Question

B1. Complete the following statements:
(i) The poet is talking about............................. .
(ii) As a nation weare missing our .................................... .
(iii) Old people havekeys ........................... .
(iv) The elderly remember .......................... .

"Oh the value of the elderly! How could anyone not know? They hold so many keys, so many
things they can show.
We all will read the other side this I firmly believe.
And the elderly are closest oh what clues we could retrieve.
For their characters are closest to how we'll be on high.
They are the ones most developed, you can see it if you try.
They've let go of the frivolous and kept things that are dear.
The memories of so sweet, of loved ones that were near.
As a nation we are missing our greatest true resource,
To get to know our elders and let them guide our course."

B2 Express
State what the underlined words mean:
(i) Oh the value of the elderly! State the value ............. .
(ii) They are the ones most developed. 'They' stand for ............. .

B3: Match the words in Column A with their rhyming word in Column B:

Column A	Column B
(i) Course	(a) Show
(ii) Believe	(b) resource
-	(c) retrieve

 

Answer 1

B1.
(i) the wisdom possessed by the elderly
(ii) greatest true resource, which is the guidance of our elders when we get to know them.
(iii) of things they can show us
(iv) the loved ones which were near to them

B2.
(i) The values lie in the wisdom and the guidance of the elderly.
(ii) The word ‘they’ stands for the elderly described in the poem.

B3.
(i) course – resource
(ii) believe – retrieve