CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) Paper-I English: Questions 1 of 502
Question 1 of 6 Based on Passage
Passage
Oh, I wish I՚d looked after me teeth,
And spotted the dangers beneath
All the toffees I chewed,
And the sweet sticky food.
Oh, I wish I՚d looked after me teeth.
I wish I ′ d been that much more willin ′
When I had more tooth there than fillin ′
To give up gobstoppers.
From respect to me choppers,
And to buy something else with me shillin ′ .
When I think of the lollies I licked
And the liquorice all sorts I picked,
Sherbet dabs, big and little,
All that hard peanut brittle,
My conscience gets horribly pricked.
My mother, she told me no end,
‘If you got a tooth, you got a friend.’
I was young then, and careless,
My toothbrush was hairless,
I never had much time to spend.
Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right,
I flashed it about late at night,
But up and down brishin ′
And pokin ‘and fussin’
didn՚t seem worth the time I would bite!
If I՚d known I was paving the way
To cavities, caps and decay,
The murder of fillin՚s,
Injections and drillin՚s,
I՚d have thrown all me shebet away.
So I lie in the old dentist՚s chair,
And I gaze up his nose in despair,
And his drill it do whine
In these molars of mine.
‘Two amalgam,’ he՚ll say, ‘for in there.’
How I laughed at my mother՚s false teeth,
As they foamed in the waters beneath.
But now comes the reckonin ′
it ′ s methey are beckonin ′
Oh, I wish I՚d looked after me teeth.
- Pam Ayres
Question MCQ▾
What is the title of the poem -
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
---|---|---|
a. | ‘Oh, I wish I՚d Looked After Me Teeth’ | |
b. | ‘Oh, I wish I՚d Looked After My Friend’ | |
c. | ′ Oh, I wish I ′ d A Lot of Wealth | |
d. | Question does not provide sufficient data or is vague |
Answer
Explanation
The title of the poem is ‘Oh, I wish I՚d Looked After Me Teeth’ is written by Pam Ayres. She has a natural flow for writing amusing verses having a stupendous spontaneity about them. Her poem got very famous and received positive compliments from the readers. The poem conveys the message that time once lost can not be regained.