Extract Based Questions: Poem - Where Do All Teachers Go? | English Class 6 (Honeysuckle) PDF Download

Q1: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Do they live with other people Have they mums and dads?
And where they ever children And were they ever bad?
Did they ever, never spell right Did they ever make mistakes?
Were they punished in the corner If they pinched the chocolate flakes?

(i) What kind of mistakes are being committed by students?
Ans: The students can commit mistakes by writing wrong spellings and eating chocolates in the class.

(ii) Do you think the teachers were once children?
Ans: Yes, the teachers were once children because everybody has to pass that stage to become an adult.

(iii) What kind of punishment is given to a student in a class?
Ans: Teachers punish students by making them stand in the corner of a class.

(iv) Give one word substitute for a person, who teaches in a school.
(a) Student
(b) Gardener
(c) Driver
(d) Teacher
Ans: (d)

(v) Write synonym for the word ‘mistake’.
(a) Correct
(b) Error
(c) Pinch
(d) Bad
Ans: (b)

(vi) Who are referred as ‘they’?
(a) Parents
(b) Children
(c) Teachers
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

Q2: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Did they ever, never spell right
Did they ever make mistakes?
Were they punished in the comer
If they pinched the chocolate flakes?
Did they ever lose their hymn books
Did they ever leave their greens?
Did they scribble on the desk tops
Did they wear old dirty jeans?
Explanation: The poet questioned whether the teachers have ever committed mistakes and at young age were they also used to write wrong spelling. Were they ever punished for pinching chocolate flakes. The questions raised about losing a hymn book. And leaving green vegetables in plate. Did they ever write on desk tops. Wearing dirty jeans is also a concern for the child.

(i) Whom does the poet refer to in the above line?
Ans: The poet refers to teacher.

(ii) What are the things for which a child is punished?
Ans: Children are often punished for incorrect spellings, pinching chocolate flakes, for leaving vegetables.

(iii) What is the general habits of children?
Ans: The children often leave vegetables in plates and scribble on desks.

(iv) Why was the poet concerned about dirty clothes?
Ans: The poet always see their teachers nicely dressed so it was unacceptable to him to think of worn and dirty clothes.

(v) What is the meaning of ‘scribble’?
Ans: Write.

Q3: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Where do all the teachers go When it’s four o’clock?
Do they live in houses And do they wash their socks?
Do they wear pyjamas And do they watch TV?
And do they pick their noses The same as you and me?

(i) What did the poet ask himself?
Ans: The poet asks himself whether his teachers behave like an ordinary person and lead a life like a simple person.

(ii) Do you think the poet was curious to know about his teachers? Give a reason to support your answer.
Ans: Yes, the poet was curious to know about his teachers that’s why he kept asking many questions to himself.

(iii) What kind of comparisons being drawn by the poet?
Ans: The poet compared his teachers with an ordinary man and wondered if teachers wear pyjamas and watch TV like common men.

(iv) Give synonym for the word ‘wash’.
(a) Clean
(b) Kind
(c) Good
(d) Select
Ans: (a)

(v) What is the meaning of ‘pick their nose’?
(a) Remove the nose
(b) Use fingers to remove dirt from the nose
(c) Cut the nose
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b)

(vi) For the child his teacher is
(a) very cruel
(b) very talented
(c) very kind
(d) a special person
Ans: (d)

Q4: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
And do they pick their noses
The same as you and me?
Do they live with other people
Have they mums and dads?
And were they ever children
And were they ever bad?
Explanation: The poet asks whether teachers pick their noses as most of the children do. He asks if they have parents and how were they as children. Did they ever behave badly?

(i) What is the name of poem?
Ans: Where do all the teachers go?

(ii) Who are ‘they’ referred to is the extract?
Ans: ‘They’ is referred to the teachers.

(iii) What was difficult to believe for teachers?
Ans: The poet fails to imagine teachers as ‘ill-mannered’ as he himself is.

(iv) Why did the poet mention ‘pick their noses’?
Ans: ‘Picking of the nose’ is done by ill-mannered children. The poet finds it hard to believe for teacher.

(v) Give antonym of pick
Ans: Reject