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The Grumble Family book-answers
A. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below.
- There’s a family ………………………… Complaining Street.
- a) Where does the family live?
- The family lives in Complaining Street.
- b) Why do you think the street is named as ‘Complaining Street’?
- I think all the people in the street would always be Complaining about everything.
- a) Where does the family live?
- They growl …………………….. something amiss;
- a) What does the word ‘growl’ mean here?
- The word ‘Growl’ means make a low guttural sound.
- b) Why do they find everything amiss?
- Because they are always unsatisfied.
- a) What does the word ‘growl’ mean here?
- Nothing goes …………………….. Complaining Street.
- a) What is the opinion about the folks you meet down the street?
- The folks down the street grumble always.
- b) What does the word ‘gloomy’ mean here?
- ‘Gloomy’ means depressing or frightening.
- a) What is the opinion about the folks you meet down the street?
- The worst …………………….. learn their ways;
- a) What is the worst thing that can happen if anyone stays with them?
- If anyone stays with them, they will learn their ways of grumbling.
- b) What are the ways of the Grumble family?
- Grumbling about everything is the way of the grumble family.
- a) What is the worst thing that can happen if anyone stays with them?
- And so it …………………….. Complaining Street.
- a) What is the wisest thing that the poet suggests?
- The wisest thing that the poet suggests is to stay away from the grumble family.
- b) What does the phrase ‘to keep our feet from wandering’ refer to?
- The phrase ‘to keep our feet from wandering’ refers not to enter the Complaining Street.
- a) What is the wisest thing that the poet suggests?
- Let us …………………….. go wrong.
- a) What does the poet expect everyone to learn?
- The poet expects everyone to walk with a smile and a strong when something goes wrong.
- b) What should we do when things go wrong sometimes?
- When things go wrong, we should not worry.
- a) What does the poet expect everyone to learn?
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Question: Write a paragraph on ‘ The Grumble Family and their attitude towards other folks. (PTA – 1)
Team – A
- Poem: THE GRUMBLE FAMILY
- Poetess: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Theme: ‘ The Grumble Family ‘ and their attitude.
About Author:
L. M. Montgomery was a Canadian author and poet. One of her works is ‘ The Grumble Family “. The Title of the poem itself talks about the nature of the family she describes.
Pessimistic family:
The grumble family is a pessimistic family. It lives in ‘ Complaining Street ‘ in the city of ” Never Are – Satisfied ‘. It is beside the River of Discontent. The members of the family are always discontented. Nobody wants to meet them. The poetess indirectly advises us to be optimistic.
Their Complaints:
They complain about everything. Rain or sun, summer or winter, high or humble, they will not fail to grumble. Though everything is pleased to them, they would growl for not having a thing to grumble about. The poetess expects us to stop complaining but to develop a positive attitude.
Their Attitude:
They are well – known with the name of Grumble. Nobody wants to be with them. Everyone fears that this habit will also affect him or her. The poetess advises us to stay away from them and lead a happy and contented life.
My view about this poem:
The poetess wants us to accept life as it is. We should not grumble about everything. Otherwise, we would be listed as the member of the grumble family.
Moral: Losers complains but champions find a remedy.
Team – B
- Poem: THE GRUMBLE FAMILY
- Poetess: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Theme: ‘ The Grumble Family ‘ and their attitude.
The grumble family is a pessimistic family. It lives in ‘ complaining street ‘. The name of the street is the fittest one. The members of the family are always discontented. Nobody wants to meet them. The family never happy with their lives. They are dissatisfied with everything. They complain about everything. Whatever happens in their lives, they complain about it. Rain or sun, summer or winter. high or humble, they will not fail to grumble.
They always growl at others. Even though nothing happens in life, they grumble for it. They don’t have any positive attitude. The family find fault at each and everything. They are well known with the name ‘ Grumble ‘. Nobody wants to be with them otherwise they will also get affected by this habit. Thus no one likes the negative attitude of the grumble family. Never grumble for the thorns in roses ‘; Be happy for ‘ the roses in thorns ‘.
Moral: Losers complains but champions find a remedy.
Team – C
Poem: The Grumble Family.
Poet: Lucy Maud Montgomery.
- There is a family in a complain street.
- They always complain.
- They growl for everything.
- Their comments are negative.
- They focus only bad things.
- They always find wrong.
- Their first instinct to murmur people.
- The poet advises us not to be like them.
- We should be optimistic.
Moral: Be an optimistic.
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