Question

Q8. Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a scrub in the valley—but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill,

Be a bush if you can't be a tree

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,

And some highway happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass

But be the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,

There's something for all of us here

There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,

And the task we must do is 8.the near.

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail

If you can't be the sun, be a star,

It isn't by size that you win or you fail

Be the best of whatever you are!

1. What does the poet mean by “We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew”? 2

marks

2. What does winning not depend on? 2 marks

3. What is the poet’s message? 2 marks

4. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? 1 mark

5. Find the synonyms for the following words from the poem: 2 marks

a. Small stream

b. Team

6. Find one pair of opposite words in the poem. 1 mark​

Answer 1

Answer:

hill-rill

grass-bass

lake-make

here-near

trail-fail

star-are