2.6 Money- Activity No. 1

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 2.6 Money – William Davies

Activity No.1

A.1 Complete the web. Poor men’s qualities-

i. Their hearts are light.

ii. They work from morning till night

iii. They have real friends

iv. They laugh and are content with their lives

A.2 Complete the following sentence-

i. The poet wanted to become poor because………. poor people enjoy their lives

thoroughly. they have true and real friends.

ii. The poet does not want to speak to this fake world because----- Now he is

happier with a few true friends around him.

A.3. “Can we live without money’ write your views about this statement.

I. Ans- No, we can't live without money.

II. Money can buy all kinds of comforts but not happiness.

III. One needs money for survival. Money is one of the basic needs.

IV. Although we do need money, money is not everything. Along with

money, we need friends and family to socialize. Friends and family are

more important than money.

A.4. Complete the following table.

Stanza     Rhyme Scheme                     Rhyme Pair

1               Abcb                                    Poor-door

5               Abab                                    O!- O! ; untrue- few

A.5 Write four poetic lines about friendship-

Ans- True friendship is so pure

That you can always be sure

To all your problems there lies a cure

But never can it be based on a lure

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