ANSWERS: A POISON TREE

Set 1 - Answers
1. The personas enemy
2. i) watered the wrath in fears
ii) sunned the wrath with smiles
3. Type of person : deceitful / revengeful
Reason : He pretended to be nice to his foe / he had bad intentions towards
his foe
(Accept any suitable answer)

Set 2 - Answers
1. The personas anger is getting stronger.
2. Wrath
3. When the night had veiled the pole / line 2
4. i) His foe had hurt his feelings.
ii) His foe had stolen something precious from him.
(Accept any suitable answer)

Set 3 - Answers
1. friend and foe
2. sunned it with smiles/ with soft deceitful wiles
3. saw/ observed
4. i) Give advice to my friend.
ii) Console him/ her.
(Accept any suitable answer)

Set 4 - Answers
1. anger
2. He is an envious person.
3. Strategies that mislead others
4. i) No, because it is a bad attitude.
ii) No, because it could lead to tragedy.
(Accept any suitable answer)

Set 5 - Answers
1. pole
2. my tears
3. because he had already expressed his anger to his friend
4. Answer : He might get caught.
Reason : Because the house could have CCTV.
(Accept any suitable answer)
The Charge of the Light Brigade Answers
Set 1 - Answers
a. A distance of roughly two and a half kilometres.
b. 600 / six hundreds
c. Charge for the guns!
d. Battlefield, it is where the soldiers sacrifice their lives to fight for their
countrys honour.
(any possible answer)

Set 2 - Answers
a. Forward, the Light Brigade!
b. Someone had blundered.
c. dismayed
d. Their sense of loyalty/ their sense of responsibility/ they wanted to make
their country
proud / Soldiers must obey orders from their superiors no matter what
(Accept other relevant
answers)

Set 3 - Answers
a. Made mistakes
b. Boldly they rode and well / line 6
c. The enemy surrounded them to make sure that they could not escape.
d. Action : The soldiers could have surrendered to the enemy.
Reason: They might not survive as they were surrounded and attacked by
the enemy.
(any possible answer)

Set 4 - Answers
a. They rode horses/ They were on horseback.
b. Into the valley (of Death).
c. Soldiers must obey orders no matter what.
d. (Accept any reasonable answers) Suggestions:
- Yes, because I dont want to be punished later.
- Yes, because I want to show my loyalty to my school.

Set 5 - Answers
a. guns and cannon (students must provide at least 2 answers)
b. some one had blundered / line 4
c. to make it sound like explosion / to show that the soldiers were surrounded
by powerful
weapons / to show that it is very hard for the soldiers to escape death
d. (Accept any reasonable answers) Suggestions:
- respect our flags
- ready to fight for the country
- be excellent athletes to make the country proud
- join the army
- etc.