The Fifth of November (c.1870) Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To blow the King and Parliament All up alive. Threescore barrels, laid below, To prove old England's overthrow. Line 13 But, by God's providence, him they catch, With a dark lantern, lighting a match! A stick and a stake For King James's sake! If you won't give me one, I'll take two, The better for me, And the worse for you. A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope, A penn'orth of cheese to choke him, A pint of beer to wash it down, And a jolly good fire to burn him. Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring! Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King! Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray! 1. Match the expressions in bold with their meanings below: − To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging − A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter. − Brit. very: − an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline" − Being three times twenty; sixty. − To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise 2. Find 3 examples of passive voice, 2 examples of inversion (Obj V), and 1 conditional sentence. • • • • • • 3. Who do the pronouns him and they refer to on line 13? 4. Look up the words sake, stake and stick in the dictionary. Is that enough to understand the phrase? Why?

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The Fifth of November (c.1870)

Remember, remember! The fifth of November,

The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason

Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot!

Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive,

To blow the King and Parliament All up alive.

Threescore barrels, laid below, To prove old England's overthrow.

Line 13 But, by God's providence, him they catch, With a dark lantern, lighting a match!

A stick and a stake For King James's sake!

If you won't give me one, I'll take two,

The better for me, And the worse for you.

A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope, A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,

A pint of beer to wash it down, And a jolly good fire to burn him.

Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring! Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!

Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!

1. Match the expressions in bold with their meanings below:

− To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging− A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a

flat top and bottom of equal diameter.− Brit. very:− an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of

gasoline"− Being three times twenty; sixty.− To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise

2. Find 3 examples of passive voice, 2 examples of inversion (Obj V), and 1 conditional sentence.

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3. Who do the pronouns him and they refer to on line 13?4. Look up the words sake, stake and stick in the dictionary. Is that enough to understand the phrase? Why?