NEW INDIAN MODEL SCHOOL,DUBAI

ENGLISH
WORKSHEET-1
Gr. XI CBSE DATE:

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE OPTIONS

CHILDHOOD- ASSESSMENT WORK SHEET

1.Why do adults talk and preach of love but do not act lovingly?
(a) because they are hypocrites (b) because they are double-faced (c) because they do
not want to
(d) because they invest in only those whom they find interesting

2.Antithesis is where two opposite words are used together in a sentence in a poem,
where did the poet use it?
(a) infant’s face (b) forgotten place
(c) Hell and Heaven (d) preached of love

3.What is the opposite of the word ‘hidden’?

(a) open (b) closed (c) partial (d) out

4.What did the poet realise about adults?

(a) that they are mature (b) they have to earn money (c) they are not what they seem to
be
(d) they are cunning

5.What the poet could not find in the Geography book?

(a) Hell and Heaven (b) end to sky
(c) island (d)country

GROUP ACTIVITY-

TASK I: Recollect your childhood days.

Please share and illustrate some of your
interesting experiences that you had in
childhood days.

TASK 2: Do you think the poem expose

man and presents him in true colors?
How? Do you think it is relevant for human
beings to know about this fact in the
present life scenario. Give your reasons.

TASK 3: The poet here repents on his loss

of childhood. How far you think that this
lament is sensible in life? Do you think
living in the present is more than enough
rather than lamenting on loss?

Reading activity- Read another poem on Childhood.

HOME ASSIGNMENT- Research and find out the major changes in behavior and
nature in human beings when they grow up?