Where do all the Teachers Go - Worksheets

 CBSE Worksheet 01

Where do all the Teachers Go


  1. Why does the poet wonder if teachers also do things that other people do?

  2. Why does the poet of Where do all the Teachers Go, want to know where the teachers go at four o’clock?

  3. What do you think these phrases from the poem (Where do all the Teachers Go) mean?

    1. punished in the corner
    2. leave their greens
  4. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the best option from among the given ones.
    And do they pick their noses
    The same as you and me?
    Do they live with other people
    Have they mums and dads?
    And were they ever children
    And were they ever bad?

    1. They’ in the passage refers to
      1. teachers
      2. students
      3. parents
      4. villagers
    2. According to the speaker ‘picking nose’ is
      1. good
      2. bad
      3. serious
      4. ill-mannered
    3. The speaker finds it difficult to believe that the teachers are
      1. great people
      2. ordinary people
      3. very learned
      4. rich
    4. The passage shows that the students are much impressed by their
      1. parents
      2. soldiers
      3. policemen
      4. teachers
    5. The phrase ‘pick nose’ means to
      1. touch the nose
      2. blow the nose
      3. pull mucus from the nose
      4. scratch the nose
  5. Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow: (1×3=3)
    Do they live with other people
    Have they mums and dads?
    And where they ever children
    And were they ever bad?
    Did they ever, never spell right
    Did they ever make mistakes?
    Were they punished in the corner
    If they pinched the chocolate flakes?

    1. What kind of mistakes are being committed by the students?
    2. Do you think the teachers were once children?
    3. What kind of punishment is given to a student in a class?
  6. Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow: (1×3=3)
    Where do all the teachers go
    When it’s four o’clock?
    Do they live in houses
    And do they wash their socks?
    Do they wear pyjamas
    And do they watch TV?
    And do they pick their noses
    The same as you and me?

    1. What did the poet ask himself?
    2. What kind of comparisons being drawn by the poet?
    3. Do you think the poet was curious to know about his teachers' after school life? Give a reason to support your answer.

CBSE Worksheet 01
Where do all the Teachers Go


Solution

  1. The poet wondered if teachers also do things that other people do because he had seen them as super humans. They are strict, did not make any mistakes and punish those who did.

  2. The poet wanted to know where the teachers go at four o’clock because this is time when school got over.

    1. The phrase ‘punished in the corner’ refers to the punishment imposed by the teachers to punish some of their students. They are asked to leave their seats and stand in a corner.
    2. Greens refer to cooked green vegetable leaves. The children do not like to eat them.
  3. i. (a), ii. (d), iii. (b), iv. (d), v. (c)

    1. The students can commit mistakes by writing wrong spellings and eating chocolates, being playful and mischievous in class.
    2. Yes, the teachers were once children because everybody who is born has to pass the stage of childhood to become an adult.
    3. Generally, teachers punish students by making them stand in the corner of a class when they are very naughty and mischievous.
    1. The poet asked himself whether his teachers behaved like an ordinary man and lead a life like washing their socks and wearing pyjamas at night. 
    2. The poet compared his teachers with an ordinary man and wondered if teachers wore pyjamas and watch TV like him/her or even pick his/her nose like any other ordinary man.
    3. Yes, the poet was curious to know about his teachers' life after school. That's why he kept asking so many questions to himself.