Question

Read the following stanzas and do the activities:

A1. Complete the sentences:        (2)

1. The poet saw a lovely girl on ______. 
2. The poet stopped to buy _______.
3.  The poet requests ________ to forgive him.
4. The lovely girl in a bus wore _______.

Today on a bus, I saw a lovely girl with silken hair I envied her, she seemed so gay, and I wished I was so fair When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle She had one leg and wore a crutch, but as she passed - a smile O God, forgive me when I whine I have two legs, the world is mine. And then I stopped to buy some sweets, The lad who sold them had such charm I talked with him, he seemed so calm, and if I were late, it would do no harm, And as I left he said to me “I thank you, you have been so kind” It’s nice to talk with folks like you. You see, I’m blind O God forgive me when I whine I have two eyes, the world is mine

A2. Complete the following web:        (2)

A3. Write any two pairs of rhyming words from the stanzas.    (1)

Answer 1

A1.

• The poet saw a lovely girl on a bus.
• The poet stopped to buy some sweets.
• The poet requests God's forgiveness for whining to forgive him.
• The lovely girl in a bus wore a crutch.

A2.

A3.

• fair - hair
• mine - whine
• charm - Harm
• kind - Blind
• whine - mine