CBSE Book Class 9 English Poetry Oh I Wish

Poetry

UNIT-11

1.On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions  by ticking the correct chice.

(a) The title  'Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth'  expresses __________.

   (i) regret

   (ii) humour

   (iii) longing

   (iv) pleasure

(b) The conscience of the speaker pricks her as she has__________.

   (i) been careless

   (ii) been ignorant

   (iii) been fun loving

   (iv) been rude

(c) The speaker says that she has paved the way for cavities and decay by __________. 

   (i) eating the wrong food and not brushing.

   (ii) not listening to his mother

   (iii) laughing at his mother's false teeth

   (iv) not listening to the dentist 

(d) The tone of the narrator is one of ____________.

   (i) joy

    (ii) nostalgia

   (iii) regret

   (iv) sorrow

5. Answer the following questions.

   a) "…But up-and-down brushin' And pokin' and fussin' Didn't seem worth the time-I could bite!" What do these lines convey?

   b) Why did the poet go to the dentist? How could she have avoided it?

   c) "If you got a tooth, you got a friend", what do you understand from the line?

   d) With reference to the poem, how can you look after your teeth?

   e) Give an appropriate proverb that conveys the message that this poem carries.

6. Listen  to  the  conversation  between  Doki  and  his  sister,  Moki. As  you  listen complete the idioms and expressions listed below.

   1. sleep…...….............………….

   2. ………....……….me the willies

   3. crack the…………..............….

   4. take the……………….to water

   5. …………...................…….tail.

   6. wonders will……….........…….

   7. ……………….can't be undone.

   8. reap what I …………………….

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