C.2 Complete the following sentences about the poem.<\/p>\n
1. In the first stanza, the poet refers to four pieces of evidence: large shoes, a long bed, the Bible, fields cluttered with boulders and a leaky barn. This leads the poet to conclude that \u2018the man of the house\u2019 was ………………………<\/p>\n
Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n This leads the poet to conclude that the man of the house was big and tall. He was a God-fearing man and he was not a farmer because if he were his fields wouldn\u2019t be cluttered with boulders and the barn wouldn\u2019t be leaking.<\/p>\n 2. I think that the child was probably about six years old because ……………….<\/p>\n Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n The child was probably six years old because there was a sandbox made from a tractor wire. It is a plaything for a child of that age.<\/p>\n 3. The poet suggests that a woman lived in the farmhouse because ………………..<\/p>\n Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n …because the bedroom wall was papered with lilacs and the kitchen shelves were neatly covered with oilcloth.<\/p>\n 4. The family probably left the farmhouse because …………………..<\/p>\n Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n The family probably left the farmhouse because of a natural calamity or something like that. The poet does not explain why the family left; however, one thing is certain. They left in a hurry because the jars were still sealed and the toys were strewn in the yard.<\/p>\n C.3<\/p>\n The poet draws conclusions about the family without having met them.<\/p>\n In ordinary speech we use the following expressions to make conclusions.<\/p>\n So it is probable that…<\/p>\n Therefore it is likely that…<\/p>\n So \/ therefore it is possible that…<\/p>\n It seems that…<\/p>\n It appears that….<\/p>\n This suggests that…<\/p>\n For example, we could say:<\/p>\n There are large shoes in the farmhouse. So it is probable that the farmer was a big man.<\/p>\n Make other sentences like this, using ideas from the poem.<\/p>\n Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n The farmhouse had a large bed. So it is probable that the man was tall.<\/p>\n In an upstairs room there was a Bible with a broken back. This suggests that the man was God-fearing.<\/p>\n The fields were cluttered with boulders and the barn was leaking. Obviously, the man had little interest in farming.<\/p>\n The jars in the cellar are still sealed. This probably suggests that the family left in a nervous haste.<\/p>\n C.4<\/p>\n On the basis of these notes, the social worker presents the facts as she sees them to her Head of Department. Unfortunately she spills ink on her carpet. Complete her report.<\/p>\n When I reached the farmhouse, I saw that the house was empty, which ……………………… I wondered where they might have gone. ………………….. the owner was not a farmer, because of the boulders in the field and the leaky barn. ………………….. the family was poor, because I saw several sealed jars in the cellar. Also ………………….. a woman lived there. It was obvious she had left in a hurry. What was most touching was that the toys were scattered in the yard.<\/p>\n Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n When I reached the farmhouse, I saw that the house was empty, which seemed weird to me<\/span>. I wondered where they might have gone. It was evident that<\/span> the owner was not a farmer, because of the boulders in the field and the leaky barn. From the condition of the house I also assumed that<\/span> the family was poor, because I saw several sealed jars in the cellar. Also the lilac wallpaper and the oilcloth on the shelves suggested that<\/span> a woman lived there. It was obvious she had left in a hurry. What was most touching was that the toys were scattered in the yard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" C.2 Complete the following sentences about the poem. 1. 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