Question

Listening Activity

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.

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
Then 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.

1. heater
2. furnace
3. stove
4. oven

ii) Father knows no word like______

1. fail
2. frail
3. jail
4. snail

iii) It is certain that the father would restore the _______of the family members.

1. glory
2. prosperity
3. confidence
4. happiness

iv) The father will not be able to mend a broken

1. table
2. bench
3. chair
4. stool

v) The children expect their _________ to guide them in action.

1. mother
2. father
3. teacher
4. guardian

Answer 1

1. When the furnace needs to be repaired, they have to hire a man.
2. Father knows no word like fail. 
3. It is certain that the father would restore the confidence of the family members.
4. The father will not be able to mend a broken chair.
5.  The children expect their mother to guide them in action.