Directions (1-5): Read each of the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Mothers are for loving you
If you’re good or bad.
Mothers are for sharing
Whatever makes you glad.
Mothers are for laughing
At your favourite jokes.
Mothers are for helping you
Get on with other folks.
Mothers are for telephones
When they ring.
Mothers are for pushing
When you’re on a swing.
Mother are for loving
When you snuggle up so tight.
Mother are for kissing you
A sweet and kind good night.
Q1. Mother loves you
(a) if you obey her
(b) if you behave well
(c) if you work hard
(d) in any condition
Q2. ‘Whatever makes you glad’. Here ‘glad’ is
(a) a noun
(b) an adjective
(c) a verb
(d) a gerund
Q3. ‘Get on with other folks’. Here ‘get on’ means
(a) to obtain something
(b) to have a friendly relationship
(c) to discuss
(d) to achieve your aim
Q4. ‘When they ring’. Here ‘they’ stand for
(a) children
(b) mothers
(c) other folks
(d) telephones
Q5. In the poem ‘on a swing’ means
(a) changing opinion
(b) in a rhythm
(c) on a hanging seat
(d) turning suddenly
Q6. Which word is a noun in this sentence?
We need to find Steve before we can go.
(a) find
(b) Steve
(c) Before
(d) go
Q7. Which word is a noun in this sentence?
I can’t find my blue shirt.
(a) my
(b) blue
(c) shirt
(d) find
Q8. This nouns are used to name a GENERAL type of person, place or thing.
(a) Compound Nouns
(b) Common Nouns
(c) Mass Noun
(d) Proper Nouns
Q9. My family lives in that house. The word ‘family’ is what type of nouns?
(a) Collective Noun
(b) Count Noun
(c) Concrete Noun
(d) Common Noun
Q10.A bouquet of flowers was given to Anna. The word ‘bouquet’ is what type of nouns?
(a) Mass Noun
(b) Abstract Noun
(c) Concrete Noun
(d) Collective Noun
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans.(c)
S8. Ans.(b)
S9. Ans.(a)
S10. Ans.(d)
