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 -

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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

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Answer

a.

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.

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