SECTION V – MODEL ANSWERS Questions 26–28 — 8 Scores Each (2 × 8 = 16) 26. Prepare an essay discussing the space of women in a family. The Space of Women in a Family Women occupy a central place in family life. Traditionally, they have been expected to care for children, manage the household and maintain family relationships. Literature, however, shows us that while women often provide the emotional foundation of a family, their individualit…
Answer Key & Model Answers SECTION I Questions 1–8 — 1 Score Each (8 × 1 = 8) Questions 1–4: Horegallu .1. The passage is taken from ________. Answer: Horegallu .2. Who is the speaker? Answer: Ratna Ratna explains that she listens patiently and sympathetically to people who are troubled or under strain. .3. Name the author. Answer: Sudha Murty .4. Pick out the word from the passage that means ‘to reduce something that is painful’. Answer…
<Mending Wall – Robert Frost The poem is about a wall between two neighbours’ lands that needs repairing every spring. The narrator notices gaps appear in the wall , caused by frozen ground and hunters. Both neighbours repair the wall during spring mending-time , each fixing the stones on their side. The narrator thinks the wall is not really needed : He has apple trees, and the neighbour has pine trees. The apple trees will not cross…
🧱 MENDING WALL 🧱 Robert Frost HSE English 4 U About the Poem Mending Wall is one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems. It presents a conversation between two neighbours who meet every spring to repair the stone wall separating their properties. Through this simple activity, Frost explores deeper ideas about boundaries, human relationships, tradition and the need for separation. The poem describes the conflict between the poe…
[🌈 ⚖️✨ 1. “Mending Wall” presents a conflict between tradition and logical thinking. Discuss. (Hints: yearly wall repairing – two neighbours – speaker’s questioning attitude – “Good fences make good neighbours” – neighbour’s blind acceptance of father’s belief – tradition vs reason – message of the poem) Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” presents a conflict between traditional beliefs and logical thinking through the conversation between tw…
Mending Wall – Robert Frost Paragraph Questions and Answers <🧱 1. How does Robert Frost describe the repairing of the wall by the poet and his neighbour? In the poem Mending Wall , Robert Frost describes the yearly activity of repairing the wall shared by the poet and his neighbour. Every spring, the poet notices that the wall has developed gaps because of natural forces and other activities. He informs his neighbour, and both of them meet t…
