A FRIENDS PRAYER QUESTION ANSWER
Let us do these activities before we read.
1. Read the following sentences.
(a) I wish my friend would bring idli in her tiffin tomorrow.
(b) I hope my friend and I win the race tomorrow.
(c) May my friend get well soon.
Which of the three sentences (a)-(c) is closest to a prayer?
Explain to your teacher and classmates.
Ans.
‘May my friend get well soon’, is closest to a prayer as it’s a sincere wish
for someone’s recovery.
2. What would you pray for your friend? First,
speak about it and then write it down.
Ans. May they have all the success they crave for. May they live a
healthy life. May they never have any problems. May they walk on a virtuous
path. May happiness always be with them.
Let us discuss
1 Read the poem silently. As you read,
underline the parts of the poem you agree with.
Ans. I agree with every part of the poem.
2. Now, share the details of your underlined
parts of the poem in groups and explain why you liked those lines.
Ans. I agree with every part of the poem as it vividly tells how
friendship works and what friends should do for each other.
3. Which line was underlined by most people in
your group? Share it with your teacher.
Ans.
Let me use my heart to see,
To realise what friends can be,
And make no judgements from afar,
But love my friends the way they are.
These lines suggest that friends
shouldn’t judge one another and try to understand their situation. In
friendship, one should use heart, not mind.
Let us think and reflect.
Complete the summary of the poem by circling
the correct highlighted words.
The poet says a prayer
for/speech on friendship and friends. She wants friendship should
always be an important part of her complete life/ school days. She says that her friendship makes her feel brave/special.
She wishes to do the best she can, for her friends. She wants to clap
for/ listen to the wishes of her friends. As a good
friend, she prays/imagines that she can make her friend’s
wishes come true. She wants her heart/mind to understand what
a true friend is. She prays that she loves her friends as they are/when
they are happy. She tells us that a true/correct friend
accepts their friend for all their qualities.
Ans. Prayer
for, complete life, special, listen to, prays, heart, as they are, true.
2. Answer in one word only.
(a) How does the poet feel about special
friends?
Ans. Blessed
(b) What does the poet use to realise what
friends can be?
Ans.
Heart
3. Read the following lines from the poem and
answer the questions below.
(a) I want to do much more than share
The hopes and plans of friends who care;
I’ll try all that a friend can do
To make their wishes come true.
(i) Complete the sentence with the most
suitable option.
These lines tell us that the speaker is _______________.
a. clever
b. caring
c. curious
d. calm
Ans. b. caring
(ii) How will the speaker make her friends’
wishes come true? (by trying hard/by working a lot)
Ans.
By trying hard
(iii) Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
My friends will feel __________ if their wishes come true.
Ans. happy
(b) Let me use my heart to see,
To realise what friends can be,
And make no judgements from afar,
But love my friends the way they are.
(i) The speaker says that feelings are
important to understanding friendship. Which line tells us this?
Ans. Let
me use my heart to see
(ii) Complete the sentence with the most
suitable option.
These lines tell us that the speaker is _______________.
a. helpful
b. thoughtful
c. cheerful
d. hopeful
Ans. b. Thoughtful
(iii) Fill in the blank with one word.
The speaker does not wish to make any ___________. She cares for
them just as they are.
Ans. Judgments
4. Give one reason why we can say that this poem is a prayer.
Ans. The poem is all about wishes, wants and desires towards friends.
Words like ‘May’, ‘wishes’, wants’, ‘let’, and ‘try’ add prayer elements to the
poem.
5. Why does the speaker ‘want to do more’ for her friend?
Ans. The speaker wants to do more than sharing their hopes and
plans. She wants to actively participate in making their wishes come true.
6. Do you think that the speaker knows about
the wishes of her friend? How can we say so?
Ans.
Yes, the poetess knows about her friend’s wishes and wants to actively
participate in fulfilling their dreams.
7. Do you also pray for your friend? What do
you wish for? Discuss.
Ans. I wish my friends to live their lives happily. I hope their
wishes get fulfilled and they get the success they crave.
Extra Question and Answers
Q 1. What’s the theme of A Friend’s Prayer?
Ans. A Friend’s Prayer explores the theme of friendship. Jill
Wolf wants to convey the real essence of friendship, which should be followed
through the heart. Friends should accept each other as they are, without
judging their actions and decisions.
Q 2. What does the poetess feel blessed about?
Ans. The poetess feels blessed to have special friends in her
life and wants to give the best of herself in her friendships.
Q 3. What is the tone of the poem A Friend’s Prayer?
Ans. The tone of the poem A Friend’s Prayer is warm, optimistic,
and uplifting. The poem shows genuine concern among friends.
Q 4. What does the poetess mean when she says
she wants to ‘do much more than share’?
Ans. She wants to do more than just talk about their dream. She
wants to actively participate in accomplishing their dreams.
Q 5. What is important to understand in
friendship?
Ans. It is important to understand that friends shouldn’t judge
each other’s actions and decisions, instead they should love each other as they
are.
A Friend’s Prayer Multiple
Choice Questions
Q 1. What’s the tone of ‘A Friend’s Prayer’?
A. Negative
B. Hopeless
C. Pessimistic
D. Optimistic
Ans. D. Optimistic
Q 2. What is important to the poetess?
A. Food
B. Success
C. Friendship
D. Money
Ans. C. Friendship
Q 3. What does the poetess feel blessed about?
A. Perfect relationships
B. Special friends
C. Food
D. To have no friends
Ans. B. Special friends
Q 4. What is it that she wants to do more than
share?
A. Pretend to be there for them
B. Cleverly manipulate them
C. Ignore them
D. Actively participate in fulfilling their dream
Ans. D. Actively participate in fulfilling their
dream
Q 5. What does the poetess want to use when it
comes to friendship?
A. Mind
B. Heart
C. Cleverness
D. Ignorance
Ans. B. Heart
Q 6. What does the poetess not want to do in
her friendship?
A. Love them B.
Judge them
C. Kind towards them D. Care
for them
Ans. B. Judge them
Q 7. What poetic device is used in the
following lines: ‘I want to do much more than share’?
A. Alliteration B.
Repetition
C. Imagery D.
Oxymoron
Ans. A. Alliteration
Q 8. What is the theme of A Friend’s Prayer?
A. Hopelessness B.
Friendship
C. Success D.
Desire
Ans. B. Friendship
Q 9. The repetition of the word ‘friend’
emphasizes?
A. The friend who doesn’t value each other
B. She doesn’t respect other relationships over friends.
C. It’s a coincidence
D. The importance of friendship in her life
Ans. D. The importance of friendship in her life
Q 10. How many lines does ‘A Friend’s Prayer’
have?
A. Eleven B.
Eight
C. Ten D.
Twelve
Ans. D. Twelve
Q 11. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
A. ABCA B.
ABBA
C. ABAB D.
AABB
Ans. D. AABB
Q 12. Which of the following lines show
empathy?
A. And make no judgements from afar.
B. To make their wishes come true.
C. I’ll try all that a friend can do.
D. So let me give my very best.
Ans. A. And make no judgements from afar.
Q 13. Which of the following lines conveys that everyone is unique
and deserves to be loved?
A. The most important thing to me
B. With special friends I feel I’m blessed,
C. But love my friends the way they are.
D. The hopes and plans of friends who care;
Ans. C. But love my friends the way they are.
Q 14. What does the poetess mean when she says
‘special friends’?
A. Extraordinary in some field
B. There is nothing special
C. In the poetess’s eyes, they are special
D. They are successful and powerful
Ans. C. In the poetess’s eyes, they are
special
Q 15. Who does the poetess want to give the
best of herself?
A. Siblings
B. Parents
C. Relationships
D. Friends
Ans. D. Friends
Q 16. What does the poetess share with her
friends?
A. Money
B. Hopes and plans of her friends
C. Success
D. Knowledge
Ans. B. Hopes and plans of her friends
Q 17. Who makes the judgments from afar?
A. Siblings
B. Poetess
C. Her friends
D. Family
Ans. B. Poetess
Q 18. Choose the correct statement.
A. She doesn’t want to be there for her friend
B. She wants to talk about her dreams with her friends
C. She doesn’t want to judge her friends
D. She is blessed to have a loving family.
Ans. C. She doesn’t want to judge her friends
Q 19. How do you categorize the poetess’s
thoughts on friendship?
A. Idealistic
B. Possessive
C. Pessimistic
D. Over attachment
Ans.
A. Idealistic
Q 20. What’s the theme of Jill Wolf’s poetry?
A. Freedom
B. Politics
C. Nature
D. Relationships
Ans. D. Relationships
COMPREHENSION BASED :
A Friend’s Prayer Extract-Based Questions
Answer the following extract-based questions.
A. May my friendships always
be
The most important thing to me.
With special friends I feel I’m blessed,
So let me give my very best.
1. What is the most important thing to
poetess?
Ans. The
most important thing to the poetess is her friendship.
2. What are the poetic devices used in the
above stanza?
Ans.
Alliteration used in ‘May my’ and ‘friends I feel I’m’ emphasizes the aspect of prayer
and the importance of friendship in the poetess’s life. The repetition of ‘let
me’ means the poetess is allowing herself to give more in friendship.
3. What does a poetess feel blessed about?
Ans. The
poetess feels blessed to have special friends in her life.
4. What are the poetess’ prayers in this
stanza?
Ans. The
poetess’ prayer in this stanza is that her friendship remains as important as
it was then. She wants to give the best of herself.
5. What does the poetess mean when she says
‘Let me give my very best’?
Ans. The poetess wants to give the best of herself. She wants to
give more than she is capable of in friendship.
B. I want to do much more than
share
The hopes and plans of friends who care;
1. What are poetic devices used in the above
lines?
Ans. The alliteration in ‘much more’ emphasizes that she wants to
give the best of herself. She wants to be actively present in helping them
fulfil their dreams.
2. What was she sharing earlier?
Ans. She was merely discussing about their dreams and hopes. She
wants to actively participate in fulfilling her friends’ dreams.
3. What does she want to share?
Ans. She wants to be actively present to help them fulfil their
dreams, rather than just talking about them.
4. Was the poetess preaching to be selfless in friendships?
Ans. Yes, the poetess is preaching to be selfless in friendship.
5. What does the poetess talk about with her friends?
Ans. The poetess used to talk about their hopes and plans with
her friends. She wants to actively participate in fulfilling their dreams.
C. I’ll try all that a friend
can do
To make their wishes come true.
1. What does the poetess want to do?
Ans. The poetess wants to do all that a friend can do to make her
friend’s wishes come true.
2. What are her friends’ wishes?
Ans. Her friends’ wishes are the hopes and plans
for their future.
3. Whose wishes does the poetess want to fulfil?
Ans. The poetess wants to fulfil her friends’ wishes.
4. Was the poetess not participating actively in her friendships?
Ans. No, she wasn’t actively present in her friendships as she
says that she wants to do ‘much more than share’.
5. Does the poetess want to bring change in herself?
Ans. Yes, she wants to give more than she used to give in her
friendships.
D. Let me use my heart to see,
To realise what friends can be,
And make no judgments from afar,
But love my friends the way they are.
1. What does the poetess want to say when she
says, ‘Love my friends the way they are.’
Ans.
The poetess wants to convey the uniqueness of every human and their aspects.
She wants friends to love each other as they are.
2. What are the poetic devices used in this
stanza?
Ans. The
repetition of ‘let me’ emphasizes that she is allowing herself to give the best
of herself in friendship. The emotional imagery and metaphor in ‘Let me use my
heart to see’ emphasize that she wants to use her heart, not her mind, to see
her friends. She would accept her friends as they are without judging them.
3. What is the poetess talking about in this
stanza?
Ans. The poetess conveys the need for empathy in friendship. She
wants to understand her friends and not judge them. She loves them as they are.
4. What does the heart stand for in this
stanza?
Ans. The heart stands for the need for emotional ability in
friendship rather than the mind for judging their actions.
5. What does the line ‘love my friends the way
they are’ imply?
Ans. The line ‘love my friends the way they are’ implies that
everyone is unique in their aspects and deserves to be loved for being
themselves.
A Friend’s Prayer: Grammar Exercises
Let us learn
1. The poet says, ‘With special friends, I
feel I’m blessed’.
Select the words that are similar to the meaning of being blessed, from those
given below.
|
excited |
graceful |
understood |
thankful |
relaxed |
Ans. Grateful, thankful
2. Good friends have a lot of qualities. Let us list some.
Loyal, h e __ __ f __ l, k __ __ d, c __ __ i
n g, h o __ __ __ t
Now, fill in the blanks with the words you just listed above.
(a)
My
friend is always _____________ to me even when I make a mistake.
(b) My friend shares things with me. She is very _____________.
(c) My friend is _____________ because he always supports me.
(d) My friend never lies. She is an _____________ person.
(e) My friend and I believe in _____________ for each other.
Ans.
loyal, helpful, kind, caring, honest
(a) My friend is always kind to me even when I make a
mistake.
(b) My friend shares things with me. She is very helpful.
(c) My friend is loyal because he always supports me.
(d) My friend never lies. She is an honest person.
(e) My friend and I believe in caring for each other.
3. Think of any three of your friends. Write
three sentences about why you like each one of them.
Ans.
I like Chahak because she stood by me during my difficult times. She would
cheer me up when I felt low. She is always there for me.
I like Radhika because she makes me a better person. She will correct me when I
am wrong.
I like Shreya because she is helpful and trustworthy. She never judges me but
always gives good advice.
Let us write
Describe how your friendship with your friend started.
Ø First list the answers for —
When? Where? How?
Ø Then, use your sentences to
write a short paragraph of about 80 words.
Ø Give a title to your paragraph.
Ans. I am blessed to meet
you.
I met my friend Shrinki on the
school bus. She lives near my home and studies in the same class as me. We are
childhood friends. We spend most of our time with each other. Even after
school, we used to play in the park near our homes. Our mothers are friends
too. We know each other’s secrets. We help each other in difficult times. We
don’t apologize to each other. We just forgive and forget everything. We
believe there is no sorry or thank you in friendship.