Poem - 5
My Brother Built a Robot
Question-Answers
A. Answer these questions.
Q1. What kind of a robot had the speaker’s
brother built?
Ans- The speaker’s
brother built a robot that does not exactly work, the way they wanted it to work.
Q2. How did the robot clean the speaker’s
room?
Ans- The robot did not
clean the speaker’s room. Instead of this, it ate the dust pan and attacked the
poet and his brother with the broom. The robot pulled apart their pillows and also
dishevelled their beds.
Q3. What did the robot do in the kitchen and
in the bathroom?
Ans- The robot tied the boys’ socks in knots and
threw them into the kitchen and also dismantled the pans and pots. It then clanked
into the bathroom and filled it with sand.
Q4. What happened when the
speaker and his brother tried to disconnect the robot?
Ans- When
the speaker and his brother tried to disconnect the robot,
it picked up the boys and dropped them in an empty garbage pail. The speaker
and his brother could not disconnect the robot as the speaker forgot to give a
switch to turn it off.
B. Think and answer.
Would you say that the poem is humorous? Give
reasons for your answers.
Ans- Yes, the poem is
humorous. e.g.
“My brother built that robot
to help us clean our room,
instead, it ate the dust pan
and attacked us with the broom”
“…it clanked into
the bathroom
and it filled the tub with sand.”
