TEST PAPER ON
1.1: A Teenager’s Prayer
A1) Simple Factual Questions:
- Complete the Following sentences by using correct alternatives
- According to the poet …………are brought by each new day.
ii. We must decide to take the road which leads to ………
(great distress/great success)
iii. The poet prays to the Lord to help him stand for what is……….
(might/right)
iv. The poet wants to see that his teenage years have been the ________ years of his life.
(worst/best)
2) What does each new day fetch?
3) State whether the following statements are True or False. Correct the False statements.
i. The poet says that others will choose his way.
ii. The darkened road leads to great distress.
iii. The poet wants God to help him.
iv. The poet wants to give in to temptations.
A2. Complex Factual
1. Complete the sentences based on the extract.
*(1) Complete the sentences with the help of the extract:
(1) The person should strictly say ‘no’ to any……….. that comes in his way.
(2) It’ll keep a person’s body ………….
(2) Whose company does the poet wish for, in the walk of life? Why?
OR
*What effect does the speaker wish to see in himself at the end of his teens?
(3) In what condition does the poet wish to maintain his body?
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A3. Vocabulary / Poetic Devices
*2. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
*3. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct alternative.
i. The rhyme scheme of the poem is _______.
A. aabb
B. abcd
C. abcb
D. abba
4. Write an appreciation of the poem Teenager’s Prayer, with the help of given points.
Points:
- Title,
- Poet
- Rhyme Scheme
- Figures of speech
- Theme/ Central Idea
1.1: A Teenager’s Prayer
(With Answers)
A1) Simple Factual Questions:
- Complete the Following sentences by using correct alternatives.
- According to the poet …………are brought by each new day.
Ans: According to the poet new beginnings are brought by each new day.
ii. We must decide to take the road which leads to ………
(great distress/great success)
Ans: We must decide to take the road which leads to great success)
iii. The poet prays to the Lord to help him stand for what is……….
Ans: The poet prays to the Lord to help him stand for what is right.
iv. The poet wants to see that his teenage years have been the ________ years of his life.
Ans: The poet wants to see that his teenage years have been the best years of his life.
2) What does each new day fetch?
Ans: Each day fetches new beginnings.
3) State whether the following statements are True or False. Correct the False statements.
i. The poet says that others will choose his way.
Ans: False. The poet says that only he will choose his way.
ii. The darkened road leads to great distress.
Ans: True
iii. The poet wants God to help him.
Ans: True
iv. The poet wants to give in to temptations.
Ans: False. The poet wants to avoid temptations.
A2. Complex Factual
- Complete the web.:
Ans:
Ans:
- Complete the sentences based on the extract.
*(1) Complete the sentences with the help of the extract:
(1) The person should strictly say ‘no’ to any……….. that comes in his way.
Ans:
The person should strictly say ‘no’ to any temptation that comes in his way.
(2) It’ll keep a person’s body ………….
Ans:
It’ll keep a person’s body clean and fit.
(2) Whose company does the poet wish for, in the walk of life? Why?
OR
*What effect does the speaker wish to see in himself at the end of his teens?
Ans:
The poet wishes the company of God because, by the time his teenage years are over, he will know that the life he lived under the guidance and help of the Almighty, was the best.
(3) In what condition does the poet wish to maintain his body?
Ans:
The poet wishes to maintain his body and keep it clean and fit for life each day.
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A3. Vocabulary / Poetic Devices
*2. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Ans:
i. make – take
ii. success – distress
iii. see – me
iv. way – day
v. see – me
*3. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct alternative.
i. The rhyme scheme of the poem is _______.
A. aabb
B. abcd
C. abcb
D. abba
Ans:
C) abcb
4. Write an appreciation of the poem Teenagers Prayer, with the help of given points.
Points:
1. Title,
2. Poet,
3. Rhyme Scheme,
4. Figures of speech,
5. Theme/ Central Idea
Appreciation
1.1 A Teenagers Prayer
1. Title :- The title of the poem is ‘A Teenagers Prayer’
2. Poet :- The poem is written by ‘J Morse’
3. Rhyme Scheme :- The rhyme scheme of the poem is ‘abcb’
4. Figures of speech: – The figure of speech in the poem: –
i) Apostrophe – ex. Please open up my eyes dear lord,
ii) Alliteration – ex. Travel down the darkened road.
5. Theme/ Central Idea: – The teenager age is very important in person’s life because in that time person decides the path of future. If the person choose right path then he will be successful & If he will choose wrong path then the person will fail. So the teenager age is asking to show the right path to the god to create positivity,
