Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 
And sorry I could not travel both 
And be one traveller, long I stood 
And looked down one as far as I could 
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

(a) Why could the speaker not travel both roads? 
(b) Why did he feel like travelling both roads? 
(c) "... long I stood". What did the speaker do while standing for a long time? 
(d) "And be one traveller". Explain.

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
 And sorry I could not travel both
 And be one traveller, long stood
 And looked down one as far as I could 
 To where it bent in the undergrowth,"

 i) What is the cause of the poet's feelings of regret or sorrow? 
 ii) Do you think the speaker did the right thing by standing in one place for an extended period of time, before taking the decision? Support your answer with a reason. (Answer in 30-40 words) 
 iii) What emotional tone does the poet convey in these particular lines of "The Road Not Taken"?
 iv) The poet here is using "roads" as ……………………….
 a. a metaphor of conflicts in life                                  b. an image of a yellow forest.
 c. symbols of choices one makes in life.                   d. the struggle to move ahead in life.

In what ways were the roads similar?

What reason does the poet give for taking one path and not the other?

Which phrase or sentence tells us that the poet would still like to take the other path?

Was the poet curious about the path he did not take? How do we know he was curious?

Why did the poet doubt he would ever walk on the other path?

Do you think the poet regrets not having taken the other path?

What are some of the things that you regret not having done?

What is the rhyming pattern?

How many syllables are there in each line?

Then took the other, as jut as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,

i. What did the poet do immediately before this?
ii. In what way were the two paths similar?
iii. In what way were they different from each other?

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:

i. Why would the poet be sighing?
ii. What would he say about his decision in the future?

Can you think of a synonym for each of the words in the list below?
a. inquire
b. cease  
c. moist   
d. intelligent
e. strong       
f. enormous  
g. slim           
h. generous

Write suitable subjects before each of these predicates.
a.    ………………………………. Caught the thief red-handed.
b.    ………………………………. Cleaned the dirty floor.
c.     ………………………………. Was willing to take the bull by the horns.
d.    ………………………………. Had to find another job.

Write out the infinitives in the following sentences.
a.    Shyam and Priya decided to go on a picnic.
b.    They asked their mother to give them some food.
c.     They told her they wanted to swim in the river.
d.    ‘I don’t want you to catch a cold,’ she said.
e.    ‘We only want to catch some fish,’ replied Shyam.

Rewrite these sentences. Use an infinitive instead of the underlined words.
a.    She wants a sleep in the afternoons.
b.    The dog was overjoyed at the sight of his master.
c.     Maya asked if she could borrow some sugar.
d.    The children laughed when they saw the tricks of the monkey.
e.    Sheila was told that she must come home early.

Have you ever had to choose between two things? Did you make the right choice or the wrong one?
Write a letter to a friend, telling him or her about something you have just done. Before you start:
-              Make some notes about what you did and what happened as a result.
-              Make some notes about what other course of action you might have followed. How might
                this course of action have turned out?
-              Which course of action was better? Why?
-              Lasty, write your letter, summing up in the last paragraph why you think you made the
                correct choice.