Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

From my own experience, life itself may change a person’s dreams. These hopes and aspirations are no less than the original dream of younger days. To fulfil them you will need to negotiate a path through a maze of hurdles. The dream will take a much longer time to realise, and the people who are participants in your dreamscape would be many more.

(i) Complete the sentence appropriately.

The phrase ‘life itself may change a person’s dreams’ suggests that dreams are not static but rather ______. (evolving/dynamic)

(ii) What does the author mean by, ‘hopes and aspirations are no less than the original dream of younger days’?

(iii) Identify the phrase from the extract that indicates a complex and challenging journey.

(iv) Complete the sentence with an appropriate reason.

The author says, ‘people who are participants in your dreamscape would be many more’ because ______.

(v) What is the tone of the author in this extract?

1. appreciative and celebratory
2. excited and cheerful
3. optimistic and encouraging
4. eager and inquisitive

Answer 1

(i) The phrase ‘life itself may change a person’s dreams’ suggests that dreams are not static but rather evolving.

(ii) The author means that the hopes and aspirations that develop later in life are equally important and meaningful as the dreams a person had in their younger days.

(iii) The phrase is “negotiate a path through a maze of hurdles.”

(iv) The author says, ‘people who are participants in your dreamscape would be many more’ because as our dreams change and develop, they involve more people who support, influence, or contribute to their fulfilment.

(v) optimistic and encouraging