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question_answer1) How I laughed at my mother's false teeth, As they foamed in the waters beneath, But now comes the reckonin It's me that they are beckonin Oh! I wish I'd looked after me teeth (i) What does 'they' in line 2 stands for? (ii) The last line' Oh! I wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth' expresses.......... (iii) The rhyming scheme of the stanza is ........
question_answer2) Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right, I flashed it about late at night, But up-and-down brushin' And pokin' and fussin' Didn't seem worth the time-I could bite! (i) What does the line T showed them the toothpaste' imply? (ii) What does the line 'Didn't seem worth the time' mean
question_answer3) Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth, And spotted the perils beneath All the toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth. (a) Why does the poetess wish that she had taken better care of her teeth? (b) What caused perils/decay beneath the poetess's teeth? (c) The poetess ate ........... and ............ is. (c) Sweet sticky food and chewed toffees.
question_answer4) I wish I'd been that much more willin', When I had more tooth there than flllin' To pass up gobstoppers, From respect to me choppers, And to buy some thing else with me shillin' (a) What is the present scene inside the poetess's mouth? (b) What happened to the poetess's teeth when she continued eating all kinds of sweets? (c) Explain, from respect to me choppers'?
question_answer5) When I think of the follies I licked, And the liquorice all sorts I picked, Sherbet dabs, big and little, All that hard peanut brittle, My conscience gets horribly pricked. (a) Why does the poetess feel her conscience horribly pricked? (b) What was responsible for the poetess's present state of pain and sufferings and guilt feelings? (c) What did the poetess eat the most?
question_answer6) Oh! I showed them the toothpaste all right, I flashed it about late at night, But up-and-down brushing, And pokin' and fussin, Didn't seem worth the time-I could bite! (a) Whom did the poetess show the toothpaste? What does 'show' means? (b) What does poking and fussing mean? (c) What did the poetess flash about late at night?
question_answer7) If I'd known, I was paving the way To cavities, caps and decay, The murder of mlin's Injections and drillin's I'd have thrown all me sherbet away. (a) How did the poetess pave the way for cavities in her teeth? (b) Explain 'murder of fillings'. (c) What had the poetess not known?
question_answer8) So I lay in the old dentist's chair, And I gaze up his nose in despair, And his drill it do whine In these molars of mine "Two amalgam", he'll say, "for in there" (a) What would have the poetess done if she had known the pain she would suffer due to her teeth? (b) What is 'amalgam' ? (c) Pick out two expressions that add fear to the poet? How?
question_answer9) How I laughed at my mother's false teeth, As they foamed in the waters beneath But now comes the reckonin' It's me they are beckonin' Oh I wish I'd looked after me teeth. (a) Explain ' But now comes the reckoning, it is me they are beckoning'. (b) What is 'they' in line 2 of the stanza? (c) When did the poetess laugh at her mother's false teeth?
question_answer10) But and up down brushin' And pokin and fussin' Didn't seem worth the time -1 could bite! What do these lines convey?
question_answer11) Why did the poetess go to the dentist? How could she have avoided it?
question_answer12) "If you got a tooth, you got a friend", what do you understand from this line?
question_answer13) With reference to the poem, how can you look after your teeth?
question_answer14) Give an appropriate proverb that conveys the best message that this poem carries.
question_answer15) The poetess has miss pelt the word amalgum. Why do you think she has done that?
question_answer16) Write some linguistic variations in the poem.
question_answer17) What did the poetess wish when she had more teeth than fillings?
question_answer18) Write a paraphrase of stanza (7). So, I lay in .............................he'll say 'for in there.'
question_answer19) Explain the line 'It's me they are beckonin' in the last stanza.
question_answer20) The poetess kept on neglecting the care of her teeth; what was the consequence of this neglect?
question_answer21) What does the poetess, Pam Ayres, regret for? Why?
question_answer22) Recently you have read the poem, 'Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth'. Write a letter to your brother/sister advising him/her how he/she must take care of teeth to avoiding any damage.
question_answer23) Read the following statement where T refers to 'you'. 7 can't afford to, after what Jack's done to his teeth', what is it, you think you can't afford and why? Write a diary entry in not less than 125 words.
question_answer24) Imagine yourself as the narrator of the poem; Express your regret over the damage of cavities, decay, etc in your teeth.
question_answer25) "Parents alone are responsible for inculcating a good sense of dental hygiene amongst children". Do you agree with this statement?
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