my own true family question answer : Edward James ‘Ted’ Hughes (1930-1998) was a noted English poet, and had been the Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1984 till his death. His famous works include Birthday Letters, The Hawk in the Rain and Tales from Ovid.
The poem describes the magical experience of a young child in an oakwood, and indicates that human beings and trees should thrive as a single family. It focuses strongly on the need to protect our natural environment for the welfare of man-kind.
my own true family question answer
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :
a) Creeping in an oakwood, the poet was looking for a
(i) goat
(ii) rhinoceros
(iii) stag
(iv) buffalo
Answer: (iii) stag
b) whenever an Oak tree is felled, the number of trees the poet must plant is
(i) two
(ii) three
(iii) four
(iv) five
Answer: (i) two
c) When the poet came out of the Oakwood, his heart was that of a
(i) stag
(ii) tree
(iii) human child
(iv) old women
Answer: (ii) tree
2. State whether the following sentences are true or false. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer :
(a) The old woman held the poet’s secrets in her little bag
Ans: True – “I have your secret in my little bag”
(b) The tree tribe said that the poet is bothered to see the chopping down of oak trees.
Ans: False – ‘‘we are chopped down,we are torn up, you do not blink an eye”.
(c) The poet never came out of the oakwood.
Ans: False – “When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company “.
3. Answer the following questions :
(a) When did the poet come twice awake?
Ans: The poet came twice awake when the old woman whom he met in the oakwood opened the bag to show a magic.
(b) What would happen to the poet if he failed to make the promise?
Ans: The black oak tree would wrinkle over him and rooted him among the oak trees if the poet failed to make the promise and this way he would die.
(c) What was it that altered the poet?
Ans: The poet was altered by the dream about the ill fate of oak trees. He felt compassionate when he was awoke from his dream.
4. Change the following into indirect speech:
(a) Rahul asked Dipa, ‘Will you go to school today? ‘
Ans: Rahul asked Dipa that if she could go to school today.
(b) Rita said to Ayesha,”Please give me a glass of water”
Ans: Rita requested Ayesha for a glass of water.
(c) The old man told the little girl, “May you be happy! “
Ans: The old man prayed for the little girl to be happy.
5. Do as directed
(a) Ranjan said,”who does not know the name of Rabindranath?”(change into an affirmative sentence)
Ans: Ranjan told that everybody knows the name of Rabindranath.
(b) Sangeeta runs faster than any other girl in her class.(Rewrite using the positive degree of faster)
Ans: No other girl in the class can run as fast as Sangeeta.
(c) Kaushiki blamed her friend for the trouble. (rewrite using the noun form of blamed)
Ans: Kaushiki blames her friend for the trouble.
Extra question to practice
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1. The poet once entered-
(a) an oakwood
(b) a cave
(c) a theatre
(d) classroom
Ans: (a) an oakwood
2. The poem expresses the poet’s-
(a) realisation of the pain of the oak- trees
(b) happiness of being a part of the tree family
(c) promise of planting more trees
(d) dream of an old lady
Ans: (a) realisation of the pain of the oak- trees
3. The poet began to quake when the old woman-
(a) laughed
(b) shouted
(c) cackled
(d) smiled
Ans: (c) cackled
4. The poet was tied to a-
(a) stone
(b) stake
(c) tree
(d) door
Ans: (b) stake
5. The poet met in the oakwood-
(a) a young man
(b) a young girl
(c) an old woman
(d) an old man
Ans: (c) an old woman
6. The poet was looking for a –
(a) lamb
(b) stag
(c) goat
(d) dog
Ans: (b) stag
7. They said: We are the
(a) fern trees
(b) deodar trees
(c) oak trees
(d) banyan trees
Ans: (c) oak trees
8. Whenever an oak tree is felled, the number of trees the poet must plant is –
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five
Ans: (a) two
9. The oak trees told the poet that they were his
(a) own true family
(b) teacher
(c) friends
(d) neighbours
Ans: (a) own true family
10. The poet was accused of not being bothered when-
(a) an oak tree is planted
(b) an oak tree is chopped down and torn up
(c) one member of his family disappeared
(d) somebody was going to harm him
Ans: (b) an oak tree is chopped down and torn up
11. When the oak-trees are cut down, the poet as a representative of man becomes-
(a) concerned
(b) indifferent
(c) sorrowful
(d) joyous
Ans: (b) indifferent
12. If the poet does not swear, the oak bark will-
(a) fall off
(b) stick to him
(c) wrinkle over him
(d) strangle him
Ans: (c) wrinkle over him
13. “Surrounded by a staring tribe…”- Here the expression ‘staring tribe’ refers to
(a) tribal people
(b) civilized people
(c) oak trees
(d) oak leaves
Ans: (c) oak trees
14. The poet began to tremble when the old woman
(a) beat her stick
(b) laughed aloud
(c) shouted
(d) cried bitterly
Ans: (b) laughed aloud
15. When the poet came out of oak- wood, his heart was that of a/an- tree
(a) stag
(b) tree
(c) human child
(d) old woman
Ans: (b) tree
my own true family question answer class 10
B. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/ phrases/words in support of your answer:
(1) The old woman held the poet’s secrets in her little bag.
Ans : True. – “I have your secret here inside my little bag.”
(2) The tree tribe said that the poet is bothered to see the chopping down of oak trees.
Ans : False. – ……you do not blink an eye.”
(3) The poet never came out of the oakwood.
Ans : False. – “I came out of the oakwood.”
(4) The poet entered a mango grove.
Ans : False. – Once I crept in an oakwood…
(5) The poet never came out of the oakwood.
Ans : False. – When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company,
(6) The poet was looking for a goat.
Ans : False. – I was looking for a stag.
(7) In the wood, the poet came across a hunter.
Ans : False. – I met an old woman there…
(8) The old woman had made the sound of quake.
Ans : False. – Then she began to cackle, and I began to quake
(9) The person the poet met was carrying a basket.
Ans : False. – She said: I have your secret here inside my little bag!
(10) Creeping in an oakwood, the poet was looking for a woman.
Ans : False. – Once I crept in an oakwood- was looking for a stag.
C. Answer the following questions
(1) When did the poet come twice awake ?
Ans: When the old woman opened up her little bag and the poet glanced into it, he came twice awake.
(2) What would happen to the poet if he failed to make the promise ?
Ans: If he failed to make promise , he would die.
(3) What was it that altered the poet?
Ans : It was a visionary dream that altered the poet.
(4) “came twice awake” What does the expression ‘twice awake’ suggest ? “
Ans: The expression suggests a moral reawakening of the poet-a transmission from ignorance to knowledge. It may also implicate the absolute bewilderment of the poet.
(5) “unless you make a promise” Who is the person spoken to ? What promise is he asked to make ?
Ans : The person spoken to is the poet himself. He is asked to promise that whenever he sees an oak tree felled, he would plant two instead.
(6) “Unless you make a promise now-now you are going to die”-Is there any far-reaching message behind this utterance ?
Ans: There is a far-reaching message for mankind behind this utterance. Unless mankind makes promise right now to save trees, it will one day cause their own ruin.
(7) “Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you”—What does it suggest ?
Ans: It suggests that unless mankind protects trees or encourages afforestation, the world will turn into a desert. The black oak-bark’ is the symbol of aridity and barrenness.’
(8) What promise did the poet have to make?
Ans: The poet had to make a promise that he would plant two oak trees if he saw one oak tree being felled.
(9) How did the dream alter the poet ?
Ans : After having the dream the poet felt a strong bond between him and the oak trees and could also feel the pain the trees go through when they are felled. This is how the dream altered the poet.
(10) “My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.”—Explain.
Ans: By the expression “My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree”, the poet means that though he remained a human being by appearance but now he felt himself to be the one, belonging to the tree family as he could realise the pain of the oak-trees when they were felled by human beings.
► Lesson 1 : Father’s Help
► Lesson 2 : Fable
► Lesson 3 : The Passing Away of Bapu
► Lesson 4 : My Own True family
► Lesson 5 : Our Runaway Kite
► Lesson 6 : Sea Fever
► Lesson 7 : The Cat
► Lesson 8 : The Snail
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