Question

. Read the paragraph carefully and answer the questions: (5m)
1.A man worked in a post office. His job was to process all mail that had
illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in shaky
handwriting to God. He thought, "I better open this one and see what it's all
about." So he opened it and it read: "Dear God, I am an 83 year old widow
living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had a
hundred dollars in it which was all the money I had until my next pension
cheque." "Next Sunday is Mother's Day, and I have invited my last two friends
over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with." "I have
no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?" The
postal worker was touched, and went around showing the letter to all the others.
Each of them dug into his wallet and came up with a few dollars. By the time he
made the rounds, he had collected 96 dollars, which they put into an envelope
and sent over to her. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow
thinking of the nice thing they had done. Mother's Day came and went, and a
few days later came another letter from the old lady to God. All the workers
gathered around while the letter was opened. It read, "Dear God, How can I ever
thank you enough for what you did for me?" "Because of your generosity, I was
able to fix a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my
friends of your wonderful gift. "By the way, there were 4 dollars missing. I’m
sure it must have been done by those thieves at the post office!”
(a) Why was the old lady sad?
(b) Who opened the letter sent by the old lady?
(c) How did the old lady get money?
(d) What did the second letter to God read?
(e) Which word in the passage means ‘bigheartedness’?
II. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions given below: (6m)
1..Why do you wear that dress so white?
Why do you where that veil so light?
Why do your young eyes shine so bright?
Is it your wedding?
I wear the dress and veil to show
That gladly to my love I go
My young eyes shine because I know
It is my wedding.
a) Identify the rhyming words in this poem.
b) Write the rhyme scheme of this poem.
c)Mention any two figure of speech used in this poem.
2. I love thee, as I love the calm
Of sweet, star-lighted hours
I love thee, as I love the balm
Of early jasmine flowers
I love thee, as I love thee last
Rich smile of fading day
Which lingers, like the look we cast
On rapture passed away
I love thee as I love as I love the tone
Of some soft breathing flute
Whose soul is woken for me alone
When all beside is mute
I love thee as I love the first
Young violet of the spring
Or the pale lily, April nursed
To scented blossoming.
a) Identify the personification in the poem.
b) What is the poem talking about?
c) List out four pairs of rhyming words from the above poem

Answer 1

Explanation:

because her purse stolen by someone

Answer 2

1- the old lady was sad because her purse was stolen and she had a small pension to live on.
2-The man who processed all the mail that had illegible addresses in the post office.
3-the postal worker was touched by her letter and showed it to the others. The other workers searched their wallet for workers and together came up with 96 dollars which they sent to the old lady.
4-the second letter read- “dear god, how can I ever thank you for what you did to me? Because of your generosity I was able to fix a lovely dinner……”( write the rest of the letter)
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