D. We should not ask too many questions.

FORM 2
I WONDER

7. Who is the persona disappointed with?

A. God B. Her mother C. Her father D. Nature

Exercise 1
Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks with ONE suitable word.
The poem is about a child wondering of nature. As he walks he looks
____________ (1) him. He does not know why the __________ (2) is green, and
the wind can be ___________ (3) but not seen. He would like to know who
teaches the birds to build the __________(4). He also notices that the moon is not
always ____________(5). There are so many ______________ (6) on his mind,
such as who __________(7) clouds so high and who ______________ (8) the
rainbow in the sky. If he ________ (9) his father all these questions, he wonders
why his father will not tell him the ______________ (10).

8. What is invisible?
A. The lightning B. The wind

C. The clouds D. The moon

9. The word fluffy means

A. light
B. feathery

C. thin

D. crispy

10. Two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.

A. fluffy- clouds
B. round- found
C. lightning-flash
D. birds-build

Exercise 2
Questions 1 10 are based on the extract from the poem I WONDER.

Exercise 3
Read the poem `I Wonder and answer the questions that follow.

1. What does the use of the word wonder in the poem show?
A. thinking
B. solving problems
C. making silly remarks
D. feeling of shock

1. Who is the persona in the poem?

_____________________________________________________

2. The phrase how the wind looks like tells us that the writer is.
A. curious
B. confused
C. passionate D. angry

2. What is the poem about?

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

3. What is hanging according to the persona?

A. stars
B. clouds
C. rainbow

D. wind

4. Which word means to make something look bright?

A. paints
B. hangs
C. lights
D. makes
5. The title of the poem implies that the persona has
A. desire to know
B. very little patience
C. a lot anger
D. no desire to know
6. State one value that we can learn from the poem?
A. Nature should be appreciated
B. Nature should be left alone
C. We must not be so curious

3. What does the persona find puzzling about the birds?

___________________________________________________________
4. Which phrase in the extract shows that the persona is inquisitive about nature?
_____________________________________________________
5. Based on the poem, what element of Nature can be felt but can never be seen?
_____________________________________________________

6. How would you feel if your questions are not answered?

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