QUESTIONS 1-21: (1 Mark)

QUESTIONS 22-26: (2 MARK), (ANY SUITABLE ANSWERS)

1. What does the title of the poem suggest?
How the changes in era has changed the thinking of the younger generation.
2. What can you infer from the line 'Grandchild we lived before your age'?
The grandparents have more experience of the previous lifestyle than the current
generation.
3. What is the poet's main concern in the second stanza?

The poet is afraid seeing all the problems happening in the current era such
as pollution, stress, traffic jams, and destruction of forests, streams and hills.
4. According to the poem, how does human treat nature nowadays?
Nature is treated with no respect.

5. Why does the new generation worship money as their new 'god'?
The new generation worship money as their new god because with money,
they can do anything and live a life that is rather luxurious.
6. Based on the poem, define the phrases 'we feared God and nature...
now nature fears you'?
These phrases mean people in the previous generation were afraid of God
and nature but now nature fears the current generation because of the
destruction they make.
7. According to the poem, the phrase 'money is your new God' is defined
as?
The current generation would choose money over anything as it is what they
favour the most.
8. State the message of the poem.
The poem shows the perspective of two different times of life where the
grandchild questions the grandparents about their life without technology
and the grandparents replied that they lived a life so peaceful.
9. Who is the persona in stanza 1?

The persona in stanza 1 is the grandchild.

10.

Who is the persona in stanza 1 talking to?

The persona in stanza 1 is talking to the grandparents.

11.

How did the previous generation live?

The previous generation lived in a life that was free of pollution, stress, traffic
jams, and destruction of forests, streams and hills.
12.

How is the current generation living?

The current generation is living in a life with technology but with pollution,
stress, traffic jams, and destruction of forests, streams and hills.
13.

What do the grandparents think about life in the present time?

The grandparents think that the life in the present time was more peaceful
and problems free.
14.
What is the high price people today have to pay for
modernization? State three of them.
The price people today have to pay for modernization are pollution, stress
and traffic jams. (Destruction of forests, streams, and hills.)
15.

Who are the personas in stanza 2?

The personas in stanza 2 are grandmother and grandchild.

16.

Who are the personas in stanza 2 talking to?

The personas in stanza 2 are talking to the grandchild.

17.

Why does the persona in stanza 1 pity the grandparents?

The persona in stanza 1 pities the grandparents because he or she thinks

that their life before technology was very hard.
18.

How did the previous generation paper fans?

The previous generation fluttered the paper fans.

19.

What did the grandparents ignorance lead to?

The grandparents ignorance lead to a life free of pollution, stress, traffic

jams, and destruction of forests, streams, and hills.

20.

What did the old generation revere?

The old generation revered God and nature.

21.

What does the new generation worship?

The new generation worships money.

22.
Do you prefer living in the current era? Explain your opinion.
- Yes because I prefer living in a life with technology because it will make
my life easier.
- No because I want to live peacefully without any pollution, stress and
traffic jams.
23.
Would you rather live in the previous era? Why?
- Yes because I want to live peacefully without any pollution, stress and
traffic jams.
- No because I prefer living in a life with technology because it will make
my life easier.
24.
How do the grandparents feel about 'living before your age?
Why?
The grandparents felt peaceful because their lives were free from pollution,
stress, traffic jams and destruction of nature.
25.
What can you do to conserve Earth?
- I should practice recycling, reusing and reducing in my daily life.
- I should plant more trees to make the Earth a greener place.
26.
What might happen if destruction of forests, streams and hills
prolong?
- Soil erosion.
- Destruction of animals habitats.