NEWS BREAK BY MAX FATCHEN
Stanza 1
Now why so loving, darling?
And why the sudden kiss?
You’d help me with some little jobs?
For goodness sake, what’s this?
Your face is clean for once, dear,
Your clothes without a crease.
You saved your luncheon money?
Will wonders never cease?
Rewrite stanza 1 by replacing the underlined words
and phrases with other words and phrases of the
same meaning.
Stanza 1
Now why so loving, ____________?
And why the sudden ____________?
You’d help me with ____________?
For goodness sake, what’s this?
Your face is clean for once, ____________,
Your clothes without a ____________.
You saved your ____________?
Will wonders never ____________?
household
chores
peck
pocket
money
sweetheart
wrinkle
end
angel