Question

One day she noticed a girl playing a xylophone and decided that she wanted to play it

too. Most of the teachers discouraged her but percussionist Ron Forbes spotted her

potential. He began by tuning two large drums to different notes.

“Don’t listen through your ears,” he would say, “try to sense it some other way.” says

Evelyn, “Suddenly I realized I could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower

one from the waist down.”

(i) Who does ‘she’ refer to? What did the teachers discourage her to do?

(ii) Who said, “Don’t listen through your ears”?

(iii) What is the contextual meaning of the word ‘potential’?

(iv) What does this extract tell you about Ron Forbes?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. ' She is reffered for a girl'. Teachers doscourage her for leaving music, but she never give up.

2. Ron Forbes.

3. quality or ability that can be developed.

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) 'She is reffered for Evelyn'. Teachers discavenge helt foo leaving, music, but she never give up.

(b)Ron Forbes

(C) Quality, con ability that can be developed.

(d) Ron Forbes was a percussionist. He was a guide and also he acted as a teacher for evely