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English Form 4 Answers
(c) The persona means that the grandmother knew she Reason: The reason is they were surrounded by
was going to die and she was prepared and accepted it. cannons on all sides and so whether they retreated or
(d) Thing: Being forgetful, grandmother was likely to forget surrounded, they would have been fired on.
a few things e.g. where she placed her spectacles or
forget to turn on the switch for the kettle. (accept any Practice
reasonable answer) 4
Reason: As one gets older, it is normal to become (a) The line is ‘Charge for the guns!’
forgetful.
(b) They were instructed to attack the enemy in the valley.
Practice 6 (c) The order was given because the commander knew the
enemy soldiers were hiding in the valley.
(a) The word is ‘bun’. (d) Name: I would call it the Battlefield of Sacrifice and
(b) She was dressed in a white broderie anglaise shirt with Heroism.
pleated skirt and flat shoes. Reason: This is because it is the place where soldiers
(c) The grandmother was tall but had become small and sacrificed their lives and died heroically in defence of
short as she aged. their country.
(d) Other part: Another part would be the cheeks and they Practice
would look sunken. 5
Reason: As a person ages, the chin or the cheeks tend (a) The order to attack the enemy in the valley.
to become sunken.
(b) The phrase is ‘do and die’.
2) The Charge of the Light Brigade (c) Half a league or two and a half kilometres
(d) Description: Brave
Practice 1 Reason: They obeyed their commander’s orders and
charged at the enemy even though it was clear that
(a) They were ordered to move forward and attack the they were heavily outnumbered.
enemy.
(b) It is the duty of the soldiers to perform without question Practice 6
even if death awaits them.
(c) The valley of Death is a place where one cannot escape (a) The word is ‘league’.
from death. (b) (i) Six hundred
(d) Characteristic: Being courageous (ii) The setting is the battlefield or the valley where the
Reason: Besides having obedience, the soldiers need battle took place.
to be courageous so that they do not cower in fear (c) (i) It was part of their duty as soldiers to protect the
when facing their enemies. country.
(ii) They have to follow their commander’s orders no
Practice 2 matter how dangerous the situation is.
(a) The poem is set in a battlefield. Short Stories
(b) The soldiers are bombarded by cannons on both sides 1) Leaving
and from the front.
(c) The word ‘Boldly’. Practice 1
(d) Mood: Gloom / somberness / hopelessness / doom The story, Leaving, tells about a single mother and her
Reason: The words ‘jaws of death’ and ‘mouth of hell’ five children who are living in Tanzania. Mother runs a store
hint about the soldiers facing certain death..
and does her best to bring up the children. She wants the
Practice 3 children to be well educated. After the three older children
have settled down, mother pins her hopes on Aloo and the
(a) The word is ‘cannon’. narrator. The narrator studies in the local university while
(b) They are placed on all sides to make sure none of the Aloo wants to further his studies abroad.
soldiers escaped the attack. One moral value that I can learn from the story is to
(c) It is described as such because the soldiers rode to respect our parents. In the story, Mother was a widow and
their death as they were fired on violently.
(d) Step: The soldiers could have made a quick retreat or sacrificed a lot to bring up her five children. She did not
surrender to the enemies but I don’t think they would marry again because her children could not stay with her if
have been successful. she did. Mother is against Aloo going to America to study
because she does not want to lose her son. Aloo becomes

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