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Question 15 Marks
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Choose the correct alternative and complete the sentences: (2)
(1) The poet suggests to listen to _______________. (the sounds of animals/the sounds of life.)
(2) The poet suggests to speak to _______________. (unfamiliar people/parents)

If you do not travel,
If you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.
You start dying slowly...
When you kill your self-esteem;
When you do not let others help you.
You start dying slowly...
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.
You start dying slowly...

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) What things can lead to slow death?  (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Give your own rhyming words for the ollowing : (1)
(1) different   (2) same
Answer
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
(1) The poet suggests to listen to the sounds of life.
(2) The poet suggests to speak to unfamiliar people.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1)    Following things can lead one to a slow death. If one ignores travelling, reading, listening to the sounds of life, knowing one's own qualities, keeping your self-respect, telling others to help you, then one can lead to slow death.
      Also, if one becomes a slave of one's habits, does the same things every day without changing the routine, wears the same colours, avoids speaking to strangers, one can lose his/her happy future.

A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) different - colour
(2) same - paths
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Question 25 Marks
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Say whether the following pieces of advice by the poet are Right or Wrong: (2)
(1) Appreciate your own good qualities.
(2) You should kill your self-esteem.
(3) Be a slave of your bad habits.
(4) Don't bother to change the routine.

If you do not travel,
If you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.
You start dying slowly...
When you kill your self-esteem;
When you do not let others help you.
You start dying slowly...
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.
You start dying slowly...

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the Web: (2)
Image
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Give your own rhyming words for the following : (1)
(1) read    (2) change
Answer
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
(1) Right
(2) Wrong
(3) Wrong
(4) Right

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Image
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) read - feed
(2) change - range
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Question 35 Marks
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Say whether the following pieces of advice by the poet are Right or Wrong: 
(1) Avoid strong feelings and their unsteady emotions.
(2) When you are not satisfied even then don't change your life.
(3) Go after your dream.
(4) Show the courage to risk something.

If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.
You start dying slowly...
If you do not change your life
when you are not satisfied with your job,
or with your love,
If you do not risk what is safe, for the uncertain,
If you do not go after a dream,
If you do not allow yourself,
At least once in your lifetime,
To run away from sensible advice…

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the following lines with the help of the extract: 
(1) Passions and their emotions shine _______________.
(2) If you are not satisfied with your job or love, _______________.
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices: 
(1) Find out a pair of rhyming words from the extract : Passion 
(2) Give your own rhyming words for : job
Answer
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
(1) Wrong
(2) Wrong
(3) Right
(4) Right

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) Passions and their emotions shine your eyes and beat your heart fast.
(2) If you are not satisfied with your job or love, change your life.

A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) Passion - emotion
(2) job - rob
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Question 45 Marks
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Say whether the following pieces of advice by the poet are Right or Wrong: (2)
(1) Avoid strong feelings and their unsteady emotions.
(2) When you are not satisfied even then don't change your life.
(3) Go after your dream.
(4) Show the courage to risk something.

If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.
You start dying slowly...
If you do not change your life
when you are not satisfied with your job,
or with your love,
If you do not risk what is safe, for the uncertain,
If you do not go after a dream,
If you do not allow yourself,
At least once in your lifetime,
To run away from sensible advice…

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) What is it that makes life worth living? Give four points : (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Give your own rhyming words for : (1)
(1) job    (2) fast
Answer
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
(1) Wrong
(2) Wrong
(3) Right
(4) Right

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) Be passionate.
(2) If we are not satisfied with our job or love, change our ways of life.
(3) Be ready to take any risk courageously.
(4) Go after our dreams with perseverance.

A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) job - rob
(2) fast - last
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