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Answer the following questions. (a) Why is the rain divine? (b) In this universe, rain performs many functions. What are those?
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1
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8298
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December 12, 2016
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With reference to the poem, 'Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth',
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1
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2012
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December 12, 2016
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Disobeying elders/parents can result in serious problems
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1
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1093
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December 12, 2016
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‘Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth' indirectly teaches us oral hygiene
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1
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1923
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December 12, 2016
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Imagine you are Pam Ayres. As a child, despite your mother's scolding, you ate a lot of chocolates
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1
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1939
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December 12, 2016
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What key message does the poet, Pam Ayres want to give us through the poem
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1
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1464
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December 12, 2016
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Give an appropriate proverb that conveys the best message that this poem carries
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0
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1682
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December 12, 2016
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Justify the title “Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth.''
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0
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2722
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December 12, 2016
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“Prevention is better than cure” Do you think this proverb is appropriate for the poem? Why?
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0
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2077
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December 12, 2016
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Why did the poet lament in the poem, "Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth"?
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1
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1923
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December 12, 2016
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Explain the line "It's me they are beckonin' in the last stanza
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0
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1220
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December 12, 2016
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What had happened to the poet's mother's teeth and how had she (the poet) behaved at that time?
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0
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1260
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December 12, 2016
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What are molars? What is the word that the narrator uses in the poem to describe her teeth?
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1
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817
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December 12, 2016
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How does the poet feel while lying in the ‘old dentist's chair'?
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0
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2399
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December 12, 2016
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Write some linguistic variations in the poem
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0
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581
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December 12, 2016
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What does the poet, Pam Ayres, regret? Why?
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0
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1177
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December 12, 2016
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Why didn't the poet brush her teeth properly before sleeping?
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0
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933
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December 12, 2016
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What does the narrator mean when she says, "my conscience gets horribly pricked"?
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1
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3470
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December 12, 2016
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What did the poet wish when she had all her teeth and no fillings?
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0
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841
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December 12, 2016
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What did the poet recall after spotting the perils beneath?
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0
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1690
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December 12, 2016
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What are the perils the poet talks about in the poem "Oh I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth" and how have they been caused?
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0
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722
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December 12, 2016
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How I laughed at my mother's false teeth, As they foamed in the waters beneath
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1
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1686
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December 12, 2016
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And I gaze up his nose in despair, And his drill it do whine,
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1
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1021
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December 12, 2016
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So I lay 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
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1
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1782
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December 12, 2016
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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 sherbet away
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1
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1298
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December 12, 2016
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Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right, I flashed it about late at night,But up-and-down brushin' And pokin’ and fussin' , Didn't seem worth the time-I could bite!
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1
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1354
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December 12, 2016
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Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right, I flashed it about late at night,
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1
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1272
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December 12, 2016
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My mother, she told me no end, 'If you got a tooth, you got a friend.'
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1
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2352
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December 12, 2016
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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
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1
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1246
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December 12, 2016
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When I think of the lollies I licked, And the liquorice all sorts I picked, Sherbet dabs, big and little
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1
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1424
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December 12, 2016
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