q.4. Complete the sentence with an appropriate reason.
When the poet says, ‘Well!’, it expresses surprise. This was so because _____.

“My friend, why do you wear two hats
Upon your feet?” I said.
He turned the other way about,
And hopped home on his head.
Q.1. The man walked home normally. (True/False)
Q.2. The man hopped home on his ____________
Q.3. How many hats did the man wear on his feet?
Q.4. What shows the man’s absurd behaviour?
(a) Wearing hats on feet
(b) Hopping on his head
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) None of the above

He then began to sing a song,
And sat down on the ground;
You never heard in all your life
Such a funny feeling sound.
Q.1. The man stood while singing. (True/False)
Q.2. The sound gave a ____________ feeling.
Q.3. Where did the man sit?
Q.4. What made the song funny?
(a) Its loud volume
(b) Its unusual tone or effect
(c) It was in a foreign language
(d) Its style of writing

I staggered back against the wall
And then I answered, “Well!
I never saw a rose with such
A funny looking smell.“
Q.1. The poet liked the smell of the currant bun. (True/False)
Q.2. The poet ____________ back against the wall.
Q.3. How did the poet react to the “rose”?
Q.4. Why did the poet stagger?
(a) She was scared
(b) She was surprised by the man’s action
(c) She felt dizzy
(d) She was hungry

He said, “Allow me to present
Your Highness with a rose.”
And taking out a currant bun
He feld it to my nose.
Q.1. The man gave the poet a real rose. (True/False)
Q.2. The man addressed the poet as “Your ____________ ”
Q.3. What did the man actually offer?
Q.4. Why did the poet call him “funny”?
(a) He offered food instead of a flower
(b) He wore a red coat
(c) He danced
(d) He made funny faces

He raised the shoe and smiled at me,
His manners were polite;But never had I seen before
Such a funny sounding sight.
Q.1. The man was rude to the poet. (True/False)
Q.2. The man’s manners were ____________
Q.3. How did the man greet the poet?
Q.4. Why was the sight “funny sounding”?
(a) The man was singing
(b) His appearance seemed to create sound-like amusement
(c) The poet heard laughter
(d) The man was singing in a typical tone

One day a funny kind of man
Came walking down this street
He wore a shoe upon his head
And hats upon his feet.
Q.1. The man wore shoes on his feet and a hat on his head. (True/False)
Q.2. The funny man walked down the ____________
Q.3. Where did the man wear his shoe?
Q.4. What was unusual about the man’s clothing?
(a) He wore no shoes
(b) He wore hats upon his feet
(c) He wore a crown
(d) He wore shoes without socks