First read the questions given below. Next, listen to an excerpt from a poem read out by your teacher or played in a recorder. Note how a child admires and praises the abilities of his/her father. Then tick the right answers from the options given.
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Father: (by Edgar Albert Guest)
My father knows the proper way
The nation should be run;
He tells us children every day
Just what should now be done.
He knows the way to fix the trusts,
He has a simple plan;
But if the furnace needs repairs,
We have to hire a man.
My father, in a day or two
Could land big thieves in jail;
There’s nothing that he cannot do,
He knows no word like “fail.”
‘Our confidence” he would restore
Of that there is no doubt;
But if there is a chair to mend,
We have to send it out.
In conversation father can
Do many wondrous things;
He’s built upon a wiser plan
Than presidents or kings.
He knows the ins and outs of each
And every deep transaction;
We look to him for theories,
But look to ma for action
(i) When the needs to be repaired, they have to hire a man.
(a) heater
(b) furnace
(c) stove
(d) oven
(ii) Father knows no word like
(a) fail
(b) frail
(c) jail
(d) snail
(iii) It is certain that the father would restore the of the family members.
(a) glory
(b) prosperity
(c) confidence
(d) happiness
(iv) The father will not be able to mend a broken
(a) table
(b) bench
(c) chair
(d) stool
(v) The children expect their to guide them in action.
(a) mother
(b) father
(c) teacher
(d) guardian
