Answers

1) Who is the speaker in stanza 2?

A grandparent
2) Name two moral values of the poem.
a) Take care and appreciate
nature
b) Use technology wisely
3) What is the poem about?
The poem is a conversation
between a grandchild and his/her
grandparents about life in the
past and in the present.
4) What does the phrase money is your
new God mean?
It means that people nowadays
are into material wealth and are
ruled by money.
5) Hows life in the past different from the
present?
Life in the past was more peaceful
and simpler because they did not
have to worry about pollution and
other concerns we face today.
6) Do the grandparents regret for not
living in an era of modern technology?
Give a reason.
No, although they had lived in an
era before modern technology was
invented, they were happy and
lived in harmony with nature.

7) What do you think was more important

to the grandparents?
A pollution free and stress free
world

Life was simple and people lived

in harmony with nature. There
were no pollution, stress and
traffic jams.
10)
Do you agree that the younger
generation values materialism more
than the environment? Why?
Yes, the younger generation has
become more materialistic and
does not take care of the
environment. This has caused
pollution, stress and destruction
of nature.
11) How many voices are there in the
poem?
Three (grandfather, grandmother
and grandchild)
12) How many questions are asked by
grandchild?
Four questions

13) In stanza 1, what does the phrase

basic necessities refer to?
Fax machines and telephones
14) In your opinion, who is to be blamed
for the destruction of nature?
The present generation. They
show no regard to the
environment and destroy the
nature in the name of
development and a better living.
(Accept any suitable answer)
15)
In the poem, who asks the
questions?
The grandchild

8) What does the phrase was it hard

staying alive in the poem imply?
It implies that the grandchild
thinks that life was difficult
without modern inventions.

16)
In stanza 1, what does the speaker
think makes life difficult in the past?
-No air conditoners
-No fax machines/ telephones to
aid communication.

9) According to the poem, what was life

like for the grandparents?

17) Now nature fears you (Stanza

2)

What do you understand with this line?

There is too much destruction of
nature nowadays that natural
resources are almost depleted.
(Accept any suitable answer)
18) State two things that the older
generation did not face.
Pollution/ stress/ traffic jams/
deforestation (any two)
19) What is the message conveyed by the
grandparents to the present
generation?
The present generation honours
money and ill-treats nature.
20)
In your opinion what are the effects
of pollution that we face in the world?
Pollution of the environment
causes stress and ill health to
mankind.
21) What is the meaning of word
flustered?
Nervous/ Confused/ Uncomfortable
22)
State two modern inventions, the
grandparents did not have in the past?
Fax machines, telephones, air
conditioners (any two)
23) What is the theme of the poem?
Effects of development.
24) What can you infer from the line
Grandchild we lived before your
age?
Grandparents have more
experience than grandchild.
25)
Who does the word you in the
second last line refer to?

Younger generation/ present

generation.

26) If you were the grandfather, what

advice would you give your
grandchild? Give a reason.
(Accept any suitable answer)
27)
In stanza 1, what does the
grandchild want to know from the
grandparents?
The grandchild wants to know how
the grandparents lived without
modern inventions.
28)
Based on stanza 2, state one
environmental problem due to modern
inventions.
Pollution/ destruction of forest,
streams and hills.
29)
Which era would you prefer to live
in the grandparents or the
grandchilds era? Give a reason.
(Accept any suitable answer)
30)
What is the tone of the poem in
stanza 1?
Curious/ confused