1.

Poem: The Day The Bulldozers Came

Exercise 1: Complete the blanks in the passage below about the poem The Day the
Bulldozers Came by David Orme. Use the words given.

The poem describes how a normal day in the countryside was interrupted by the arrival of
bulldozers. These (1) ________________ came to clear the (2) _____________ and prepare
the land for development. The natural (3) _____________of the creatures described in the
poem was to be (4) ___________________. The frightened animals had nowhere to (5)
______________. Even the fox in his (6) _______________ den was not safe.

Exercise 2: Answer the following questions on the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came
by David Orme.

Refer to stanza 1 of the poem.

a. What are rooks?

b. What do ‘egg baskets’ refer to?

c. What are ‘oaks’ ?

. What does the word ‘them’ in line 6 refer to?

e. What does the description ‘cold-eyed’ tell us about the toad?

Refer to stanza 2 of the poem.

a. What does the expression ‘scattering’ mean?

b. What is the connection between the squirrels’ behaviour and the coming of the bulldozers?

c. What does line 11 tell is about the trees ?

Refer to stanza 3 of the poem.

a. What animal is described in stanza 3?

b. What was the fox doing when the bulldozers came?

c. What does the word ‘stirred’ in line 13 mean?

d. What literary device is used in line 14?

e. Why was the fox unafraid?

d. Do you think the fox would be safe from the bulldozers? Give a reason for your answer.

Exercise 3: Answer the following questions based on the poem.

a. Whose voice do we hear in this poem?

b. What is the poem mainly about?

c. Give an example of sound imagery in the poem.

d. Describe how you feel about protecting wildlife after reading the poem.

PT3 EXAM PRACTICES

Set 1: Read the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came and answer the following questions.

a. What were the rooks making?

b. According to verse 2, what was happening to the trees?

c. What woke the fox up from his sleep?

d. If you were one of the animals in the poem, how would you feel when the bulldozers come?
Give a reason for your answer.

Set 2: Read the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came and answer the following questions.

a. What was the toad waiting for?

b. How were the squirrels behaving when the bulldozers came? Why?

c. Why did the ground ‘tremble’ ?

d. In your opinion, do you think the bulldozers should be stopped? Give a reason for your
answer.
2. POISONED TALK

a. Fill in the blanks in this passage about the poem POISONED TALK. Use the words given.

The poem Poisoned Talk by Raymond Wilson is about the lethal effects of pollution on the
(1)____________________. Each verse begins with a (2) ____________ about who is
responsible for the (3) __________ of an element of nature. This is followed by a (4)
_______________ by the guilty party. The culprit explains how he committed the (5)
____________. From his explanation, we realise the death was caused by (6) ____________.
The real killer is (7) _________, who polluted the earth.

B. Answer the following questions on the poem poisoned talk.

a. Who confessed to killing cock robin?

b. What ‘great harm’ did the worm do to cock robin?

c. Where did cock robin die?

d. What poisoned the worm?

e. Who confessed to killing the heron?

f. Where does the heron lives?

g. What does the tainted mean?

h. What kind of birds are the tern, duck and drake?

i. Who confessed to killing the lake?

j. How does the killer feel about his crime?

k. What is ‘weapon’ used by the killer?

l. Why did the culprit commit the crime?

m. Who confessed to killing the flowers?

n. What does ‘prowl unconfined’ mean?

o. How were the flowers killed?

p. Why do you think the poet uses alliteration in the last line (line 20)?

q. Who confessed to killing the forest?

r. What does the word ‘ensured’ (line 22) tell us about this crime?

s. What does word ‘life’ refer to?

t. What does the last line (line 25) tell us about the power of the killer? Give reason for your
answer.

u. Describe your feelings about pollution after reading this poem.

PT3 EXAM PRACTICES

a. How did the worm kill cock robin?

b. How does Industry feel about killing the lake?

c. Name two poisonous substances mentioned in the poem

d. Do you think the fish should be blamed for the death of the birds of the lake? Give a reason
for your answer.

e. Cock robin and the birds of the lake died of the same cause. What is the cause of their
deaths?

f. Who took the blame for killing the flowers?

g. What did sulphur dioxide destroy?

h. Do you think the fish should be blamed?

i. In your opinion, why did the poet write this poem? Give a reason for your answer
 3. SAD I AMS

PRACTICE 1

Write True or False for the following statements.

1. Most drink cans are attached with a ring for opening them.

2. We remove the scrapings from the pan before washing it.

3. The arm from a toy had fallen off.

4. It is more convenient to use envelopes that have

no gum.

5. A bulldog clip that has no spring can be used.

6. A car cannot be started without a starter motor.

7. Liquid paper is used to underline important facts.

8. Strays depend on food scraps given out by kind

people.

9. A library book that is not read dis uninteresting.

10. Good advice are normally ignored.

Practice 2
Find words in the poem that have the meanings below.

1. blocked

2. leftovers

3. guidance

4. filth

5. damages

6. vacant

7. response

8. sparkle

9. fixes

10. old

11. disappeared

12. being cut off

13. to give food

14. unable to move

15. an animal that has

no owner
Practice 3
Read the text below. The first line is correct. For the remaining lines, there is ONE error
in each line. The errors have been underlined for you. Write ONE WORD to correct the
error in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not
change the meaning of the sentence.

The persona in the poem tell of his feelings of sadness and being e.g. tells

neglected. To express these feelings, he compares (1)himselves to several a) ________

things found in the home. The metal ring from a drink (2) cans and food b) ________

scrapings from (3) a unwashed porridge pan are usually discarded. Broken c) ________

parts (4) in discarded last year’s Action Man are usually thrown out too. d) ________

Only (5)envelope with gum are useful. Sticky tapes, a staplelessstapler, a e) ________

broken bulldog clip and liquid paper (6)were popular items in our collection f) _________

of(7)stationary aids. However, they are useful if they are serviceable. The g) ________

same (8) go for parts of a car. The battery must be well – charged and the h) ________

starter motor workable for the car to (9)works well. A lifeless sparking plug, i) ________

(10)an choked carburetor and a dull chromium trim all add to make the car j) ________

unattractive. The persona feels like an unkempt garden, an untouched

library book and an unfed stray on the street or an unneeded piece of good

advice.
PT3 PRACTICES
I am
the ring
from an empty Cola can
the scrapings
from an unwashed porridge pan
the severed arm
from the last year’s Action Man

Practice 1
Read stanza 1 of the poem carefully. Then answer the following questions.

a. In stanza 1, what does the pesona compare himself with?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________( 1 mark)

b. Where do we find the things mentioned in this stanza?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________(1 mark)

c. Why do you think the porridge pan is dirty?

__________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________( 1 mark)

d. What could have caused the arm of Action Man to be severed? Give two possible reasons.

_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
Practice 2

Read stanza 2 of the poem carefully. Then answer the following questions.

I am
the envelope
on which the gum is gone the sellotape
where you can’t find the end
the toothless stapler, springless bulldog clip
the dried-up liquid paper
the mars instead of mends
the stamped addressed reply
that you forgot
to send

a. In stanza 2, why can’t the envelope be sealed?

___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________( 1 mark)

b. State the literary device used for the phrase ‘the gum is gone’.
____________________________________________________________( 1 mark)

c. How would people feel if they could not find the end of Sellotape?
_________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

d. What is the main characteristic of the things mentioned in the poem that makes the
persona relate to it? Why would he feel this way?

i. The main characteristic:

_____________________________________________________(1 mark)
 ii. Reason:
_____________________________________________________(1 mark)

Practice 3

Read stanza 3 of the poem carefully. Then answer the following questions.

I am
the battery in which no charge is left
the starter motor which remains inert
the tyre on which the tread is worn
the sparking plug which shows no sign of spark
the carburettor choked by bits of dirt
the chromium trim from which the shine has gone

a.In stanza 3, what happened to the carburettor?

____________________________________________________________( 1 mark)

b. How do we describe the battery that has no charge left?

_____________________________________________________________ ( 1mark)

c. Why is the tyre discarded?

_____________________________________________________________(1 mark)

d. What should we do to the things that we do not want anymore? Give two possible
suggestions.
Suggestion 1: ________________________________________________( 1 mark)

Suggestion 2: ________________________________________________( 1 mark)

Practice 4

Read stanza 4 of the poem carefully. Then answer the following questions.

I am
a garden
overgrown with weeds
a library
that no one ever reads
a stray
which no one thinks to feed
the piece of advice which no one seems to need

a. In which age group do you think the persona is in?

___________________________________________________________( 1 mark)

b. If you see a stray animal, what would you do?

______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________( 1 mark)

c. What does the phrase ‘the piece of good advice which no one seems to need’
mean?
______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________(1 mark)
 d. List down two moral values that you have learned from the poem.
Moral value 1: ____________________________________________________________(1
mark)
Moral value 2: ____________________________________________________________(1
mark)

Practice 5
Read the poem carefully. Then answer the following questions.
a.Who most probably owned the Action Man?

_____________________________________________________________(1 mark)

b. In stanza 2, what category of things is mentioned by the persona?

_____________________________________________________________(1 mark)

c. What does the persona mean when he said that he is like the garden with overgrown
weeds?
__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________( 1 mark

d. Who do you think the persona is? Give a reason for your answer.

__________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________(2 marks)

Practice 6

Read the poem carefully. Then answer the following questions.

a. In stanza 1, which word tells us that the arm of the Action Man is broken?

______________________________________________________________(1 mark)
b. Give the meaning of the word ’inert’?

______________________________________________________________(1 mark)

c. Why do you think no one wants to take the advice?

_____________________________________________________________(1 mark)

d. What evidence would you give to say that the pesona could be an orphan?

__________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________( 2 marks)

Practice 7

Read the poem carefully. Then answer the following questions.

a. What do people do with used things around the house that they do not need any
longer ?
_______________________________________________________________(1 mark)

b. In stanza 2, what has happened to the stamped addressed reply?

_______________________________________________________________(1 mark)

c. Why do you think no one has ever read the library book?

_______________________________________________________________(1 mark)

d. Explain the line ‘that mars instead of mends’. How do we prevent liquid paper from
drying-up?

______________________________________________________________________
HOTS
______________________________________________________________(2 marks)
 4. POEM- MY HERO

My dad's as brave as a dad can be,

I rate him Number One,
He's not afraid of the dead of night,
Or anything under the sun.

He's not afraid of a late-night film,

Full of horrors on the telly,
And is he afraid of skeletons ?
Not dad, not on your Nelly !

He's not afraid of meeting ghosts,

He'd even smile and greet 'em,
And things that scare most dads the most,
My dad could just defeat 'em.

He's not afraid of vampires,

Or a wolf-man come to get him,
If Frankestein's monster knocked on our door,
He wouldn't let that upset him.

My dad's as brave as a dad can be,

And he's always ready to prove it.
So why, when a spiders' in the bath,
Does Mum have to come and remove it ?

Heroic Thinking

1. How brave is the child's dad ?

2. What is the meaning of "the dead of night" ?

3. What is the late-night film on the telly full of ?

4. What would the child's dad do if the met the ghosts ?

5. What well-known monsters would not upset him ?

6. Who solves the problem when there's a spider in the bath ?

7. Do you think "My Hero" is a good title for this poem? Why or why not?

8. What did you like about this poem ?

Paraphrase of the poem

Stanza 1

The persona is very proud of his father who he feels is as brave as any other father or even braver. In
his eyes, his father is Number One as his father is fearless and not afraid of the dead of night and
anything unddr the sun.

Stanza 2

The persona says his father is not afraid to watch horror movies late in the night. Horror scenes of
skeletons do not scare him or put him off watching them.

Stanza 3

The persona is positive his father is not afraid of ghosts and would even smile and acknowledge
them. His father dares to fight agains things that most other dads are afraid of.

Stanza 4

The persona's father will not be intimidates by horror figures like vampires, wolf-man or
Frankeistein's monster even if they appear at the door.

Stanza 5

The persona says his father is as brave as a father can be and he's always keen to show it. But when
his father sees a spider, he will not touch it and mother has to come to his aid. This is something the
persona cannot understand about his brave father. is he really afraid of a mere spider ?

Synopsis

The persona feels his father is very brave and is not afraid of any time of the day and anything in the
world. He rates his father who watches horror movies late at night is not put off by any horror scenes
or fearful skeletons. If any ghost appears in front of his father , he will either greet them of fight them
off. Horror figures, big or small, ugly or scary looking do not give him the creeps even if they appear
at his door. However, the persona's father or his hero has a weakness - He has a fear of spider.

Themes

1. Respecting and looking up to someone

2. Hero workship

3. Parent-child relationship

4. Accepting people for what they are

5. Everyone has flaws or weakness

6. Believe in one's skills and strengths

7. Living up to people's expectations

Moral Values

1. Recognise and acknowledge other people's strengths

2. Not be afraid to acknowledge our weakness.

3. Value family relationships.

4. Must set good examples.

5. Try to live up to young children's expectations.

6. Able to seperate the reality from make-believe.

7. Willing to help those in trouble

QUESTION ON MY HERO

Stanza 1

1. How do you think the persona problaly looks when he talks of his father ? Choose two words from
the list given - sullen, bored , mischievous , serious , proud.

2. Why does the persona use the phrase 'dead of night' to refer to the father being considered brave ?

Stanza 2

3. How would a person who does not enjoy late-night horror movies react to horror scenes ?

4. Describe the father's reaction to show that he enjoys horror scenes shown over the television

Stanza 3

5. Name the object mentioned by the persona that most people are afraid of.

6. What does the persona say his father will do ?

7. What does the persona say his father will do if he sees something which other fathers are scared of
?

Stanza 4

8. If the persona's father is not afraid of ghoulish figures , what will he do if one of these appears at
his door ?

Stanza 5

9. Why do you think the persona's father is always ready to prove to his son that he is brave ?

10. How does the persona feel about his father and his fear of spiders ?

____________________________________________________________________________

5. POEM : WHAT IS RED

Exercise 1

Answer True or False for each of the statements below. Correct the statements that are false.

1. The sunset is barely bright. T/F

___________________________________________________________

2. The sun causes red sunburn on your nose. T/F

___________________________________________________________

3. The sound of a band is quiet. T/F

___________________________________________________________

4. When you are embarrassed, you want to hide away. T/F

___________________________________________________________

5. Fire-crackers and fire engines are orange. T/F

___________________________________________________________

6. A Valentine heart for someone you love is red. T/F

___________________________________________________________

7. The colour red can be a warning for danger. T/F

___________________________________________________________
8. Red is a dull and lifeless colour. T/F
___________________________________________________________
9. The persona dislikes the colour red. T/F
___________________________________________________________

10. The persona cannot live without the colour red. T/F
___________________________________________________________

Exercise 2

Answer the questions below.

1. What is the first two lines in the poem about?

_________________________________________________________________________

2. What has cause a nose to turn red?

_________________________________________________________________________

3. What happens when you cut your hand?

_________________________________________________________________________

4. What do you think the line Red runs through your head means?

_________________________________________________________________________

5. Why is red the sound of a band?

_________________________________________________________________________

6. Why do you think the poet says Red is a signal that says: Watch out!?

_________________________________________________________________________

7. Why would one feel hotness inside when one is feeling embarrassed?

_________________________________________________________________________

8. Which two lines tell you red is an important colour?

9. Who is the persona of the poem?

_________________________________________________________________________

10. Name two emotions mentioned in the poem.

a) ________________________________________________________________

b) ________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

6. NEWS BREAK

NEWS BREAK

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 creas.
You saved your luncheon money?
Wll wonders never cease?

No dropping of your school books,

No shrieking, childish treble.
Today you are a lamb, love,
Where yesterday a rebel.

But surely you’re some stranger,

No rage or hullabaloo.
Come closer, let me look, dear,
Can this be REALLY you?

Now were you struck by lightning

Or were you stunned at sport?
Ah… now I see the reason.
You’ve brought your school report!
STANZA 1

The persona is greeted with a kiss and hug from her son who offers to help her with some work.
She is puzzled with this change in his behavior.

STANZA 2

He looks clean and his clothes are not creased. It is surprising that he did not spend his
luncheon money, an unusual occurrence.

STANZA 3

When he reaches home the boy does not drop his school books or shriek out like a rebel.
Instead, he acts meek and gentle like a lamb.

STANZA 4

The persona feels she is talking to a stranger and not her usual noisy child. She wants to take a
closer look at him to satisfy her curiosity that it is really him.

STANZA 5

She wonders if he has been struck by a lightning or hit during a game. Then, she notices his
school report in his hand and understands the reason for his sudden change in behavior.

PRACTICE 1

1. Who do you think the persona is in this poem?

_________________________________________________________
2. What does the title mean? Why do you think the poet uses this title?
_________________________________________________________
3. What does he offer to do for the mother?
_________________________________________________________
4. Why does his appearance surprise his mother?
_________________________________________________________
5. In stanza 3, what is the boy compared to? Give reason for this comparison.
_________________________________________________________
PRACTICE 2

Read stanza 1 and answer the questions follow.

1. Where are the persona and the boy?

______________________________________________________
2. What does the boy do on seeing the mother?
______________________________________________________
3. What has he offered to do for the mother?
______________________________________________________
4. What is the mother’s reaction? Give the textual evidence for your answer.
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

PRACTICE 3

Read stanza 2 and answer the questions follow.

1. What does the mother express about the boy’s face?

_______________________________________________________
2. Why do you think his clothes are without a crease?
_______________________________________________________
3. Explain why he did not use his luncheon money.
_______________________________________________________

PRACTICE 4

Read stanza 3 and answer the questions follow.

1. What happens to the school books normally?

_______________________________________________________
2. How differently does the boy behave?
_______________________________________________________
3. The boy is said to have behaved like a rebel the day before. Give two examples
of how a child would behave to be called a rebel.
Example 1: ______________________________________________
Example 2: ______________________________________________
PRACTICE 5

Read stanza 4 and 5 and answer the questions that follow.

1. What did the boy not do to be regarded as stranger by his mother?

______________________________________________________
2. Explain the line, ‘Now were you struck by lightning’. Why does the mother say
this?
______________________________________________________
3. Why does she call the boy to move closer to her?
______________________________________________________
4. When the persona understands the reason for the son’s strange behavior, how
do you think she feels? Give a reason for your answer.
i. Feeling: ______________________________________________
ii. Reason: ______________________________________________

PRACTICE 6

Write ‘TRUE’ or ‘FALSE’ for the following statements.

1. The boy greets the mother with a kiss lovingly. ( )

2. Normally his face is not clean but covered with smudges. ( )
3. He has used up all his pocket money for lunch. ( )
4. As usual, he throws down his books and screams. ( )
5. His clothes look smooth but are covered with mud. ( )
6. His behavior is comparable with a gentle docile lamb. ( )
7. His normal behavior is to act like a rebel and throw his books. ( )
Poem: The Day The Bulldozers Came (Answers)

Exercise 1:

1. Machine
2. Trees
3. Habitat
4. Destroyed
5. Hide
6. Underground

Exercise 2(stanza 1)

a. Rooks are birds which look like crows.

b. The ‘egg baskets’ refer to the rooks’ nests.
c. They are a type of tree.
d. It refers to the green flies.
e. The toad is cruel / merciless / unfeeling.

Exercise 2(stanza 2)

a. It means to run in all directions

b. The squirrels were in a panic because they were frightened of the noisy big machines.
c. Line 11 tells us that the tree branches have been cut off.

Exercise 2(stanza 3)

a. A fox is described.
b. It was sleeping.
c. It means ‘awoke’.
d. Personification is used in line 14.
e. He thought he was safe from any danger because he was deep underground.
f. No, I don’t think the fox would be safe from the bulldozers. After telling us that the fox
thought he was safe, the narrator begins the next line with ‘then’. This means that what
the fox thought was no longer true.

Exercise 3

a. We hear the third person omniscient narrator’s voice.

b. The poem is mainly about how the coming of the bulldozers affected the wildlife in the
countryside..
c. An example of sound imagery in the poem is the word ‘sizzled’ in line 14.
d. I would use a lighthearted tone to read the first stanza, because the poem starts with a
funny reference to the rooks’ nests (‘crazy egg baskets’). Then, I would change to a
serious and foreboding tone from the end of this stanza onwards. The ‘cold-eyed’ toad
waiting to catch unsuspecting flies is an introduction of further death and destruction.
 e. After reading the poem, I realise what happens to animals in the wild when humans
destroy their habitat for development or logging activities. They will lose their homes and
food supply. I feel that it is very important to protect the creatures. If we do not, animals
will become extinct.

PT3 EXAM PRACTICES

Set 1

a. The rooks were making nests.

b. The trees were being cut down.
c. The coming of the heavy bulldozers, which made the earth shake, woke the fox up.
d. I would be very frightened because the bulldozers are going to destroy the trees and my
home.

Set 2

a. The toad was waiting to catch the green flies for food
b. The squirrels were running about in panic. They were afraid of the big machines which
were destroying their homes.
c. The ground was shaking because of the big heavy bulldozers.
d. Yes, the bulldozers should be stopped. They were going to destroy the trees and homes
of the animals. The animals will die.

____________________________________________________________________________

POISONED TALK

1. Environment
2. Question
3. Death
4. Confession
5. Crime
6. Pollution
7. Man

Exercise

a. The worm confessed

b. The worm poisoned cock robin
c. Cock robin died on a branch of a withered tree
d. Acid soil poisoned the worm
e. The fish confessed
f. The heron lives by the lake
g. It means contaminated / polluted
h. They are birds of the lake / water birds
 i. Industry confessed
j. The killer feels proud
k. The ‘weapon’ used by the killer is mercury
l. The culprit did it to please greedy men
m. The wind confessed
n. The phrase means to move around freely and stealthily
o. The flowers were poisoned by acid rain
p. Alliteration was used to echo the sound of the wind blowing
q. Sulphur dioxide confessed
r. The crime was committed on purpose. / the killing was planned./ the killer wanted the
victim to die.
s. The word ‘life’ refers to living things, birds, animals, trees and plants
t. The last line tells us that the killer is very powerful because it can kill all living creatures
u. After reading the poem, I feel very concerned about the effects of pollution on nature and
the environment. In the poem, it is revealed that birds, animals, plants and whole forests
are being poisoned by pollution. The culprits who say they caused the deaths of the
birds, lake, flowers and forest are not really the killers. Man is the real killer because of
greed. If we do not stop our harmful actions, the environment will be destroyed. I will do
my part to stop pollution.

PT3 EXAM PRACTICES

a. The worm was poisonous because of acid soil and cock robin died of poisoning when he
ate the worm
b. Industry feel proud (and happy)
c. Mercury and sulphur dioxide
d. No, I do not think that the fish should be blamed. The fish became poisonous because
his flesh was contaminated by pollution and the birds died eating his flesh
e. They died of poisoning when they fed on animals that were poisoned / contaminated by
pollution.
f. The wind took the blame for killing the flowers
g. Sulphur dioxide destroyed the forest and all living things in it
h. No, I do not think that the fish should be blamed. The fish became poisonous because
his flesh was contaminated by pollution and the birds died eating his flesh
i. The poet wrote this poem to make us realise that we must take responsibility for
environmental destruction / that we must stop polluting the environment. The poem is
about creatures and poisonous substances confessing to killing elements of the
environment but they are really not the culprits because the are not human and they
cannot control their actions.
SAD I AMS

PRACTICE 1

1. True 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. False

6. True 7. False 8. True 9. False 10. True

PRACTICE 2

1. choked 1. empty 11. gone

2. scrapings 2. reply 12. severed

3. advice 3. shine 13. feed

4. dirt 4. mends 14. inert

5. mars 5. worn 15. stray

PRACTICE 3

1. himself 2. can 3. an

4. of 5. envelopes 6. are

7. stationery 8. goes 9. a

PT3 PRACTICES
PRACTICE 1

a. He compares himself with the ring of a drink can, scrapings from a porridge pan and the
broken part of a discarded toy.
b. These things can be found in the household.
c. It has not been washed and has leftovers in it.
d. The two reasons are it could have been pulled out by a child playing with it and the toy could
have been faulty.
PRACTICE 2

a. The gum is gone.

b. Alliteration
c. They would feel frustrated
d. i. Main characteristic is that they are disposable and unwanted things.
ii. Perhaps the persona feels unwanted too.

PRACTICE 3

a.It is filled with dirt.

b. The battery is flat
c. It is discarded because the tread has worn out
d. i. Recycle and reuse
ii. Give to the one in need (accept any possible answers)

PRACTICE 4

a. Teenager/old people/elderly people

b. I will keep it as a pet/ I will take the stray to the animal shelter/I will feed the stray.
(accept any possible answer).
c.Advice that is useful but tends to be ignored by people.
d. Choose any two of these:

1. We should be positive about our status in life.

2. We should learn to recognize and value our abilities and possessions.
3. We should keep faith with our family.
4. We should have confidence in ourselves.
5. We must be grateful for what we have rather than yearning for something different.
6. We must show our appreciation to those who have helped us

PRACTICE 5

a. A child
b. Stationery
c. He feels neglected.
d. I think the persona is an elderly person who feels unwanted. This is because the
persona associates himself with many old and unwanted things.

PRACTICE 6

a. Severed
b. It means to be without motion or power/ not working
c. Perhaps because the persona is an elderly person and has old-fashioned opinion
 about things.
d. The persona has made extreme comparisons which is not likely to happen within
a family. As an orphan it is possible for the persona to feel unwanted, unloved and neglected.

PRACTICE 7

a. They will keep/ throw/ recycle the things.

b. It has been forgotten
c. Perhaps the book is not interesting.
d. Liquid paper that is dry will dirty rather than erase the writing that is being
cleaned. The liquid paper pen should be capped at all times when not in use.

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POEM- MY HERO
Heroic Thinking

1. As brave as a dad can be

2. The time when nothing happen and no one is around because they are sleeping
3. Horrors film
4. He'd even smile and greet 'em
5. Frankeistein's monster
6. His mum
7. Yes. Because father is the role-model for every kids
8. I like this poem because it describe that every human have weakness

QUESTION ON MY HERO

1. Serious and proud

2. The father is not afraid of darkness of the night
3. Not afraid of watching horror movies
4. The skeletons do not scare him
5. Dead of night, watch horror movies, ghosts
6. His father is even smile and greet 'em
7. The persona father will smile and acknowledge it
8. Will not let it upset him
9. He is the role - model for his son
10. The persona is very proud of his father and the persona cannot understand about his father
fear of spiders
5. WHAT IS RED

Answers (Exercise 1)

1. False. The sunset is blazing and bright.

2. True.
3. False. The sound of a band is loud.
4. True.
5. False. Fire-crackers and fire engines are red.
6. True.
7. True.
8. False. Red is a bright and colourful colour.
9. False. The persona likes the colour red.
10. True.

Answers (Exercise 2)

1. It is about the setting sun.

2. The hot sun.
3. It bleeds.
4. It means when one is angry one cannot think straight.
5. The colour red is loud and powerful like the sound of a band.
6. The colour red is bright and usually used for “Danger!” signs.
7. There is feeling of discomfort inside when one feels embarrassed.
8. The lines, “But can you imagine, living without it?”
9. The persona is most likely a young child.
10. (a) Anger
(b) Courage

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6. NEWS BREAK

PRACTICE 1

1. The persona is the mother.

2. The title, New Break means reporting something that is unusual. The poet uses the title
to indicate that the boy is doing something unusual – showing a change in his behavior.
3. He offers to help her with some jobs.
4. His appearance surprises his mother because he looks clean and tidy.
5. He is compared to a lamb. He is compared because he appears meek and docile not his
usual boisterous self.
PRACTICE 2

1. They are at the front of the house.

2. The boy gives the mother a hug and a kiss lovingly.
3. He has offered to help his mother with some little jobs.
4. i) Reaction: The mother is very surprised.
ii) Textual evidence: The line, ‘For goodness sake, what’s this?’

PRACTICE 3

1. She says his face is clean for once.

2. He must have stayed quietly at school and did not run or play very much.
3. Possibly after getting his school report which was not very good, he had no appetite to
eat.

PRACTICE 4

1. Normally they are thrown down to the floor.

2. He does not throw his books and he does not scream and shout.
3. i) Example 1: The boy kicks up a fuss about having too much work at school.
ii) Example 2: The boy cries that he is not going back to school anymore.

PRACTICE 5

1. He did not throw tantrums or create a fuss.

2. It means he was hurt in some way or other. She says this because she is totally unable
to understand the change in the boy’s behavior.
3. She wants to have a better look to make sure he is her son.
4. i) Feeling: She must have felt relieved.
ii) Reason: She feels this way because this is what she expects him to do – hoodwink
her with his good behavior for possibly a poor school report.