NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Chapter 10 Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After My Teeth

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Q. Parents alone are responsible for inculcating a good sense of dental hygiene amongst children. Do you agree/ disagree? Discuss with your partner.

Ans: Do it yourself.

Q. Note: Read the poetry, Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth, given in the book.

Q. On the basis of your reading of the poem, complete the following table.

Stages in the life of the poet	Indulgence	Consequences
(a) Youth	eating toffees	_________________________
	_________________________	_________________________
	_________________________	_________________________
	_________________________	_________________________
	_________________________	_________________________
(b) Adulthood	_________________________	gazing at the dentist in despair
	_________________________	_________________________
	_________________________	_________________________

Ans:

Stages in the life of the poet	Indulgence	Consequences
(a) Youth	eating toffees	filling of the teeth.
	eating sweet sticky food	pricking of conscience injections and drillings.
	eating gobstoppers
	licking lollipops
	not brushing up-and-down
(b) Adulthood	Lying in old dentist’s chair	gazing at the dentist in despair
	Looking intently at the nose of the dentist in despair.	drilling of her molar teeth.
		realisation that if only she had looked after her teeth properly.

Q.Have you made choices that are acceptable and less ‘risky’ or have you followed the beaten track? Why?

Ans. Do it yourself.

Q. List common dilemmas that teenagers face involving the choice of one or more “roads.” Give examples of “roads” that you must travel (e.g. facing peer pressure, choosing friends, observing rules laid down by school and parents, acting on your own values).

Ans. Do it yourself.

Q. On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice.
(i) The title ‘Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth’ expresses __________.

(a) regret
(b) humour
(c) longing
(d) pleasure

Ans: (a) regret

(ii) The conscience of the speaker pricks her as she has __________.

(a) been careless
(b) been ignorant
(c) been fun loving
(d) been rude

Ans: (a) been careless

(iii) The speaker says that she has paved the way for cavities and decay by __________.

(a) eating the wrong food and not brushing.
(b) not listening to her mother
(c) laughing at her mother’s false teeth
(d) not listening to the dentist

Ans: (a) eating the wrong food and not brushing.

(iv) The tone of the narrator is one of __________.

(a) joy
(b) nostalgia
(c) regret
(d) sorrow

Ans: (c) regret

Q. Answer the following questions briefly.

(a) "…But up-and-down brushin'
And pokin' and fussin'
Didn't seem worth the time-I could bite!"
What do these lines convey?

Ans: These lines convey the attitude of the poet towards brushing her teeth properly. She feels that the time spent brushing would be better utilised by eating something sweet

(b) Why did the poet go to the dentist? How could she have avoided it?

Ans: The poet went to the dentist as she had tooth troubles in the form of decay which needed drilling and filling. She could have avoided it by taking
better care of her teeth and eating fewer sweets.

(c) “If you got a tooth, you got a friend”, what do you understand from the line?

Ans: The tooth is a friend as it helps one to eat food, chew it properly so as to get the energy out of it. Therefore, if you have a tooth you have a friend.

(d) With reference to the poem, how can you look after your teeth?

Ans: We can look after our teeth by brushing and flossing regularly. Following the correct technique of brushing and eating food that are not harmful to our teeth is how we can look after our teeth.

(e) Give an appropriate proverb that conveys the message that this poem carries.

Ans: The proverb that conveys the message is ‘No use crying over spilt milk’.

Q. From page 150, your teacher will read out the conversation between Doki and his sister, Moki. As you listen complete the idioms and expressions listed below.

(1) sleep …………………………
(2) ………………………… me the willies
(3) crack the …………………………
(4) take the ………………………… to water
(5) ………………………… tail.

(6) wonders will …………………………
(7) ………………………… can’t be undone.
(8) reap what I …………………………

Ans: (1) sleep a wink
(2) give me the willies
(3) crack the whip
(4) take the horse to water
(5) turn tail
(6) wonders will never cease
(7) past can’t be undone
(8) reap what I had sown

Q. Read the following statement and imagine you are Jack.
“I can’t afford to, after what Jack’s done to his teeth.” What is it, you think, you can not afford to do and why? Write a diary entry of not less than 125 words. (In-class activity; not to be set up as homework).

Ans: Do it yourself.

JUST THINK

Q. In line 35, the poet has misspelt the word ‘amalgum’. Why do you think she has done that? Discuss.

Ans: Do it yourself.